Nathaniel Lowe Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

5 of Lowe's 6 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 438 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Lowe slugs .667 against offspeed pitches and .393 against fastballs.

21 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

There is real damage in his bat

Lowe is slugging .500, 90th percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 45th in MLB.

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

Lowe finds the launch angles that produce hits on 50.8% of his contact, 100th percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 3rd in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

13.6% of Lowe's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 86th percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 58th in MLB.

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

Lowe trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 86th percentile barrel rate, 33rd percentile strikeout rate.

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

His contact is about the same with runners on

55.6% of Lowe's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 45.2% of it with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 71 with the bases empty.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48.3% of Lowe's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 84th percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 67th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Lowe does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .952 OPS against them, against .710 on fastballs.

21 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 63 on fastballs.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

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

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Lowe's OPS+ of 128 puts him 81st percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 81st in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Lowe swings it at 69.7 mph, 80th percentile bat speed in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 87th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Lowe is at his best against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a 1.000 OPS there against .827 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Lowe walks in 10.9% of his plate appearances, 71st percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 121st in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Lowe should be hitting .258, 64th percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 151st in MLB.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Lowe averages 91.4 mph off the bat, against 88.9 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 42 without.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Lowe is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .683 OPS there against .827 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Lowe strikes out in 25.7% of his trips, 33rd percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 282nd in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Lowe strikes out in 23.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 26.8% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 71 with the bases empty.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Lowe hits the ball hard: 89.6 mph off the bat on average, 64th percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 154th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Lowe's batting average is .244 but the quality of his contact projects .258, a gap of .014 in his favour once the bounces even out.

101 plate appearances in 2026.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Lowe's fly balls travel 294 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 438.

24 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Lowe has an OPS of .774; with the bases empty it is .850.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 71 with the bases empty.

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