Clint Frazier strikes out too much and walks too little.

Yankee outfielder Clint Frazier has been a pleasant surprise in 2019, helping to fill in for injured Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. But doesn't it seem like Frazier strikes out too much, especially for a guy who is not a typical home run hitter?

Terrible Baltimore pitching skews stats of Yankees Sanchez, Torres, Frazier, ... Friday, May 24, 2019

Clint Frazier (6 HR in Baltimore)
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Through 6/15/2019:

Frazier has the sixth most plate appearances on the 2019 Yankees: 204

	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA ▼	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	1B	Luke Voit	28	67	300	251	46	66	8	1	17	45	0	0	42	77	.263	.380	.506	.886	135	127	8	6	0	1	1
2	2B	DJ LeMahieu	30	64	285	261	43	81	16	0	7	41	3	0	18	39	.310	.356	.452	.808	115	118	4	2	1	3	0
3	SS	Gleyber Torres	22	64	269	243	38	70	13	0	15	36	3	1	20	61	.288	.340	.527	.866	127	128	5	1	1	4	2
4	CF	Brett Gardner*	35	65	255	226	41	51	9	4	11	27	6	2	25	37	.226	.306	.447	.753	98	101	3	2	0	2	0
5	C	Gary Sanchez	26	51	214	192	32	50	5	1	20	43	0	0	19	56	.260	.336	.609	.946	145	117	1	3	0	0	2
6	RF	Clint Frazier	24	52	204	186	25	53	11	0	11	34	1	2	13	58	.285	.333	.522	.855	124	97	1	2	0	3	1
7	3B	Gio Urshela	27	58	199	178	27	54	12	0	5	30	1	0	14	31	.303	.357	.455	.812	116	81	8	3	0	4	0
8	LF	Mike Tauchman*	28	36	113	100	16	21	7	0	4	13	1	0	13	35	.210	.301	.400	.701	86	40	5	0	0	0	0
9	OF	Cameron Maybin	32	36	112	99	19	27	6	0	2	9	5	2	13	30	.273	.357	.394	.751	102	39	2	0	0	0	0
10	CF	Aaron Hicks#	29	24	105	90	14	19	3	0	4	16	1	1	14	25	.211	.314	.378	.692	85	34	2	0	0	1	0
11	C	Austin Romine	30	28	95	92	8	18	2	0	1	11	0	0	2	23	.196	.213	.250	.463	24	23	2	0	1	0	0
12	RF	Aaron Judge (10-day IL)	27	20	89	73	13	21	2	0	5	11	2	1	14	26	.288	.404	.521	.925	146	38	2	1	0	1

But Frazier has the third most strike outs: 58

	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO ▼	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	1B	Luke Voit	28	67	300	251	46	66	8	1	17	45	0	0	42	77	.263	.380	.506	.886	135	127	8	6	0	1	1
2	SS	Gleyber Torres	22	64	269	243	38	70	13	0	15	36	3	1	20	61	.288	.340	.527	.866	127	128	5	1	1	4	2
3	RF	Clint Frazier	24	52	204	186	25	53	11	0	11	34	1	2	13	58	.285	.333	.522	.855	124	97	1	2	0	3	1
4	C	Gary Sanchez	26	51	214	192	32	50	5	1	20	43	0	0	19	56	.260	.336	.609	.946	145	117	1	3	0	0	2
5	2B	DJ LeMahieu	30	64	285	261	43	81	16	0	7	41	3	0	18	39	.310	.356	.452	.808	115	118	4	2	1	3	0
6	CF	Brett Gardner*	35	65	255	226	41	51	9	4	11	27	6	2	25	37	.226	.306	.447	.753	98	101	3	2	0	2	0
7	LF	Mike Tauchman*	28	36	113	100	16	21	7	0	4	13	1	0	13	35	.210	.301	.400	.701	86	40	5	0	0	0	0
8	3B	Gio Urshela	27	58	199	178	27	54	12	0	5	30	1	0	14	31	.303	.357	.455	.812	116	81	8	3	0	4	0
9	OF	Cameron Maybin	32	36	112	99	19	27	6	0	2	9	5	2	13	30	.273	.357	.394	.751	102	39	2	0	0	0	0
10	RF	Aaron Judge (10-day IL)	27	20	89	73	13	21	2	0	5	11	2	1	14	26	.288	.404	.521	.925	146	38	2	1	0	1	1

And Frazier has only the 9th most BB: 13

	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB ▼	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	1B	Luke Voit	28	67	300	251	46	66	8	1	17	45	0	0	42	77	.263	.380	.506	.886	135	127	8	6	0	1	1
2	CF	Brett Gardner*	35	65	255	226	41	51	9	4	11	27	6	2	25	37	.226	.306	.447	.753	98	101	3	2	0	2	0
3	SS	Gleyber Torres	22	64	269	243	38	70	13	0	15	36	3	1	20	61	.288	.340	.527	.866	127	128	5	1	1	4	2
4	C	Gary Sanchez	26	51	214	192	32	50	5	1	20	43	0	0	19	56	.260	.336	.609	.946	145	117	1	3	0	0	2
5	2B	DJ LeMahieu	30	64	285	261	43	81	16	0	7	41	3	0	18	39	.310	.356	.452	.808	115	118	4	2	1	3	0
6	3B	Gio Urshela	27	58	199	178	27	54	12	0	5	30	1	0	14	31	.303	.357	.455	.812	116	81	8	3	0	4	0
7	RF	Aaron Judge (10-day IL)	27	20	89	73	13	21	2	0	5	11	2	1	14	26	.288	.404	.521	.925	146	38	2	1	0	1	1
8	CF	Aaron Hicks#	29	24	105	90	14	19	3	0	4	16	1	1	14	25	.211	.314	.378	.692	85	34	2	0	0	1	0
9	RF	Clint Frazier	24	52	204	186	25	53	11	0	11	34	1	2	13	58	.285	.333	.522	.855	124	97	1	2	0	3	1
10	LF	Mike Tauchman*	28	36	113	100	16	21	7	0	4	13	1	0	13	35	.210	.301	.400	.701	86	40	5	0	0	0	0
11	OF	Cameron Maybin	32	36	112	99	19	27	6	0	2	9	5	2	13	30	.273	.357	.394	.751	102	39	2	0	0	0	0
12	DH	Kendrys Morales# (10-day IL)	36	19	75	62	7	11	1	0	1	5	0	0	12	6	.177	.320	.242	.562	55	15	3	1	0	0	0

Of the 13 Yankees with the most PA Frazier's SO/BB ratio is second worst:

6/15/2019	SO	BB	SO/BB
Romine	23	2	11.50
Frazier	58	13	4.46
Torres	61	20	3.05
Sanchez	56	19	2.95
Tauchman	35	13	2.69
Maybin	30	13	2.31
Urshela	31	14	2.21
LaMahieu	39	18	2.17
Judge	26	14	1.86
Voigt	77	42	1.83
Hicks	25	14	1.79
Gardner	37	25	1.48
Morales	6	12	.50

Austin Romine is the backup catcher.