Yasiel Puig Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Puig is at his best against left-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.262 OPS there against .785 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Puig hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.8 mph on average there, against 86.6 the other way.

96 batted balls to his pull side, 92 the other way.

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

Puig pulls 24.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 26.6%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

103 pulled, 209 up the middle and 113 the other way over 425 located batted balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Puig is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .510 OPS there against .785 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Puig hits the ball hard: 90.7 mph off the bat on average, 78th percentile in the league.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 143rd in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.7% of Puig's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 75th percentile.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 164th in MLB.

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

Puig does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 75th percentile barrel rate, 66th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is real damage in his bat

Puig is slugging .458, 72nd percentile in the league.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 181st in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Puig's batting average is .267 but the quality of his contact projects .246, a gap of .021 he is currently outrunning.

611 plate appearances in 2019.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.5% of Puig's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 69th percentile in the league.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 199th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Puig's OPS+ of 104 puts him 69th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 203rd in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Puig strikes out in 19.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 22.5% with the bases empty.

140 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 471 with the bases empty.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Puig should be hitting .246, 64th percentile in the league.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 237th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Puig does his damage against breaking balls: a .790 OPS against them, against .699 on offspeed pitches.

157 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 59 on offspeed pitches.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Puig strikes out in 22.6% of his trips against right-handers and 19.5% of them against left-handers.

455 plate appearances against right-handers, 154 against left-handers.

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

Puig strikes out in only 21.8% of his trips, 66th percentile.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 224th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Puig has an OPS of .859; with the bases empty it is .763.

140 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 471 with the bases empty.

Getting on base is what he does best

Puig is on base at a .327 clip, 67th percentile in the league.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 216th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Puig finds a productive launch angle on only 35.8% of his contact, 34th percentile.

611 plate appearances in 2019. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 430th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

47.1% of Puig's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 42.5% of it with the bases empty.

140 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 471 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Puig slugs .497 against breaking balls and .411 against offspeed pitches.

157 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Puig's fly balls travel 295 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 455.

143 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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