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Shane Peterson

Brewers Career team 2015
Number #27
Position Right Fielder
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 38
Height 6' 0"
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Place Fallbrook, CA
Born Feb 11, 1988

Key Insights

2017
There is one part of the field he lives in

Peterson hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.2 mph on average there, against 81.5 the other way.

17 batted balls to his pull side, 11 the other way.
He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Peterson's batting average is .253 but the quality of his contact projects .217, a gap of .036 he is currently outrunning.

88 plate appearances in 2017.
He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

7.8% of Peterson's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 73rd percentile.

88 plate appearances in 2017. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 175th in MLB.
His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Peterson's fly balls travel 272 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 401.

23 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.
He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Peterson finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.2% of his contact, 73rd percentile.

88 plate appearances in 2017. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 172nd in MLB.
He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Peterson's quality of contact only supports a .217 expected average, 36th percentile in the league.

88 plate appearances in 2017. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 407th in MLB.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 11, 1988
Birth Place Fallbrook, CA
Height 6' 0"
Weight 225 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Long Beach State