Shawn O'Malley Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

O'Malley does his damage against fastballs: a .732 OPS against them, against .204 on breaking balls.

152 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 40 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

O'Malley is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.132 OPS there against .617 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

O'Malley strikes out in 17.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 28.2% with the bases empty.

52 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 177 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

O'Malley is at his worst on breaking balls: a .204 OPS there against .617 overall.

40 plate appearances in that situation.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 18.5% of O'Malley's contact reaches 95 mph, 9th percentile.

229 plate appearances in 2016. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 578th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

O'Malley's batting average is .227 but the quality of his contact projects .180, a gap of .047 he is currently outrunning.

229 plate appearances in 2016.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

O'Malley's quality of contact only supports a .180 expected average, 16th percentile in the league.

229 plate appearances in 2016. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 533rd in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

O'Malley averages 83.1 mph off the bat, 10th percentile in the league.

229 plate appearances in 2016. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 571st in MLB.

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

O'Malley pulls 27.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.6%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

40 pulled, 70 up the middle and 34 the other way over 144 located batted balls.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.9% of O'Malley's batted balls are barrelled, 21st percentile.

229 plate appearances in 2016. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 499th in MLB.

This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

O'Malley gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 21st percentile barrel rate, 33rd percentile strikeout rate.

229 plate appearances in 2016. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2016.

His walks do not change much with runners on

O'Malley walks in 3.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 9% with the bases empty.

52 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 177 with the bases empty.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

O'Malley strikes out in 28.3% of his trips against right-handers and 22.5% of them against left-handers.

127 plate appearances against right-handers, 102 against left-handers.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position O'Malley has an OPS of .763; with the bases empty it is .572.

52 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 177 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

O'Malley is slugging .319, 28th percentile in the league.

229 plate appearances in 2016. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 456th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

O'Malley's fly balls travel 279 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 409.

37 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

O'Malley finds a productive launch angle on only 34.2% of his contact, 28th percentile.

229 plate appearances in 2016. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 458th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

O'Malley strikes out in 25.8% of his trips, 33rd percentile.

229 plate appearances in 2016. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 423rd in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

23.5% of O'Malley's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 16.5% of it with the bases empty.

52 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 177 with the bases empty.

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

O'Malley averages 8.4 degrees off the bat: 21.1% of his contact is in the air and 47.4% of it is on the ground.

114 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

O'Malley slugs .383 against fastballs and .314 against offspeed pitches.

152 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position O'Malley averages 84.8 mph off the bat, against 83.0 with the bases empty.

33 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 83 without.

There is one part of the field he lives in

O'Malley hits it hardest to his pull side: 84.9 mph on average there, against 82.6 the other way.

35 batted balls to his pull side, 26 the other way.

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