Dalton Rushing Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Rushing does his damage against breaking balls: a 1.285 OPS against them, against .755 on fastballs.

30 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 26 on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Rushing is at his best against right-handers, on breaking balls: a 1.429 OPS there against .946 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

There is real damage in his bat

Rushing is slugging .600, 97th percentile in the league.

78 plate appearances in 2026. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 12th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Rushing hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.3 mph on average there, against 81.3 the other way.

22 batted balls to his pull side, 9 the other way.

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

With a runner in scoring position Rushing averages 83.7 mph off the bat, against 89.2 with the bases empty.

14 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 33 without.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Rushing's OPS+ of 160 puts him 95th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

78 plate appearances in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 20th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Rushing slugs .885 against breaking balls and .409 against fastballs.

30 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

Rushing trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 77th percentile barrel rate, 18th percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

Rushing averages 19.1 degrees off the bat: 45.7% of his contact is in the air and 34.8% of it is on the ground.

46 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Rushing strikes out in 29.5% of his trips, 18th percentile.

78 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 345th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.9% of Rushing's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 77th percentile.

78 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 98th in MLB.

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

5 of Rushing's 7 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 421 feet.

7 tracked home runs in 2026.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

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

78 plate appearances in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 115th in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Rushing swings it at 69.5 mph, 77th percentile bat speed in the league.

78 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 99th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Rushing is at his worst on fastballs: a .755 OPS there against .946 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Rushing walks in only 6.4% of his plate appearances, 27th percentile.

78 plate appearances in 2026. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 306th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Rushing's batting average is .271 but the quality of his contact projects .251, a gap of .020 he is currently outrunning.

78 plate appearances in 2026.

Getting on base is what he does best

Rushing is on base at a .346 clip, 73rd percentile in the league.

78 plate appearances in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 114th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Rushing's fly balls travel 272 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 421.

24 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Rushing averages 87.6 mph off the bat, 38th percentile in the league.

78 plate appearances in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 260th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

5 of Rushing's 7 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

7 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

Rushing finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37% of his contact, 62nd percentile.

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

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

Rushing pulls 46.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 19.1%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

22 pulled, 16 up the middle and 9 the other way over 47 located batted balls.

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