Brent Rooker Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Rooker does his damage against fastballs: a .811 OPS against them, against .480 on breaking balls.

72 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 33 on breaking balls.

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

Rooker averages 21.7 degrees off the bat: 47.8% of his contact is in the air and 32.8% of it is on the ground.

67 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Rooker trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 86th percentile barrel rate, 8th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Rooker is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .958 OPS there against .633 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Rooker hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.4 mph on average there, against 82.6 the other way.

24 batted balls to his pull side, 16 the other way.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Rooker strikes out in 32.8% of his trips, 8th percentile.

119 plate appearances in 2026. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 388th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

13.4% of Rooker's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 86th percentile.

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

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Rooker slugs .492 against fastballs and .207 against breaking balls.

72 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

4 of Rooker's 5 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 422 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Rooker is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .340 OPS there against .633 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Rooker's quality of contact only supports a .211 expected average, 22nd percentile in the league.

119 plate appearances in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 330th in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Rooker swings it at 70.5 mph, 85th percentile bat speed in the league.

119 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 63rd in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Rooker is on base at a .277 clip, 28th percentile in the league.

119 plate appearances in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 302nd in MLB.

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

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

119 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 87th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Rooker's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

With a runner in scoring position Rooker averages 87.5 mph off the bat, against 89.8 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 49 without.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.3% of Rooker's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 66th percentile in the league.

119 plate appearances in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 143rd in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Rooker walks in 10.9% of his plate appearances, 71st percentile.

119 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 122nd in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Rooker's batting average is .192 but the quality of his contact projects .211, a gap of .019 in his favour once the bounces even out.

119 plate appearances in 2026.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Rooker's OPS+ of 79 sits 36th percentile among hitters this season.

119 plate appearances in 2026. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 269th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Rooker's fly balls travel 283 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 422.

34 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Rooker pulls 34% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 41.2% of it against left-handers.

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

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