Mike Trout Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Trout does his damage against fastballs: a 1.024 OPS against them, against .655 on breaking balls.

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

His walks do not change much with runners on

Trout walks in 30% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 16.6% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 157 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

21.8% of Trout's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 98th percentile.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 8th in MLB.

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

Trout trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 98th percentile barrel rate, 31st percentile strikeout rate.

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

Getting on base is what he does best

Trout is on base at a .401 clip, 95th percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 20th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Trout hits it hardest to his pull side: 95.6 mph on average there, against 83.7 the other way.

40 batted balls to his pull side, 24 the other way.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Trout walks in 19.3% of his plate appearances, 99th percentile.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 7th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Trout strikes out in 15% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 29.3% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 157 with the bases empty.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

52.4% of Trout's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 92nd percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 34th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Trout's OPS+ of 154 puts him 93rd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 32nd in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Trout hits the ball hard: 92.0 mph off the bat on average, 90th percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 43rd in MLB.

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

Trout averages 20.0 degrees off the bat: 45.5% of his contact is in the air and 34.7% of it is on the ground.

101 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Trout swings it at 70.8 mph, 88th percentile bat speed in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 53rd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Trout is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .637 OPS there against .895 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

There is real damage in his bat

Trout is slugging .494, 89th percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 49th in MLB.

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

8 of Trout's 11 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 446 feet.

11 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Trout is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.097 OPS there against .895 overall.

77 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Trout should be hitting .260, 67th percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 139th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Trout slugs .547 against fastballs and .405 against breaking balls.

128 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

His contact is about the same with runners on

47.6% of Trout's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 53.7% of it with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 157 with the bases empty.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Trout strikes out in 26.4% of his trips, 31st percentile.

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

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Trout's batting average is .244 but the quality of his contact projects .260, a gap of .016 in his favour once the bounces even out.

197 plate appearances in 2026.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

8 of Trout's 11 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

11 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

Trout finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37.6% of his contact, 64th percentile.

197 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 152nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Trout averages 90.7 mph off the bat, against 92.4 with the bases empty.

21 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 82 without.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Trout's fly balls travel 300 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 446.

53 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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