Josh Bell Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Bell puts up a .474 OPS against right-handers and .787 against left-handers.

109 plate appearances against right-handers, 65 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Bell is at his best against left-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a 1.445 OPS there against .592 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Bell has an OPS of .898; with the bases empty it is .459.

53 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 121 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Bell is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .203 OPS there against .592 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Bell slugs .245 against right-handers and .433 against left-handers.

109 plate appearances against right-handers, 65 against left-handers.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Bell strikes out in 18.9% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 26.4% with the bases empty.

53 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 121 with the bases empty.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Bell's OPS+ of 67 sits 24th percentile among hitters this season.

174 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 319th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

48.7% of Bell's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39.7% of it with the bases empty.

53 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 121 with the bases empty.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Bell swings it at 68.9 mph, 71st percentile bat speed in the league.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Bell's fly balls travel 283 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 401.

56 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Bell's quality of contact only supports a .224 expected average, 33rd percentile in the league.

174 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 283rd in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Bell is on base at a .276 clip, 28th percentile in the league.

174 plate appearances in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 303rd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Bell averages 91.9 mph off the bat, against 88.1 with the bases empty.

39 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 78 without.

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

Bell averages 15.9 degrees off the bat: 34.5% of his contact is in the air and 37.1% of it is on the ground.

116 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

The power is not there this season

Bell is slugging .316, 28th percentile in the league.

174 plate appearances in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 303rd in MLB.

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

Bell finds the launch angles that produce hits on 38.8% of his contact, 72nd percentile.

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

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Bell's batting average is .209 but the quality of his contact projects .224, a gap of .015 in his favour once the bounces even out.

174 plate appearances in 2026.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

42.7% of Bell's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 62nd percentile in the league.

174 plate appearances in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 161st in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.6% of Bell's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 64th percentile.

174 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 154th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Bell slugs .362 against breaking balls and .293 against fastballs.

51 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Bell hits the ball hard: 89.4 mph off the bat on average, 61st percentile in the league.

174 plate appearances in 2026. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 163rd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Bell hits it hardest up the middle: 90.2 mph on average there, against 88.0 the other way.

48 batted balls up the middle, 19 the other way.

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