Matt McLain Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

McLain is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.182 OPS there against .699 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position McLain averages 81.6 mph off the bat, against 87.2 with the bases empty.

54 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 246 without.

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

McLain averages 19.1 degrees off the bat: 45% of his contact is in the air and 35.3% of it is on the ground.

300 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

McLain walks in 12.6% of his plate appearances, 83rd percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 74th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

McLain does his damage against fastballs: a .799 OPS against them, against .620 on breaking balls.

92 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 74 on breaking balls.

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

McLain pulls 29.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

90 pulled, 137 up the middle and 76 the other way over 303 located batted balls.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 34.2% of McLain's contact reaches 95 mph, 28th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 305th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

McLain's fly balls travel 272 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 421.

164 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

McLain strikes out in 25% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 21% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 143 with the bases empty.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

McLain's batting average is .223 but the quality of his contact projects .242, a gap of .019 in his favour once the bounces even out.

183 plate appearances in 2026.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

McLain is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .562 OPS there against .699 overall.

47 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

McLain slugs .436 against fastballs and .323 against breaking balls.

92 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

His walks do not change much with runners on

McLain walks in 15% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 11.9% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 143 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

McLain averages 87.4 mph off the bat, 37th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 265th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

McLain is on base at a .330 clip, 61st percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 166th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

McLain hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.2 mph on average there, against 85.1 up the middle.

89 batted balls to his pull side, 135 up the middle.

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

McLain finds the launch angles that produce hits on 36.8% of his contact, 61st percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2026. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 166th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

McLain pulls 31.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 23.8% of it against left-handers.

223 batted balls against right-handers, 80 against left-handers.

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