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There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Schumaker does his damage against fastballs: a .783 OPS against them, against .362 on offspeed pitches.

161 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 42 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Schumaker is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .994 OPS there against .642 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Schumaker is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .296 OPS there against .642 overall.

41 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Schumaker has an OPS of .769; with the bases empty it is .604.

62 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 206 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Schumaker slugs .404 against fastballs and .195 against offspeed pitches.

161 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.7% of Schumaker's batted balls are barrelled, 24th percentile.

268 plate appearances in 2015. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 485th in MLB.

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

Schumaker trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 24th percentile barrel rate, 66th percentile strikeout rate.

268 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 27.8% of Schumaker's contact reaches 95 mph, 25th percentile.

268 plate appearances in 2015. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 479th in MLB.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Schumaker finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.8% of his contact, 79th percentile.

268 plate appearances in 2015. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 137th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Schumaker's fly balls travel 282 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 375.

42 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Schumaker averages 85.9 mph off the bat, 28th percentile in the league.

268 plate appearances in 2015. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 458th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Schumaker walks in 8.6% of his plate appearances, 69th percentile.

268 plate appearances in 2015. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 200th in MLB.

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

Schumaker averages 8.3 degrees off the bat: 19% of his contact is in the air and 49.7% of it is on the ground.

153 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Schumaker's batting average is .242 but the quality of his contact projects .224, a gap of .018 he is currently outrunning.

268 plate appearances in 2015.

His contact is about the same with runners on

24.2% of Schumaker's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 28.8% of it with the bases empty.

62 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 206 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

Schumaker is slugging .336, 37th percentile in the league.

268 plate appearances in 2015. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 401st in MLB.

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

Schumaker strikes out in only 19% of his trips, 66th percentile.

268 plate appearances in 2015. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 215th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Schumaker pulls 36.4% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 25% of it against left-handers.

176 batted balls against right-handers, 16 against left-handers.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Schumaker's OPS+ of 77 sits 39th percentile among hitters this season.

268 plate appearances in 2015. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 387th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Schumaker averages 84.5 mph off the bat, against 86.2 with the bases empty.

33 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 125 without.

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