Bryce Harper Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Harper does his damage against breaking balls: a 1.115 OPS against them, against .572 on offspeed pitches.

64 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 40 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Harper is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a 1.491 OPS there against .903 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Harper should be hitting .301, 94th percentile in the league.

187 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 27th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Harper puts up a 1.000 OPS against right-handers and .748 against left-handers.

115 plate appearances against right-handers, 72 against left-handers.

There is real damage in his bat

Harper is slugging .534, 94th percentile in the league.

187 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 27th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Harper is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .462 OPS there against .903 overall.

33 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Harper slugs .709 against breaking balls and .297 against offspeed pitches.

64 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

His contact is about the same with runners on

30.8% of Harper's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.7% of it with the bases empty.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Harper swings it at 70.6 mph, 86th percentile bat speed in the league.

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

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

Harper does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 85th percentile barrel rate, 83rd percentile strikeout rate.

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

One of the more productive bats in the league

Harper's OPS+ of 149 puts him 91st percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

187 plate appearances in 2026. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 38th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Harper slugs .600 against right-handers and .429 against left-handers.

115 plate appearances against right-handers, 72 against left-handers.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

12.9% of Harper's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 85th percentile.

187 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 65th in MLB.

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

Harper strikes out in only 16% of his trips, 83rd percentile.

187 plate appearances in 2026. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 72nd in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Harper's 10 home runs have gone to his pull side and 2 of them the other way.

10 tracked home runs in 2026.

Getting on base is what he does best

Harper is on base at a .369 clip, 87th percentile in the league.

187 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 55th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Harper walks in 12.3% of his plate appearances, 81st percentile.

187 plate appearances in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 79th in MLB.

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

Harper finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.9% of his contact, 82nd percentile.

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

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Harper strikes out in 11.8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 17% with the bases empty.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Harper strikes out in 13.9% of his trips against right-handers and 19.4% of them against left-handers.

115 plate appearances against right-handers, 72 against left-handers.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Harper's batting average is .282 but the quality of his contact projects .301, a gap of .019 in his favour once the bounces even out.

187 plate appearances in 2026.

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

With a runner in scoring position Harper averages 86.4 mph off the bat, against 89.3 with the bases empty.

26 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 108 without.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Harper hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.7 mph on average there, against 87.4 the other way.

56 batted balls to his pull side, 26 the other way.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Harper has an OPS of .831; with the bases empty it is .918.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

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