Elly De La Cruz Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

De La Cruz is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a 1.286 OPS there against .885 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

De La Cruz hits the ball hard: 94.2 mph off the bat on average, 97th percentile in the league.

200 plate appearances in 2026. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 13th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

De La Cruz is slugging .525, 93rd percentile in the league.

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

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: De La Cruz slugs .474 against right-handers and .667 against left-handers.

148 plate appearances against right-handers, 52 against left-handers.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position De La Cruz has an OPS of .681; with the bases empty it is .938.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 157 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

De La Cruz is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .460 OPS there against .885 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

15% of De La Cruz's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 91st percentile.

200 plate appearances in 2026. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 39th in MLB.

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

De La Cruz trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 91st percentile barrel rate, 28th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, De La Cruz should be hitting .284, 85th percentile in the league.

200 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 64th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

54% of De La Cruz's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 94th percentile in the league.

200 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 25th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

De La Cruz strikes out in 20.9% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 28.7% with the bases empty.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 157 with the bases empty.

One of the more productive bats in the league

De La Cruz's OPS+ of 144 puts him 88th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

200 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 51st in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

9 of De La Cruz's 30 home runs have gone to his pull side and 12 of them the other way.

30 tracked home runs in 2026.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

De La Cruz puts up a .845 OPS against right-handers and .994 against left-handers.

148 plate appearances against right-handers, 52 against left-handers.

Getting on base is what he does best

De La Cruz is on base at a .360 clip, 81st percentile in the league.

200 plate appearances in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 80th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

De La Cruz does his damage against fastballs: a .925 OPS against them, against .789 on breaking balls.

109 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 50 on breaking balls.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

De La Cruz strikes out in 27% of his trips, 28th percentile.

200 plate appearances in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 302nd in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

De La Cruz swings it at 69.2 mph, 73rd percentile bat speed in the league.

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

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

De La Cruz pulls 32.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

125 pulled, 172 up the middle and 90 the other way over 387 located batted balls.

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

De La Cruz finds the launch angles that produce hits on 38.3% of his contact, 69th percentile.

200 plate appearances in 2026. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 132nd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

De La Cruz slugs .567 against fastballs and .459 against offspeed pitches.

109 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

De La Cruz's batting average is .298 but the quality of his contact projects .284, a gap of .014 he is currently outrunning.

200 plate appearances in 2026.

There is one part of the field he lives in

De La Cruz hits it hardest up the middle: 96.0 mph on average there, against 93.2 the other way.

166 batted balls up the middle, 90 the other way.

His contact is about the same with runners on

57.1% of De La Cruz's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 53.1% of it with the bases empty.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 157 with the bases empty.

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

With a runner in scoring position De La Cruz averages 93.6 mph off the bat, against 95.0 with the bases empty.

72 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 307 without.

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