Andrew Benintendi Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Benintendi strikes out in 21.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 33.7% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Benintendi does his damage against fastballs: a .729 OPS against them, against .423 on offspeed pitches.

72 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 26 on offspeed pitches.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

52.9% of Benintendi's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 93rd percentile in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 29th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Benintendi is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .905 OPS there against .604 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Benintendi pulls 54.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 7%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

47 pulled, 33 up the middle and 6 the other way over 86 located batted balls.

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

Benintendi trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 82nd percentile barrel rate, 14th percentile strikeout rate.

138 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

His contact is about the same with runners on

44.4% of Benintendi's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 56.9% of it with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

11.9% of Benintendi's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 82nd percentile.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 78th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Benintendi strikes out in 30.4% of his trips, 14th percentile.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 362nd in MLB.

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

Benintendi averages 19.4 degrees off the bat: 44% of his contact is in the air and 29.8% of it is on the ground.

84 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Benintendi is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .318 OPS there against .604 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Benintendi finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.9% of his contact, 90th percentile.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 45th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Benintendi has an OPS of .770; with the bases empty it is .547.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Benintendi is on base at a .268 clip, 24th percentile in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 319th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Benintendi's batting average is .216 but the quality of his contact projects .245, a gap of .029 in his favour once the bounces even out.

138 plate appearances in 2026.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Benintendi slugs .410 against fastballs and .231 against offspeed pitches.

72 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Benintendi swings it at 65.3 mph, 29th percentile bat speed in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 300th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Benintendi's OPS+ of 71 sits 29th percentile among hitters this season.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 301st in MLB.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Benintendi averages 85.9 mph off the bat, against 89.7 with the bases empty.

27 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 58 without.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Benintendi's fly balls travel 281 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 410.

45 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Benintendi hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.2 mph on average there, against 86.8 up the middle.

46 batted balls to his pull side, 33 up the middle.

The power is not there this season

Benintendi is slugging .336, 37th percentile in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 265th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Benintendi walks in only 7.2% of his plate appearances, 38th percentile.

138 plate appearances in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 262nd in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Benintendi walks in 5.4% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.9% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Benintendi pulls 56.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 46.7% of it against left-handers.

71 batted balls against right-handers, 15 against left-handers.

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