Tyler Austin Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Austin does his damage against fastballs: a .927 OPS against them, against .473 on breaking balls.

91 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 59 on breaking balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Austin strikes out in 45.6% of his trips against right-handers and 32.7% of them against left-handers.

68 plate appearances against right-handers, 110 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

38.1% of Austin's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 58.9% of it with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Austin is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .265 OPS there against .710 overall.

43 plate appearances in that situation.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

17.1% of Austin's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 97th percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2019. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 21st in MLB.

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

Austin trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 97th percentile barrel rate, 13th percentile strikeout rate.

178 plate appearances in 2019. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2019.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

53.2% of Austin's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 96th percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2019. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 28th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Austin strikes out in 26.8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 40.9% with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Austin puts up a .548 OPS against right-handers and .813 against left-handers.

68 plate appearances against right-handers, 110 against left-handers.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Austin walks in 13.5% of his plate appearances, 94th percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2019. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 37th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Austin slugs .564 against fastballs and .235 against breaking balls.

91 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Austin hits the ball hard: 92.3 mph off the bat on average, 94th percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2019. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 41st in MLB.

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

Austin pulls 25.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 29.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

22 pulled, 39 up the middle and 26 the other way over 87 located batted balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Austin has an OPS of 1.015; with the bases empty it is .625.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Austin's quality of contact only supports a .191 expected average, 20th percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2019. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 517th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Austin is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a 1.015 OPS there against .710 overall.

41 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Austin walks in 19.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 11.7% with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Austin strikes out in 37.6% of his trips, 13th percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2019. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 565th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Austin finds a productive launch angle on only 31.6% of his contact, 17th percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2019. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 540th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Austin averages 88.0 mph off the bat, against 93.8 with the bases empty.

21 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 56 without.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Austin slugs .328 against right-handers and .467 against left-handers.

68 plate appearances against right-handers, 110 against left-handers.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Austin's 9 home runs have gone to his pull side and 3 of them the other way.

9 tracked home runs in 2019.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Austin hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.5 mph on average there, against 90.3 the other way.

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

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

3 of Austin's 9 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 441 feet.

9 tracked home runs in 2019.

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

Austin averages 14.8 degrees off the bat: 36.8% of his contact is in the air and 40.8% of it is on the ground.

76 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Austin's fly balls travel 337 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 441.

38 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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