Kyle Higashioka Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

6 of Higashioka's 7 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 428 feet.

7 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

With a runner in scoring position Higashioka averages 78.9 mph off the bat, against 88.9 with the bases empty.

22 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 95 without.

The power is not there this season

Higashioka is slugging .254, 11th percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 374th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Higashioka is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .203 OPS there against .514 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Higashioka hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.8 mph on average there, against 81.2 the other way.

37 batted balls to his pull side, 21 the other way.

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

Higashioka gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 31st percentile barrel rate, 16th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Higashioka's quality of contact only supports a .209 expected average, 21st percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 333rd in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Higashioka is at his best on fastballs: a .803 OPS there against .514 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Higashioka's OPS+ of 49 sits 14th percentile among hitters this season.

73 plate appearances in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 364th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Higashioka strikes out in 30.1% of his trips, 16th percentile.

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

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Higashioka's 7 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

7 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

Higashioka finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.9% of his contact, 82nd percentile.

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

He does not get on base enough to help

Higashioka is on base at a .260 clip, 20th percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2026. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 336th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Higashioka's fly balls travel 264 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 428.

55 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.5% of Higashioka's batted balls are barrelled, 31st percentile.

73 plate appearances in 2026. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 292nd in MLB.

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

Higashioka averages 17.3 degrees off the bat: 37.1% of his contact is in the air and 35.3% of it is on the ground.

116 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Higashioka's batting average is .194 but the quality of his contact projects .209, a gap of .015 in his favour once the bounces even out.

73 plate appearances in 2026.

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

Higashioka pulls 31.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 17.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

37 pulled, 59 up the middle and 21 the other way over 117 located batted balls.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Higashioka pulls 29.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 37.1% of it against left-handers.

82 batted balls against right-handers, 35 against left-handers.

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