Shogo Akiyama Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Akiyama averages 1.6 degrees off the bat: 17.9% of his contact is in the air and 56.9% of it is on the ground.

123 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Akiyama pulls 22.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 28.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

28 pulled, 61 up the middle and 35 the other way over 124 located batted balls.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.8% of Akiyama's batted balls are barrelled, 16th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2021. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 549th in MLB.

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

Akiyama trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 16th percentile barrel rate, 67th percentile strikeout rate.

183 plate appearances in 2021. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2021.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Akiyama does his damage against breaking balls: a .679 OPS against them, against .470 on fastballs.

44 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 114 on fastballs.

The power is not there this season

Akiyama is slugging .253, 18th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2021. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 534th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Akiyama's batting average is .204 but the quality of his contact projects .237, a gap of .033 in his favour once the bounces even out.

183 plate appearances in 2021.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Akiyama's OPS+ of 49 sits 21st percentile among hitters this season.

183 plate appearances in 2021. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 514th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Akiyama walks in 4.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.5% with the bases empty.

42 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Akiyama is at his best against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .708 OPS there against .535 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31.7% of Akiyama's contact reaches 95 mph, 32nd percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2021. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 442nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Akiyama's fly balls travel 277 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 372.

38 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Akiyama finds a productive launch angle on only 30.9% of his contact, 28th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2021. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 471st in MLB.

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

Akiyama strikes out in only 21.9% of his trips, 67th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2021. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 217th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Akiyama averages 86.1 mph off the bat, 35th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2021. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 426th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Akiyama slugs .316 against breaking balls and .220 against fastballs.

44 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Akiyama averages 84.7 mph off the bat, against 86.5 with the bases empty.

27 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 96 without.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Akiyama is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .427 OPS there against .535 overall.

74 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Akiyama has an OPS of .598; with the bases empty it is .517.

42 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Akiyama is on base at a .282 clip, 37th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2021. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 408th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Akiyama hits it hardest the other way: 88.1 mph on average there, against 85.1 to his pull side.

35 batted balls the other way, 28 to his pull side.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Akiyama strikes out in 23.8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 21.3% with the bases empty.

42 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

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