Josh Jung Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Jung strikes out in 8.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 17.6% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Jung is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .490 OPS there against .860 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

0 of Jung's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and 3 of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2026.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Jung should be hitting .290, 89th percentile in the league.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 48th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Jung's OPS+ of 147 puts him 90th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 44th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Jung has an OPS of 1.078; with the bases empty it is .803.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

There is real damage in his bat

Jung is slugging .497, 89th percentile in the league.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 46th in MLB.

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

Jung strikes out in only 15.5% of his trips, 85th percentile.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 66th in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Jung swings it at 64.6 mph, 21st percentile bat speed in the league.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 331st in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Jung walks in 10.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.6% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Jung is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.117 OPS there against .860 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

45.6% of Jung's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 76th percentile in the league.

168 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

Jung finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.9% of his contact, 86th percentile.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 60th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Jung is on base at a .363 clip, 84th percentile in the league.

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

There is one part of the field he lives in

Jung hits it hardest up the middle: 91.5 mph on average there, against 85.7 the other way.

55 batted balls up the middle, 29 the other way.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Jung does his damage against breaking balls: a .938 OPS against them, against .795 on fastballs.

48 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 98 on fastballs.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Jung's batting average is .316 but the quality of his contact projects .290, a gap of .026 he is currently outrunning.

168 plate appearances in 2026.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Jung walks in only 6% of his plate appearances, 24th percentile.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 321st in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Jung hits the ball hard: 90.0 mph off the bat on average, 71st percentile in the league.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 122nd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Jung slugs .583 against breaking balls and .448 against fastballs.

48 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Jung pulls 35.9% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 22.2% of it against left-handers.

103 batted balls against right-handers, 27 against left-handers.

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

3 of Jung's 5 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 412 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2026.

His contact is about the same with runners on

50% of Jung's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44.4% of it with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

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

With a runner in scoring position Jung averages 88.0 mph off the bat, against 90.5 with the bases empty.

26 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 99 without.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 5.6% of Jung's batted balls are barrelled, 39th percentile.

168 plate appearances in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 256th in MLB.

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

Jung pulls 33.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

43 pulled, 57 up the middle and 30 the other way over 130 located batted balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Jung's fly balls travel 296 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 412.

39 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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