Colson Montgomery Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Montgomery averages 23.8 degrees off the bat: 51% of his contact is in the air and 29.2% of it is on the ground.

339 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Montgomery strikes out in 38.8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 25.6% with the bases empty.

49 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 129 with the bases empty.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Montgomery swings it at 73.0 mph, 98th percentile bat speed in the league.

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

There is real damage in his bat

Montgomery is slugging .519, 93rd percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 32nd in MLB.

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

Montgomery trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 92nd percentile barrel rate, 19th percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

25 of Montgomery's 31 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 442 feet.

31 tracked home runs in 2026.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

15.7% of Montgomery's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 92nd percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 33rd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Montgomery hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.9 mph on average there, against 82.3 the other way.

172 batted balls to his pull side, 47 the other way.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Montgomery's OPS+ of 138 puts him 86th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

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

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Montgomery is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.083 OPS there against .851 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Montgomery strikes out in 29.2% of his trips, 19th percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 341st in MLB.

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

Montgomery finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.2% of his contact, 88th percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 50th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Montgomery hits the ball hard: 90.2 mph off the bat on average, 73rd percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 113th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Montgomery has an OPS of .738; with the bases empty it is .895.

49 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 129 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Montgomery's fly balls travel 259 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 442.

192 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Montgomery's quality of contact only supports a .223 expected average, 32nd percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 288th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

48% of Montgomery's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40.5% of it with the bases empty.

49 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 129 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Montgomery is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .692 OPS there against .851 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

25 of Montgomery's 31 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

31 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Montgomery does his damage against fastballs: a .876 OPS against them, against .786 on breaking balls.

102 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 47 on breaking balls.

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

Montgomery pulls 50.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 13.7%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

174 pulled, 122 up the middle and 47 the other way over 343 located batted balls.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Montgomery's batting average is .237 but the quality of his contact projects .223, a gap of .014 he is currently outrunning.

178 plate appearances in 2026.

Getting on base is what he does best

Montgomery is on base at a .331 clip, 62nd percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 161st in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Montgomery pulls 47.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 56.4% of it against left-handers.

225 batted balls against right-handers, 117 against left-handers.

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