Chandler Simpson Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Simpson does his damage against breaking balls: a .882 OPS against them, against .426 on offspeed pitches.

38 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 27 on offspeed pitches.

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

Simpson averages -1.1 degrees off the bat: 19.5% of his contact is in the air and 62.4% of it is on the ground.

149 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Simpson swings it at 60.0 mph, 2nd percentile bat speed in the league.

177 plate appearances in 2026. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 414th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 16.4% of Simpson's contact reaches 95 mph, 3rd percentile.

177 plate appearances in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 409th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Simpson is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.063 OPS there against .705 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Simpson strikes out in only 9.6% of his trips, 98th percentile.

177 plate appearances in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 10th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Simpson strikes out in 2.8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 11.3% with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

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

Simpson pulls 22.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

34 pulled, 77 up the middle and 41 the other way over 152 located batted balls.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Simpson slugs .514 against breaking balls and .167 against offspeed pitches.

38 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Simpson averages 81.5 mph off the bat, 6th percentile in the league.

177 plate appearances in 2026. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 396th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Simpson puts up a .769 OPS against right-handers and .570 against left-handers.

120 plate appearances against right-handers, 57 against left-handers.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Simpson's batting average is .311 but the quality of his contact projects .268, a gap of .043 he is currently outrunning.

177 plate appearances in 2026.

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

With a runner in scoring position Simpson averages 77.7 mph off the bat, against 82.6 with the bases empty.

34 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 118 without.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Simpson is at his worst on offspeed pitches: a .426 OPS there against .705 overall.

27 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, Simpson should be hitting .268, 74th percentile in the league.

177 plate appearances in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 110th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Simpson walks in only 4.5% of his plate appearances, 16th percentile.

177 plate appearances in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 355th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Simpson's fly balls travel 263 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 336.

34 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Simpson slugs .396 against right-handers and .302 against left-handers.

120 plate appearances against right-handers, 57 against left-handers.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Simpson finds a productive launch angle on only 30.9% of his contact, 26th percentile.

177 plate appearances in 2026. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 313th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Simpson is on base at a .339 clip, 67th percentile in the league.

177 plate appearances in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 139th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Simpson strikes out in 8.3% of his trips against right-handers and 12.3% of them against left-handers.

120 plate appearances against right-handers, 57 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Simpson hits it hardest the other way: 83.7 mph on average there, against 79.7 up the middle.

41 batted balls the other way, 77 up the middle.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Simpson walks in 2.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5% with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Simpson has an OPS of .769; with the bases empty it is .689.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

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