Tyler Flowers Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Flowers does his damage against fastballs: a .755 OPS against them, against .429 on breaking balls.

48 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 29 on breaking balls.

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

Flowers trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 65th percentile barrel rate, 2nd percentile strikeout rate.

80 plate appearances in 2020. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2020.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Flowers hits the ball hard: 93.0 mph off the bat on average, 97th percentile in the league.

80 plate appearances in 2020. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 17th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Flowers's quality of contact only supports a .189 expected average, 10th percentile in the league.

80 plate appearances in 2020. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 427th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Flowers is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.024 OPS there against .673 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Flowers strikes out in 42.5% of his trips, 2nd percentile.

80 plate appearances in 2020. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 464th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Flowers hits it hardest to his pull side: 96.6 mph on average there, against 88.9 the other way.

14 batted balls to his pull side, 8 the other way.

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

Flowers finds the launch angles that produce hits on 51.4% of his contact, 99th percentile.

80 plate appearances in 2020. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 7th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Flowers is at his worst with a runner in scoring position: a .361 OPS there against .673 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

45.7% of Flowers's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 82nd percentile in the league.

80 plate appearances in 2020. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 85th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Flowers's batting average is .217 but the quality of his contact projects .189, a gap of .028 he is currently outrunning.

80 plate appearances in 2020.

The power is not there this season

Flowers is slugging .348, 30th percentile in the league.

80 plate appearances in 2020. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 334th in MLB.

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

Flowers averages 16.1 degrees off the bat: 31.4% of his contact is in the air and 34.3% of it is on the ground.

35 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Flowers slugs .359 against fastballs and .222 against breaking balls.

48 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.6% of Flowers's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 65th percentile.

80 plate appearances in 2020. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 168th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Flowers walks in 10% of his plate appearances, 68th percentile.

80 plate appearances in 2020. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 151st in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Flowers's fly balls travel 295 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 400.

16 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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