Nick Fortes Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Fortes does his damage against fastballs: a .742 OPS against them, against .374 on breaking balls.

65 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 25 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Fortes is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.200 OPS there against .668 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Fortes puts up a .803 OPS against right-handers and .537 against left-handers.

54 plate appearances against right-handers, 55 against left-handers.

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

With a runner in scoring position Fortes averages 81.9 mph off the bat, against 88.2 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 70 without.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Fortes walks in only 1.8% of his plate appearances, 3rd percentile.

109 plate appearances in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 408th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.1% of Fortes's batted balls are barrelled, 13th percentile.

109 plate appearances in 2026. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 368th in MLB.

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

Fortes trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 13th percentile barrel rate, 86th percentile strikeout rate.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Fortes's fly balls travel 226 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 408.

24 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Fortes slugs .451 against right-handers and .264 against left-handers.

54 plate appearances against right-handers, 55 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Fortes is at his worst on breaking balls: a .374 OPS there against .668 overall.

25 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, Fortes should be hitting .271, 77th percentile in the league.

109 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 97th in MLB.

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

Fortes averages 5.1 degrees off the bat: 23% of his contact is in the air and 57.5% of it is on the ground.

87 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

46.6% of Fortes's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 79th percentile in the league.

109 plate appearances in 2026. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 88th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Fortes slugs .403 against fastballs and .174 against breaking balls.

65 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Fortes strikes out in only 14.7% of his trips, 86th percentile.

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

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Fortes finds a productive launch angle on only 28.7% of his contact, 16th percentile.

109 plate appearances in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 352nd in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Fortes averages 86.9 mph off the bat, 31st percentile in the league.

109 plate appearances in 2026. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 290th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Fortes pulls 41.9% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 31.1% of it against left-handers.

43 batted balls against right-handers, 45 against left-handers.

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