Nolan Schanuel Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Schanuel does his damage against fastballs: a .770 OPS against them, against .399 on offspeed pitches.

101 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 28 on offspeed pitches.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Schanuel has an OPS of .473; with the bases empty it is .771.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 124 with the bases empty.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Schanuel puts up a .747 OPS against right-handers and .518 against left-handers.

126 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Schanuel is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .996 OPS there against .684 overall.

50 plate appearances in that situation.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Schanuel swings it at 63.3 mph, 12th percentile bat speed in the league.

175 plate appearances in 2026. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 372nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Schanuel's fly balls travel 259 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 383.

41 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Schanuel trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 17th percentile barrel rate, 80th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Schanuel should be hitting .272, 78th percentile in the league.

175 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 93rd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Schanuel is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .392 OPS there against .684 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Schanuel slugs .424 against fastballs and .185 against offspeed pitches.

101 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31.6% of Schanuel's contact reaches 95 mph, 21st percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 332nd in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.3% of Schanuel's batted balls are barrelled, 17th percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 349th in MLB.

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

Schanuel strikes out in only 16.6% of his trips, 80th percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 84th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Schanuel slugs .414 against right-handers and .273 against left-handers.

126 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Schanuel hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.1 mph on average there, against 82.8 the other way.

63 batted balls to his pull side, 18 the other way.

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

With a runner in scoring position Schanuel averages 84.0 mph off the bat, against 87.8 with the bases empty.

41 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 92 without.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Schanuel walks in 3.9% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.1% with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 124 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Schanuel averages 86.6 mph off the bat, 28th percentile in the league.

175 plate appearances in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 303rd in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Schanuel strikes out in 15.1% of his trips against right-handers and 20.4% of them against left-handers.

126 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

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

Schanuel finds the launch angles that produce hits on 38.5% of his contact, 70th percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 126th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

26.8% of Schanuel's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.7% of it with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 124 with the bases empty.

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

Schanuel pulls 47.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 13.5%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

63 pulled, 52 up the middle and 18 the other way over 133 located batted balls.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Schanuel's batting average is .256 but the quality of his contact projects .272, a gap of .016 in his favour once the bounces even out.

175 plate appearances in 2026.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Schanuel walks in only 6.9% of his plate appearances, 34th percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 279th in MLB.

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

Schanuel averages 8.8 degrees off the bat: 21.5% of his contact is in the air and 48.5% of it is on the ground.

130 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Schanuel pulls 50% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 40% of it against left-handers.

98 batted balls against right-handers, 35 against left-handers.

Nolan Schanuel

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