Travis Ishikawa Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one part of the field he lives in

Ishikawa hits it hardest up the middle: 93.0 mph on average there, against 82.5 to his pull side.

13 batted balls up the middle, 10 to his pull side.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.8% of Ishikawa's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 91st percentile.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 60th in MLB.

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

Ishikawa trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 91st percentile barrel rate, 26th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Ishikawa is at his worst with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .284 OPS there against .607 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Ishikawa walks in 12.5% of his plate appearances, 94th percentile.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 38th in MLB.

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

Ishikawa pulls 23.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 35.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

10 pulled, 17 up the middle and 15 the other way over 42 located batted balls.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Ishikawa's quality of contact only supports a .180 expected average, 20th percentile in the league.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 509th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Ishikawa is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .917 OPS there against .607 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Ishikawa averages 19.2 degrees off the bat: 47.2% of his contact is in the air and 38.9% of it is on the ground.

36 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Ishikawa finds a productive launch angle on only 29.7% of his contact, 16th percentile.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 531st in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Ishikawa averages 88.9 mph off the bat, against 85.6 with the bases empty.

13 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 23 without.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.2% of Ishikawa's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 73rd percentile in the league.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 170th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Ishikawa is slugging .302, 27th percentile in the league.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 463rd in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Ishikawa's batting average is .206 but the quality of his contact projects .180, a gap of .026 he is currently outrunning.

72 plate appearances in 2015.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Ishikawa's fly balls travel 264 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 389.

20 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Ishikawa strikes out in 27.8% of his trips, 26th percentile.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 469th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Ishikawa's OPS+ of 70 sits 34th percentile among hitters this season.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 422nd in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Ishikawa averages 86.9 mph off the bat, 39th percentile in the league.

72 plate appearances in 2015. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 386th in MLB.

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