Danny Jansen Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Jansen's quality of contact only supports a .160 expected average, 3rd percentile in the league.

99 plate appearances in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 410th in MLB.

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

Jansen averages 19.9 degrees off the bat: 39.3% of his contact is in the air and 42.9% of it is on the ground.

56 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Jansen's fly balls travel 228 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 409.

27 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Jansen finds a productive launch angle on only 25% of his contact, 9th percentile.

99 plate appearances in 2026. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 385th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Jansen's batting average is .195 but the quality of his contact projects .160, a gap of .035 he is currently outrunning.

99 plate appearances in 2026.

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

Jansen gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 26th percentile barrel rate, 22nd percentile strikeout rate.

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

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Jansen averages 89.0 mph off the bat, against 85.3 with the bases empty.

13 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 45 without.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Jansen averages 86.1 mph off the bat, 24th percentile in the league.

99 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 320th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Jansen strikes out in 28.3% of his trips, 22nd percentile.

99 plate appearances in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 327th in MLB.

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

Jansen pulls 53.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 11.7%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

32 pulled, 21 up the middle and 7 the other way over 60 located batted balls.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.6% of Jansen's batted balls are barrelled, 26th percentile.

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

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 32.8% of Jansen's contact reaches 95 mph, 25th percentile.

99 plate appearances in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 318th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Jansen is on base at a .286 clip, 33rd percentile in the league.

99 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 282nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Jansen hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.3 mph on average there, against 83.7 up the middle.

30 batted balls to his pull side, 21 up the middle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Jansen's OPS+ of 78 sits 35th percentile among hitters this season.

99 plate appearances in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 273rd in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Jansen pulls 56.2% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 41.7% of it against left-handers.

48 batted balls against right-handers, 12 against left-handers.

The power is not there this season

Jansen is slugging .333, 36th percentile in the league.

99 plate appearances in 2026. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 271st in MLB.

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