Colt Keith Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Keith does his damage against breaking balls: a .777 OPS against them, against .407 on offspeed pitches.

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

There is one part of the field he lives in

Keith hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.0 mph on average there, against 85.9 the other way.

42 batted balls to his pull side, 13 the other way.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Keith is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .407 OPS there against .693 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

52% of Keith's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 42% of it with the bases empty.

33 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Keith strikes out in 18.2% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 24.8% with the bases empty.

33 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Keith hits the ball hard: 90.5 mph off the bat on average, 78th percentile in the league.

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

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Keith walks in only 5.2% of his plate appearances, 19th percentile.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 340th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Keith's batting average is .294 but the quality of his contact projects .264, a gap of .030 he is currently outrunning.

134 plate appearances in 2026.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Keith slugs .417 against breaking balls and .222 against offspeed pitches.

25 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Keith should be hitting .264, 72nd percentile in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 117th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Keith's fly balls travel 268 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 416.

31 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

44.7% of Keith's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 74th percentile in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 111th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.3% of Keith's batted balls are barrelled, 30th percentile.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 297th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Keith is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .874 OPS there against .693 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Keith finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.1% of his contact, 75th percentile.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 108th in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Keith swings it at 68.7 mph, 70th percentile bat speed in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 129th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Keith averages 88.3 mph off the bat, against 91.3 with the bases empty.

25 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 69 without.

Getting on base is what he does best

Keith is on base at a .336 clip, 66th percentile in the league.

134 plate appearances in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 145th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Keith walks in 3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5.9% with the bases empty.

33 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Keith has an OPS of .616; with the bases empty it is .718.

33 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

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