Nico Hoerner Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Hoerner trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 16th percentile barrel rate, 99th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Hoerner is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a 1.117 OPS there against .739 overall.

36 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Hoerner strikes out in only 7.9% of his trips, 99th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 4th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Hoerner should be hitting .290, 89th percentile in the league.

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

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 25.2% of Hoerner's contact reaches 95 mph, 9th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 383rd in MLB.

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

3 of Hoerner's 4 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 400 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2026.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Hoerner puts up a .682 OPS against right-handers and .868 against left-handers.

142 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Hoerner does his damage against breaking balls: a .965 OPS against them, against .749 on fastballs.

52 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 129 on fastballs.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.9% of Hoerner's batted balls are barrelled, 16th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 354th in MLB.

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

Hoerner pulls 26.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

43 pulled, 84 up the middle and 38 the other way over 165 located batted balls.

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

Hoerner finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.9% of his contact, 86th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 61st in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Hoerner strikes out in 4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 9.2% with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Hoerner slugs .358 against right-handers and .491 against left-handers.

142 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Hoerner averages 85.6 mph off the bat, 21st percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 334th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Hoerner's fly balls travel 258 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 400.

69 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Hoerner swings it at 64.8 mph, 23rd percentile bat speed in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 324th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Hoerner's batting average is .264 but the quality of his contact projects .290, a gap of .026 in his favour once the bounces even out.

203 plate appearances in 2026.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Hoerner's OPS+ of 115 puts him 71st percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 122nd in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Hoerner walks in 6% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 9.8% with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Hoerner is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .554 OPS there against .739 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Hoerner slugs .542 against breaking balls and .400 against fastballs.

52 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Hoerner strikes out in 6.3% of his trips against right-handers and 11.5% of them against left-handers.

142 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

20.5% of Hoerner's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 26.9% of it with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

Getting on base is what he does best

Hoerner is on base at a .340 clip, 68th percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 135th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Hoerner's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

With a runner in scoring position Hoerner averages 84.0 mph off the bat, against 86.2 with the bases empty.

44 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 119 without.

There is real damage in his bat

Hoerner is slugging .399, 61st percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2026. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 164th in MLB.

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

Hoerner averages 15.0 degrees off the bat: 34.4% of his contact is in the air and 39.4% of it is on the ground.

160 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Hoerner has an OPS of .672; with the bases empty it is .760.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Hoerner pulls 23.9% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 31.2% of it against left-handers.

117 batted balls against right-handers, 48 against left-handers.

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