Brandon Lockridge Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Lockridge pulls 16.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 30%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

10 pulled, 32 up the middle and 18 the other way over 60 located batted balls.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Lockridge's batting average is .294 but the quality of his contact projects .231, a gap of .063 he is currently outrunning.

96 plate appearances in 2026.

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

Lockridge averages -2.5 degrees off the bat: 16.1% of his contact is in the air and 69.6% of it is on the ground.

56 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Lockridge averages 82.5 mph off the bat, 8th percentile in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2026. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 389th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Lockridge is on base at a .368 clip, 87th percentile in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 56th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Lockridge is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .996 OPS there against .710 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Lockridge does his damage against breaking balls: a .910 OPS against them, against .691 on fastballs.

35 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 47 on fastballs.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.8% of Lockridge's batted balls are barrelled, 16th percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 355th in MLB.

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

Lockridge gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 16th percentile barrel rate, 32nd percentile strikeout rate.

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

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Lockridge finds a productive launch angle on only 22.8% of his contact, 5th percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2026. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 399th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Lockridge hits it hardest the other way: 86.7 mph on average there, against 78.1 up the middle.

18 batted balls the other way, 30 up the middle.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Lockridge is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .471 OPS there against .710 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Lockridge slugs .469 against breaking balls and .308 against fastballs.

35 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 33.9% of Lockridge's contact reaches 95 mph, 27th percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2026. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 309th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Lockridge walks in 10.4% of his plate appearances, 68th percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 135th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Lockridge strikes out in 26% of his trips, 32nd percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 287th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Lockridge is slugging .341, 38th percentile in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 261st in MLB.

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