Beltre is a contact hitter. There's a lot of differences between him and Bill Hall in the Batter's Box. Adrian Beltre makes contact more often (76%, 80%, 76% compared to 74%, 74%, 69% over the last 3 years), when he makes contact, Adrian is more likely to put the ball in play when he makes contact (31%, 33%, 35% to 26%, 24%, 24%), and swings at pitches outside the strikezone more often (37%, 34%, 38% to 25%, 27%, 25%), and when they do swing out of the zone, Adrian makes a lot more contact again (63%, 68%, 58% to 54%, 56%, 53%). Here's the one that just caught me by surprise, Bill Hall swings at the first pitch more often (36%, 33%, 36% to 28%, 28%, 29%). But still, I think the higher p/PA for Bill Hall is built on greater patience and less contact skill. Franklin Gutierrez has a similar p/PA to Hall, but contact rates more similar to Beltre, though he almost never swings at a first pitch (11%, 12%, 10%) compared to the other two.