Denzel Clarke Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Clarke averages 2.0 degrees off the bat: 20% of his contact is in the air and 73.3% of it is on the ground.

30 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Clarke gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 22nd percentile barrel rate, 1st percentile strikeout rate.

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

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Clarke's quality of contact only supports a .181 expected average, 7th percentile in the league.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 392nd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Clarke's OPS+ of 21 sits 5th percentile among hitters this season.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 401st in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Clarke strikes out in 40% of his trips, 1st percentile.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 1st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 418th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Clarke is slugging .189, 5th percentile in the league.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 402nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Clarke hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.3 mph on average there, against 80.4 up the middle.

9 batted balls to his pull side, 15 up the middle.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48.4% of Clarke's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 85th percentile in the league.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 65th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Clarke finds a productive launch angle on only 16.7% of his contact, 2nd percentile.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 414th in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Clarke swings it at 64.1 mph, 17th percentile bat speed in the league.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 348th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Clarke is on base at a .228 clip, 9th percentile in the league.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 382nd in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.3% of Clarke's batted balls are barrelled, 22nd percentile.

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

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Clarke averages 85.7 mph off the bat, 22nd percentile in the league.

60 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

Clarke pulls 28.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

9 pulled, 16 up the middle and 7 the other way over 32 located batted balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Clarke is at his worst with the bases empty: a .268 OPS there against .417 overall.

44 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Clarke walks in only 6.7% of his plate appearances, 32nd percentile.

60 plate appearances in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 286th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Clarke is at his best on fastballs: a .536 OPS there against .417 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

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