Freddie Freeman Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

His contact is about the same with runners on

65.5% of Freeman's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44.1% of it with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Freeman is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.156 OPS there against .766 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Freeman should be hitting .297, 93rd percentile in the league.

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

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

Freeman does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 76th percentile barrel rate, 93rd percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Freeman does his damage against fastballs: a .899 OPS against them, against .629 on offspeed pitches.

91 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 28 on offspeed pitches.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Freeman hits the ball hard: 92.2 mph off the bat on average, 91st percentile in the league.

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

His walks do not change much with runners on

Freeman walks in 15% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.8% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

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

Freeman strikes out in only 12.7% of his trips, 93rd percentile.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 32nd in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48.6% of Freeman's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 86th percentile in the league.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 61st in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Freeman has an OPS of .954; with the bases empty it is .715.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 141 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Freeman slugs .525 against fastballs and .308 against offspeed pitches.

91 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.7% of Freeman's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 76th percentile.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 101st in MLB.

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

Freeman finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.4% of his contact, 84th percentile.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 69th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Freeman's OPS+ of 118 puts him 74th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 109th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Freeman's batting average is .270 but the quality of his contact projects .297, a gap of .027 in his favour once the bounces even out.

181 plate appearances in 2026.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Freeman strikes out in 11.5% of his trips against right-handers and 16% of them against left-handers.

131 plate appearances against right-handers, 50 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Freeman is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .576 OPS there against .766 overall.

45 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Freeman hits it hardest up the middle: 94.1 mph on average there, against 90.0 the other way.

62 batted balls up the middle, 30 the other way.

There is real damage in his bat

Freeman is slugging .423, 71st percentile in the league.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 121st in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Freeman is on base at a .343 clip, 70th percentile in the league.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 125th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Freeman averages 94.5 mph off the bat, against 91.6 with the bases empty.

29 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 111 without.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Freeman puts up a .788 OPS against right-handers and .706 against left-handers.

131 plate appearances against right-handers, 50 against left-handers.

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

Freeman pulls 34.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

48 pulled, 62 up the middle and 30 the other way over 140 located batted balls.

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