Stephen Drew Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Drew is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.167 OPS there against .660 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

39.1% of Drew's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 18.8% of it with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 76 with the bases empty.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Drew has an OPS of .867; with the bases empty it is .581.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 76 with the bases empty.

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

Drew averages 19.5 degrees off the bat: 39.7% of his contact is in the air and 32.4% of it is on the ground.

68 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 25.4% of Drew's contact reaches 95 mph, 22nd percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2017. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 499th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Drew's batting average is .253 but the quality of his contact projects .221, a gap of .032 he is currently outrunning.

106 plate appearances in 2017.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Drew walks in 3.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 9.2% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 76 with the bases empty.

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

With a runner in scoring position Drew averages 91.6 mph off the bat, against 86.8 with the bases empty.

22 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 46 without.

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

Drew trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 34th percentile barrel rate, 70th percentile strikeout rate.

106 plate appearances in 2017. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2017.

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

Drew strikes out in only 19.8% of his trips, 70th percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2017. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 190th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Drew is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .498 OPS there against .660 overall.

49 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Drew hits the ball hard: 88.5 mph off the bat on average, 70th percentile in the league.

106 plate appearances in 2017. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 192nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Drew hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.7 mph on average there, against 85.7 the other way.

23 batted balls to his pull side, 15 the other way.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.8% of Drew's batted balls are barrelled, 34th percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2017. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 420th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Drew's quality of contact only supports a .221 expected average, 39th percentile in the league.

106 plate appearances in 2017. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 386th in MLB.

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

Drew pulls 33.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

25 pulled, 32 up the middle and 17 the other way over 74 located batted balls.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Drew's OPS+ of 76 sits 39th percentile among hitters this season.

106 plate appearances in 2017. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 386th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Drew's fly balls travel 290 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 399.

31 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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