Shane Victorino Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Victorino does his damage against fastballs: a .758 OPS against them, against .385 on offspeed pitches.

110 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 35 on offspeed pitches.

His contact is about the same with runners on

11.5% of Victorino's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 24% of it with the bases empty.

42 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 162 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Victorino is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .295 OPS there against .601 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 21.4% of Victorino's contact reaches 95 mph, 12th percentile.

204 plate appearances in 2015. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 558th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Victorino's fly balls travel 239 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 388.

45 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Victorino puts up a .495 OPS against right-handers and .670 against left-handers.

80 plate appearances against right-handers, 124 against left-handers.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Victorino averages 83.4 mph off the bat, 13th percentile in the league.

204 plate appearances in 2015. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 553rd in MLB.

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

Victorino strikes out in only 15.7% of his trips, 83rd percentile.

204 plate appearances in 2015. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 109th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Victorino is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a .857 OPS there against .601 overall.

66 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Victorino walks in 11.9% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 6.8% with the bases empty.

42 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 162 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Victorino slugs .370 against fastballs and .156 against offspeed pitches.

110 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

The power is not there this season

Victorino is slugging .292, 25th percentile in the league.

204 plate appearances in 2015. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 478th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Victorino hits it hardest to his pull side: 86.8 mph on average there, against 81.6 up the middle.

41 batted balls to his pull side, 50 up the middle.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Victorino slugs .225 against right-handers and .336 against left-handers.

80 plate appearances against right-handers, 124 against left-handers.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Victorino pulls 19.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 37.1% of it against left-handers.

56 batted balls against right-handers, 89 against left-handers.

He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Victorino pulls 30.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27.6%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

44 pulled, 61 up the middle and 40 the other way over 145 located batted balls.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Victorino's OPS+ of 70 sits 33rd percentile among hitters this season.

204 plate appearances in 2015. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 426th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Victorino finds a productive launch angle on only 34.1% of his contact, 31st percentile.

204 plate appearances in 2015. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 438th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Victorino walks in 7.8% of his plate appearances, 61st percentile.

204 plate appearances in 2015. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 251st in MLB.

The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Victorino averages 14.5 degrees off the bat: 32.8% of his contact is in the air and 45.4% of it is on the ground.

119 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Shane Victorino

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