Zack Cozart Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Cozart's batting average is .124 but the quality of his contact projects .216, a gap of .092 in his favour once the bounces even out.

107 plate appearances in 2019.

The power is not there this season

Cozart is slugging .144, 7th percentile in the league.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 606th in MLB.

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

Cozart trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 16th percentile barrel rate, 92nd percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

Cozart averages 20.1 degrees off the bat: 47.4% of his contact is in the air and 36.8% of it is on the ground.

76 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 23.7% of Cozart's contact reaches 95 mph, 11th percentile.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 578th in MLB.

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

Cozart strikes out in only 15% of his trips, 92nd percentile.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 53rd in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.3% of Cozart's batted balls are barrelled, 16th percentile.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 547th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Cozart is on base at a .178 clip, 10th percentile in the league.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 586th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Cozart hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.3 mph on average there, against 83.3 the other way.

31 batted balls to his pull side, 11 the other way.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Cozart is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .513 OPS there against .322 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Cozart walks in only 4.7% of his plate appearances, 23rd percentile.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 501st in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Cozart's fly balls travel 269 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 383.

39 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Cozart averages 86.4 mph off the bat, 27th percentile in the league.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 473rd in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Cozart's quality of contact only supports a .216 expected average, 35th percentile in the league.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 422nd in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Cozart finds a productive launch angle on only 35.5% of his contact, 32nd percentile.

107 plate appearances in 2019. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 439th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Cozart pulls 44.4% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 31.6% of it against left-handers.

45 batted balls against right-handers, 38 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Cozart is at his worst with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .224 OPS there against .322 overall.

64 plate appearances in that situation.

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