Curtis Mead Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

With a runner in scoring position Mead averages 85.4 mph off the bat, against 92.0 with the bases empty.

22 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 50 without.

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

Mead does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 71st percentile barrel rate, 88th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Mead walks in 14.3% of his plate appearances, 90th percentile.

105 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 44th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Mead is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .551 OPS there against .816 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

Getting on base is what he does best

Mead is on base at a .362 clip, 83rd percentile in the league.

105 plate appearances in 2026. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 73rd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Mead hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.9 mph on average there, against 86.3 the other way.

28 batted balls to his pull side, 14 the other way.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

47.2% of Mead's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 81st percentile in the league.

105 plate appearances in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 82nd in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Mead should be hitting .270, 76th percentile in the league.

105 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 100th in MLB.

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

Mead strikes out in only 14.3% of his trips, 88th percentile.

105 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 52nd in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Mead's OPS+ of 130 puts him 82nd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

105 plate appearances in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 75th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Mead's batting average is .239 but the quality of his contact projects .270, a gap of .031 in his favour once the bounces even out.

105 plate appearances in 2026.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Mead's fly balls travel 268 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 398.

31 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.7% of Mead's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 71st percentile.

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

There is real damage in his bat

Mead is slugging .455, 79th percentile in the league.

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

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Mead hits the ball hard: 90.0 mph off the bat on average, 70th percentile in the league.

105 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 126th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Mead is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .973 OPS there against .816 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Mead slugs .419 against right-handers and .489 against left-handers.

55 plate appearances against right-handers, 50 against left-handers.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Mead swings it at 68.4 mph, 67th percentile bat speed in the league.

105 plate appearances in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 141st in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Mead strikes out in 12.7% of his trips against right-handers and 16% of them against left-handers.

55 plate appearances against right-handers, 50 against left-handers.

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