Seth Smith Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Smith strikes out in 28.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 19.7% with the bases empty.

67 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 305 with the bases empty.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Smith hits the ball hard: 90.5 mph off the bat on average, 91st percentile in the league.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 56th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Smith should be hitting .265, 86th percentile in the league.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 93rd in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Smith does his damage against fastballs: a .841 OPS against them, against .607 on breaking balls.

223 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 87 on breaking balls.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

45% of Smith's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 86th percentile in the league.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 90th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Smith is on base at a .339 clip, 76th percentile in the league.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 153rd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Smith slugs .487 against fastballs and .308 against breaking balls.

223 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

7.5% of Smith's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 71st percentile.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 188th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Smith is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .606 OPS there against .772 overall.

64 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Smith's OPS+ of 107 puts him 74th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 168th in MLB.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Smith finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42% of his contact, 76th percentile.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 152nd in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Smith walks in 9.4% of his plate appearances, 70th percentile.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 190th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Smith has an OPS of .676; with the bases empty it is .793.

67 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 305 with the bases empty.

There is real damage in his bat

Smith is slugging .433, 69th percentile in the league.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 201st in MLB.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Smith averages 88.7 mph off the bat, against 91.0 with the bases empty.

35 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 189 without.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Smith pulls 39.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 31.6% of it against left-handers.

228 batted balls against right-handers, 19 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Smith is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .871 OPS there against .772 overall.

169 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Smith hits it hardest up the middle: 91.6 mph on average there, against 89.4 to his pull side.

99 batted balls up the middle, 82 to his pull side.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Smith strikes out in only 21.2% of his trips, 62nd percentile.

372 plate appearances in 2017. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 243rd in MLB.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

7 of Smith's 13 located home runs have gone to centre field, the longest of them 428 feet.

13 tracked home runs in 2017.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Smith's 13 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

13 tracked home runs in 2017.

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