Brendan Donovan Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Donovan does his damage against fastballs: a .965 OPS against them, against .467 on breaking balls.

60 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 25 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Donovan is at his worst against left-handers: a .382 OPS there against .839 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Donovan's OPS+ of 154 puts him 93rd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 31st in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Donovan slugs .532 against fastballs and .227 against breaking balls.

60 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Donovan trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 31st percentile barrel rate, 86th percentile strikeout rate.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Donovan's fly balls travel 256 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 383.

30 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Getting on base is what he does best

Donovan is on base at a .386 clip, 92nd percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 34th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Donovan is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.169 OPS there against .839 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Donovan averages 82.1 mph off the bat, against 86.8 with the bases empty.

13 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 55 without.

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

Donovan strikes out in only 14.9% of his trips, 86th percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 60th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Donovan hits it hardest up the middle: 87.4 mph on average there, against 80.5 the other way.

28 batted balls up the middle, 12 the other way.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Donovan averages 85.9 mph off the bat, 23rd percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 324th in MLB.

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

Donovan finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.3% of his contact, 80th percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 86th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 33.8% of Donovan's contact reaches 95 mph, 26th percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 310th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Donovan is slugging .452, 78th percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 94th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.5% of Donovan's batted balls are barrelled, 31st percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 291st in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Donovan walks in 10.9% of his plate appearances, 72nd percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 120th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Donovan should be hitting .257, 63rd percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 156th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Donovan's batting average is .274 but the quality of his contact projects .257, a gap of .017 he is currently outrunning.

101 plate appearances in 2026.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Donovan swings it at 66.0 mph, 37th percentile bat speed in the league.

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

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

Donovan averages 15.0 degrees off the bat: 35.8% of his contact is in the air and 34.3% of it is on the ground.

67 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Donovan pulls 43.4% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 35.3% of it against left-handers.

53 batted balls against right-handers, 17 against left-handers.

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