Carter Jensen Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Jensen does his damage against fastballs: a .977 OPS against them, against .461 on breaking balls.

79 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 51 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Jensen is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.251 OPS there against .757 overall.

44 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Jensen averages 20.7 degrees off the bat: 47.6% of his contact is in the air and 33.2% of it is on the ground.

361 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Jensen is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .382 OPS there against .757 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Jensen slugs .597 against fastballs and .186 against breaking balls.

79 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Jensen trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 75th percentile barrel rate, 15th percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

21 of Jensen's 27 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 449 feet.

27 tracked home runs in 2026.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Jensen's quality of contact only supports a .211 expected average, 21st percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 331st in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Jensen swings it at 70.1 mph, 82nd percentile bat speed in the league.

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

His walks do not change much with runners on

Jensen walks in 15.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 10.8% with the bases empty.

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

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Jensen strikes out in 30.2% of his trips, 15th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 359th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Jensen hits the ball hard: 90.6 mph off the bat on average, 79th percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 91st in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Jensen's batting average is .242 but the quality of his contact projects .211, a gap of .031 he is currently outrunning.

149 plate appearances in 2026.

His contact is about the same with runners on

38.1% of Jensen's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 46.9% of it with the bases empty.

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

There is one part of the field he lives in

Jensen hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.7 mph on average there, against 86.8 the other way.

154 batted balls to his pull side, 85 the other way.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Jensen's OPS+ of 116 puts him 72nd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 119th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.6% of Jensen's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 75th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 105th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Jensen walks in 12.1% of his plate appearances, 78th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 92nd in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

44.7% of Jensen's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 73rd percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 116th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Jensen has an OPS of .642; with the bases empty it is .793.

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

There is real damage in his bat

Jensen is slugging .422, 71st percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 124th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

21 of Jensen's 27 home runs have gone to his pull side and 3 of them the other way.

27 tracked home runs in 2026.

Getting on base is what he does best

Jensen is on base at a .336 clip, 65th percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 148th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Jensen averages 89.8 mph off the bat, against 91.9 with the bases empty.

80 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 283 without.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Jensen's fly balls travel 286 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 449.

198 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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