Carson Benge Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Benge strikes out in 28.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 18.9% with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 111 with the bases empty.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Benge walks in 2.9% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 9% with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 111 with the bases empty.

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

Benge pulls 28.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 30.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

30 pulled, 43 up the middle and 32 the other way over 105 located batted balls.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Benge's batting average is .230 but the quality of his contact projects .263, a gap of .033 in his favour once the bounces even out.

146 plate appearances in 2026.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Benge hits the ball hard: 90.3 mph off the bat on average, 76th percentile in the league.

146 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 103rd in MLB.

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

Benge finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.9% of his contact, 86th percentile.

146 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 58th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Benge should be hitting .263, 72nd percentile in the league.

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

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Benge is at his best against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .800 OPS there against .621 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

36% of Benge's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 45% of it with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 111 with the bases empty.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Benge swings it at 65.3 mph, 29th percentile bat speed in the league.

146 plate appearances in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 299th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Benge is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .447 OPS there against .621 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Benge is on base at a .288 clip, 34th percentile in the league.

146 plate appearances in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 278th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Benge does his damage against fastballs: a .659 OPS against them, against .559 on breaking balls.

88 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 31 on breaking balls.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Benge's OPS+ of 78 sits 35th percentile among hitters this season.

146 plate appearances in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 275th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Benge's fly balls travel 291 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 436.

38 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

42.9% of Benge's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 63rd percentile in the league.

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

The power is not there this season

Benge is slugging .333, 36th percentile in the league.

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

There is one part of the field he lives in

Benge hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.9 mph on average there, against 89.5 up the middle.

30 batted balls to his pull side, 43 up the middle.

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