James Wood Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Wood does his damage against fastballs: a 1.086 OPS against them, against .570 on breaking balls.

100 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 76 on breaking balls.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

25% of Wood's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 100th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 2nd in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Wood hits the ball hard: 96.3 mph off the bat on average, 100th percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 2nd in MLB.

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

Wood trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 100th percentile barrel rate, 9th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Wood is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .432 OPS there against .848 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Wood walks in 21.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 14% with the bases empty.

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

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

61.8% of Wood's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 99th percentile in the league.

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

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Wood walks in 15.8% of his plate appearances, 94th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 28th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Wood is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a 1.204 OPS there against .848 overall.

69 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Wood slugs .545 against right-handers and .375 against left-handers.

134 plate appearances against right-handers, 69 against left-handers.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Wood slugs .646 against fastballs and .333 against breaking balls.

100 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Wood's OPS+ of 138 puts him 87th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 55th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Wood's batting average is .226 but the quality of his contact projects .269, a gap of .043 in his favour once the bounces even out.

203 plate appearances in 2026.

There is real damage in his bat

Wood is slugging .488, 87th percentile in the league.

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

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Wood strikes out in 32.5% of his trips, 9th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 385th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Wood's 11 home runs have gone to his pull side and 6 of them the other way.

11 tracked home runs in 2026.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Wood puts up a .910 OPS against right-handers and .723 against left-handers.

134 plate appearances against right-handers, 69 against left-handers.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Wood should be hitting .269, 75th percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 105th in MLB.

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

Wood finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42% of his contact, 87th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 57th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Wood strikes out in 28.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 33.8% with the bases empty.

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

Getting on base is what he does best

Wood is on base at a .360 clip, 82nd percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 78th in MLB.

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

Wood pulls 29.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 38.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

30 pulled, 33 up the middle and 39 the other way over 102 located batted balls.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Wood swings it at 69.3 mph, 75th percentile bat speed in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 107th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

68.2% of Wood's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 60% of it with the bases empty.

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

There is one part of the field he lives in

Wood hits it hardest up the middle: 98.4 mph on average there, against 94.2 to his pull side.

33 batted balls up the middle, 30 to his pull side.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Wood has an OPS of .927; with the bases empty it is .825.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Wood's fly balls travel 337 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 442.

44 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

6 of Wood's 11 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 442 feet.

11 tracked home runs in 2026.

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