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Shay Whitcomb

Giants
Number #13
Position 3B
Bats R
Throws R
Age 28
Height 6' 0"
Weight 202 lbs
Birth Place Thousand Oaks, CA
Born Sep 28, 1998

Key Insights

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

With a runner in scoring position Whitcomb averages 80.1 mph off the bat, against 87.4 with the bases empty.

23 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 60 without.
His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Whitcomb's fly balls travel 258 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 410.

39 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Whitcomb pulls 28.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 28.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

24 pulled, 35 up the middle and 24 the other way over 83 located batted balls.
Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Whitcomb pulls 21.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 40.6% of it against left-handers.

51 batted balls against right-handers, 32 against left-handers.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Whitcomb hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.9 mph on average there, against 83.3 the other way.

24 batted balls to his pull side, 24 the other way.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Whitcomb averages 17.0 degrees off the bat: 40.2% of his contact is in the air and 39% of it is on the ground.

82 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 28, 1998
Birth Place Thousand Oaks, CA
Height 6' 0"
Weight 202 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R
College/Draft UC San Diego