Fernando Tatis Jr. Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Tatis Jr. pulls 20.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 29.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

24 pulled, 60 up the middle and 35 the other way over 119 located batted balls.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

57.5% of Tatis Jr.'s contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 97th percentile in the league.

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

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Tatis Jr.'s batting average is .238 but the quality of his contact projects .288, a gap of .050 in his favour once the bounces even out.

183 plate appearances in 2026.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Tatis Jr. should be hitting .288, 87th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 56th in MLB.

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

Tatis Jr. averages 2.5 degrees off the bat: 22.2% of his contact is in the air and 53% of it is on the ground.

117 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

With a runner in scoring position Tatis Jr. averages 87.9 mph off the bat, against 92.6 with the bases empty.

24 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 96 without.

The power is not there this season

Tatis Jr. is slugging .281, 17th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 350th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Tatis Jr. hits the ball hard: 91.7 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 52nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Tatis Jr. is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .350 OPS there against .589 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Tatis Jr. does his damage against fastballs: a .648 OPS against them, against .469 on offspeed pitches.

114 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 24 on offspeed pitches.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Tatis Jr. walks in 13.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.2% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 146 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

11.1% of Tatis Jr.'s batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 78th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 92nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Tatis Jr. hits it hardest to his pull side: 96.2 mph on average there, against 90.1 the other way.

24 batted balls to his pull side, 35 the other way.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Tatis Jr.'s OPS+ of 68 sits 25th percentile among hitters this season.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 316th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Tatis Jr. is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .772 OPS there against .589 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Tatis Jr. has an OPS of .700; with the bases empty it is .562.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 146 with the bases empty.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Tatis Jr. swings it at 65.9 mph, 35th percentile bat speed in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 274th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Tatis Jr. strikes out in 21.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 25.3% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 146 with the bases empty.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Tatis Jr. strikes out in 24.6% of his trips, 38th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 261st in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Tatis Jr.'s fly balls travel 287 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 395.

33 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Tatis Jr. slugs .306 against fastballs and .231 against breaking balls.

114 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Tatis Jr. pulls 21.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 11.8% of it against left-handers.

102 batted balls against right-handers, 17 against left-handers.

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