Austin Martin Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

Getting on base is what he does best

Martin is on base at a .448 clip, 100th percentile in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 3rd in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Martin swings it at 61.6 mph, 5th percentile bat speed in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 400th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Martin hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.3 mph on average there, against 81.0 the other way.

27 batted balls to his pull side, 21 the other way.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Martin is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.221 OPS there against .870 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Martin puts up a .771 OPS against right-handers and .989 against left-handers.

70 plate appearances against right-handers, 64 against left-handers.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Martin should be hitting .285, 86th percentile in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 61st in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Martin walks in 16.4% of his plate appearances, 94th percentile.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 25th in MLB.

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

Martin trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 18th percentile barrel rate, 88th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Martin's batting average is .330 but the quality of his contact projects .285, a gap of .045 he is currently outrunning.

134 plate appearances in 2026.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Martin's OPS+ of 145 puts him 89th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 47th in MLB.

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

Martin strikes out in only 14.2% of his trips, 88th percentile.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 50th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.3% of Martin's batted balls are barrelled, 18th percentile.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 347th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31.9% of Martin's contact reaches 95 mph, 23rd percentile.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 326th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Martin strikes out in 17.1% of his trips against right-handers and 10.9% of them against left-handers.

70 plate appearances against right-handers, 64 against left-handers.

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

Martin pulls 29.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

27 pulled, 43 up the middle and 21 the other way over 91 located batted balls.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Martin averages 86.4 mph off the bat, 26th percentile in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 312th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Martin slugs .371 against right-handers and .489 against left-handers.

70 plate appearances against right-handers, 64 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Martin is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty: a .702 OPS there against .870 overall.

57 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Martin does his damage against fastballs: a .949 OPS against them, against .841 on breaking balls.

90 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 29 on breaking balls.

There is real damage in his bat

Martin is slugging .422, 71st percentile in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 123rd in MLB.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Martin averages 87.8 mph off the bat, against 86.0 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 73 without.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Martin pulls 24% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 36.6% of it against left-handers.

50 batted balls against right-handers, 41 against left-handers.

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

Martin finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37.5% of his contact, 64th percentile.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 154th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Martin's fly balls travel 288 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 406.

31 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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