Yunel Escobar Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Escobar does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .962 OPS against them, against .532 on breaking balls.

47 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 104 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Escobar is at his best against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a 1.266 OPS there against .730 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

32.6% of Escobar's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 47% of it with the bases empty.

65 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 316 with the bases empty.

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

Escobar averages 4.2 degrees off the bat: 20.6% of his contact is in the air and 56% of it is on the ground.

248 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Escobar strikes out in only 13.4% of his trips, 93rd percentile.

381 plate appearances in 2017. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 47th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Escobar slugs .600 against offspeed pitches and .273 against breaking balls.

47 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Escobar hits the ball hard: 89.6 mph off the bat on average, 85th percentile in the league.

381 plate appearances in 2017. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 95th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Escobar is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .408 OPS there against .730 overall.

78 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Escobar should be hitting .258, 79th percentile in the league.

381 plate appearances in 2017. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 134th in MLB.

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

Escobar pulls 25.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 20%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

70 pulled, 150 up the middle and 55 the other way over 275 located batted balls.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

44.7% of Escobar's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 85th percentile in the league.

381 plate appearances in 2017. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 95th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Escobar puts up a .689 OPS against right-handers and .832 against left-handers.

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

Getting on base is what he does best

Escobar is on base at a .333 clip, 72nd percentile in the league.

381 plate appearances in 2017. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 181st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Escobar hits it hardest up the middle: 91.4 mph on average there, against 85.3 to his pull side.

138 batted balls up the middle, 49 to his pull side.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Escobar has an OPS of .818; with the bases empty it is .713.

65 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 316 with the bases empty.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Escobar's batting average is .274 but the quality of his contact projects .258, a gap of .016 he is currently outrunning.

381 plate appearances in 2017.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Escobar slugs .379 against right-handers and .441 against left-handers.

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

One of the more productive bats in the league

Escobar's OPS+ of 97 puts him 63rd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

381 plate appearances in 2017. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 233rd in MLB.

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

4 of Escobar's 7 located home runs have gone to centre field, the longest of them 438 feet.

7 tracked home runs in 2017.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Escobar strikes out in 15.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 13% with the bases empty.

65 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 316 with the bases empty.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Escobar walks in 9.2% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.3% with the bases empty.

65 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 316 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Escobar's 7 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

7 tracked home runs in 2017.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Escobar pulls 27.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 20.5% of it against left-handers.

192 batted balls against right-handers, 83 against left-handers.

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