Dominic Smith Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Smith does his damage against fastballs: a 1.204 OPS against them, against .667 on breaking balls.

48 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 31 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, Smith should be hitting .340, 99th percentile in the league.

94 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 4th in MLB.

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

4 of Smith's 4 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 430 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Smith is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a 1.261 OPS there against .900 overall.

45 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Smith averages 82.6 mph off the bat, against 91.2 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 58 without.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Smith's OPS+ of 154 puts him 93rd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

94 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 30th in MLB.

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

Smith does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 68th percentile barrel rate, 89th percentile strikeout rate.

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

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Smith slugs .714 against fastballs and .345 against breaking balls.

48 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Smith's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is real damage in his bat

Smith is slugging .523, 93rd percentile in the league.

94 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 31st in MLB.

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

Smith strikes out in only 13.8% of his trips, 89th percentile.

94 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 46th in MLB.

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

Smith finds the launch angles that produce hits on 44% of his contact, 93rd percentile.

94 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 31st in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Smith swings it at 64.4 mph, 19th percentile bat speed in the league.

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

Getting on base is what he does best

Smith is on base at a .376 clip, 90th percentile in the league.

94 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 45th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Smith walks in only 4.3% of his plate appearances, 15th percentile.

94 plate appearances in 2026. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 360th in MLB.

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

Smith pulls 26.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

20 pulled, 40 up the middle and 16 the other way over 76 located batted balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Smith is at his worst on breaking balls: a .667 OPS there against .900 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.3% of Smith's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 68th percentile.

94 plate appearances in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 134th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Smith hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.6 mph on average there, against 87.8 up the middle.

20 batted balls to his pull side, 40 up the middle.

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

Smith averages 16.1 degrees off the bat: 38.7% of his contact is in the air and 34.7% of it is on the ground.

75 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Smith's fly balls travel 296 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 430.

36 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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