Kerry Carpenter Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Carpenter does his damage against offspeed pitches: a 1.335 OPS against them, against .376 on breaking balls.

23 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 39 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Carpenter is at his best on offspeed pitches: a 1.335 OPS there against .750 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Carpenter trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 72nd percentile barrel rate, 5th percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

Carpenter averages 21.0 degrees off the bat: 45.9% of his contact is in the air and 31.1% of it is on the ground.

61 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Carpenter is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .336 OPS there against .750 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Carpenter strikes out in 34.2% of his trips, 5th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 401st in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Carpenter hits the ball hard: 91.9 mph off the bat on average, 89th percentile in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 47th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Carpenter's quality of contact only supports a .201 expected average, 16th percentile in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 353rd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Carpenter slugs .900 against offspeed pitches and .222 against breaking balls.

23 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

50% of Carpenter's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 89th percentile in the league.

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

There is real damage in his bat

Carpenter is slugging .451, 78th percentile in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 95th in MLB.

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

4 of Carpenter's 6 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 425 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.8% of Carpenter's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 72nd percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 118th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Carpenter hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.8 mph on average there, against 88.8 the other way.

27 batted balls to his pull side, 12 the other way.

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

With a runner in scoring position Carpenter averages 90.4 mph off the bat, against 92.4 with the bases empty.

14 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 48 without.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Carpenter's batting average is .216 but the quality of his contact projects .201, a gap of .015 he is currently outrunning.

117 plate appearances in 2026.

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

Carpenter finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37.7% of his contact, 65th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 148th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Carpenter is on base at a .299 clip, 38th percentile in the league.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Carpenter's fly balls travel 291 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 425.

31 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Carpenter's OPS+ of 107 puts him 62nd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 159th in MLB.

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

Carpenter pulls 45.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.8%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

29 pulled, 23 up the middle and 12 the other way over 64 located batted balls.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Carpenter's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

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