Nick Yorke Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Yorke does his damage against fastballs: a .712 OPS against them, against .318 on breaking balls.

50 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 20 on breaking balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Yorke has an OPS of .354; with the bases empty it is .701.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 53 with the bases empty.

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

Yorke pulls 20.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 31%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

12 pulled, 28 up the middle and 18 the other way over 58 located batted balls.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Yorke's batting average is .205 but the quality of his contact projects .254, a gap of .049 in his favour once the bounces even out.

83 plate appearances in 2026.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Yorke is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .895 OPS there against .577 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

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

83 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 69th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Yorke slugs .372 against fastballs and .118 against breaking balls.

50 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

The power is not there this season

Yorke is slugging .288, 19th percentile in the league.

83 plate appearances in 2026. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 342nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Yorke is at his worst on breaking balls: a .318 OPS there against .577 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Yorke pulls 13.2% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 35% of it against left-handers.

38 batted balls against right-handers, 20 against left-handers.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.5% of Yorke's batted balls are barrelled, 24th percentile.

83 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 319th in MLB.

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

Yorke trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 24th percentile barrel rate, 65th percentile strikeout rate.

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

His contact is about the same with runners on

42.9% of Yorke's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 51.4% of it with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 53 with the bases empty.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Yorke's OPS+ of 66 sits 24th percentile among hitters this season.

83 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 322nd in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Yorke swings it at 69.1 mph, 72nd percentile bat speed in the league.

83 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 117th in MLB.

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

Yorke averages 7.7 degrees off the bat: 29.8% of his contact is in the air and 50.9% of it is on the ground.

57 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Yorke finds a productive launch angle on only 31.6% of his contact, 30th percentile.

83 plate appearances in 2026. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 295th in MLB.

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

Yorke strikes out in only 19.3% of his trips, 65th percentile.

83 plate appearances in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 149th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Yorke walks in 6.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 9.4% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 53 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Yorke is on base at a .289 clip, 34th percentile in the league.

83 plate appearances in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 277th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Yorke's fly balls travel 286 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 394.

19 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Yorke hits the ball hard: 89.5 mph off the bat on average, 62nd percentile in the league.

83 plate appearances in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 161st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Yorke hits it hardest the other way: 91.1 mph on average there, against 88.0 up the middle.

18 batted balls the other way, 28 up the middle.

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

With a runner in scoring position Yorke averages 90.4 mph off the bat, against 88.9 with the bases empty.

21 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 37 without.

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