Yadier Molina Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

5 of Molina's 5 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 417 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2022.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Molina walks in only 1.9% of his plate appearances, 2nd percentile.

270 plate appearances in 2022. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 586th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Molina strikes out in 8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 16.4% with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 220 with the bases empty.

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

Molina trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 18th percentile barrel rate, 91st percentile strikeout rate.

270 plate appearances in 2022. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2022.

He does not get on base enough to help

Molina is on base at a .233 clip, 10th percentile in the league.

270 plate appearances in 2022. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 537th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 26% of Molina's contact reaches 95 mph, 11th percentile.

270 plate appearances in 2022. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 532nd in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

5 of Molina's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2022.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.7% of Molina's batted balls are barrelled, 18th percentile.

270 plate appearances in 2022. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 489th in MLB.

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

Molina strikes out in only 14.8% of his trips, 91st percentile.

270 plate appearances in 2022. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 52nd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Molina's OPS+ of 52 sits 15th percentile among hitters this season.

270 plate appearances in 2022. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 509th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Molina averages 84.7 mph off the bat, 18th percentile in the league.

270 plate appearances in 2022. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 493rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Molina's fly balls travel 259 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 417.

103 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Molina is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .355 OPS there against .535 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Molina hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.8 mph on average there, against 81.1 the other way.

71 batted balls to his pull side, 53 the other way.

The power is not there this season

Molina is slugging .302, 22nd percentile in the league.

270 plate appearances in 2022. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 469th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

20.5% of Molina's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 27.4% of it with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 220 with the bases empty.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Molina has an OPS of .642; with the bases empty it is .511.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 220 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Molina does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .619 OPS against them, against .523 on breaking balls.

21 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 93 on breaking balls.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Molina's batting average is .214 but the quality of his contact projects .232, a gap of .018 in his favour once the bounces even out.

270 plate appearances in 2022.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Molina puts up a .515 OPS against right-handers and .596 against left-handers.

203 plate appearances against right-handers, 67 against left-handers.

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

Molina averages 17.1 degrees off the bat: 41.2% of his contact is in the air and 40.7% of it is on the ground.

221 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Molina is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .642 OPS there against .535 overall.

50 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Molina pulls 31.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

71 pulled, 99 up the middle and 53 the other way over 223 located batted balls.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Molina pulls 29.4% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 39.6% of it against left-handers.

170 batted balls against right-handers, 53 against left-handers.

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