Jose Tena Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Tena does his damage against fastballs: a 1.031 OPS against them, against .545 on breaking balls.

40 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 22 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Tena is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.206 OPS there against .808 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Tena hits the ball hard: 93.4 mph off the bat on average, 95th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 21st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Tena hits it hardest to his pull side: 97.2 mph on average there, against 88.1 the other way.

17 batted balls to his pull side, 14 the other way.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

54.7% of Tena's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 95th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 20th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Tena slugs .606 against fastballs and .318 against breaking balls.

40 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is real damage in his bat

Tena is slugging .467, 82nd percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 76th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

11.3% of Tena's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 79th percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 89th in MLB.

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

Tena trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 79th percentile barrel rate, 29th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Tena is at his worst on breaking balls: a .545 OPS there against .808 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Tena's OPS+ of 126 puts him 80th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 86th in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Tena swings it at 69.7 mph, 79th percentile bat speed in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 88th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Tena should be hitting .264, 72nd percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 119th in MLB.

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

Tena finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.6% of his contact, 77th percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 97th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Tena strikes out in 26.8% of his trips, 29th percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 299th in MLB.

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

Tena pulls 32.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 26.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

17 pulled, 22 up the middle and 14 the other way over 53 located batted balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Tena's fly balls travel 282 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 403.

18 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Getting on base is what he does best

Tena is on base at a .341 clip, 69th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2026. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 130th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Tena's batting average is .280 but the quality of his contact projects .264, a gap of .016 he is currently outrunning.

82 plate appearances in 2026.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

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

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

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

Tena averages 14.9 degrees off the bat: 24.5% of his contact is in the air and 37.7% of it is on the ground.

53 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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