Graham Pauley Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Pauley's quality of contact only supports a .155 expected average, 2nd percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 413th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 17.5% of Pauley's contact reaches 95 mph, 3rd percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 407th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Pauley hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.8 mph on average there, against 78.1 up the middle.

29 batted balls to his pull side, 21 up the middle.

He does not get on base enough to help

Pauley is on base at a .235 clip, 10th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 378th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Pauley averages 82.5 mph off the bat, 7th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 390th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Pauley averages 79.3 mph off the bat, against 84.0 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 39 without.

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

Pauley averages 20.1 degrees off the bat: 45.6% of his contact is in the air and 36.8% of it is on the ground.

57 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Pauley's OPS+ of 48 sits 13th percentile among hitters this season.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 368th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Pauley's fly balls travel 242 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 385.

31 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Pauley finds a productive launch angle on only 28.1% of his contact, 15th percentile.

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

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.5% of Pauley's batted balls are barrelled, 25th percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 318th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Pauley is slugging .293, 21st percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 333rd in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Pauley is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .663 OPS there against .528 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Pauley pulls 50.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 12.3%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

29 pulled, 21 up the middle and 7 the other way over 57 located batted balls.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Pauley swings it at 65.7 mph, 32nd percentile bat speed in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 285th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Pauley's batting average is .173 but the quality of his contact projects .155, a gap of .018 he is currently outrunning.

82 plate appearances in 2026.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Pauley slugs .364 against breaking balls and .275 against fastballs.

24 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Pauley walks in only 7.3% of his plate appearances, 38th percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 260th in MLB.

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