Otto Lopez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Lopez puts up a .772 OPS against right-handers and 1.084 against left-handers.

134 plate appearances against right-handers, 51 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Lopez is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .448 OPS there against .859 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Lopez pulls 21.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

31 pulled, 73 up the middle and 40 the other way over 144 located batted balls.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Lopez should be hitting .288, 87th percentile in the league.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 55th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Lopez's batting average is .337 but the quality of his contact projects .288, a gap of .049 he is currently outrunning.

185 plate appearances in 2026.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Lopez strikes out in 20.1% of his trips against right-handers and 9.8% of them against left-handers.

134 plate appearances against right-handers, 51 against left-handers.

There is real damage in his bat

Lopez is slugging .491, 88th percentile in the league.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 52nd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Lopez walks in only 3.8% of his plate appearances, 12th percentile.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 370th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Lopez slugs .437 against right-handers and .633 against left-handers.

134 plate appearances against right-handers, 51 against left-handers.

Getting on base is what he does best

Lopez is on base at a .368 clip, 87th percentile in the league.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 57th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Lopez has an OPS of .708; with the bases empty it is .894.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 150 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Lopez hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.8 mph on average there, against 87.9 the other way.

31 batted balls to his pull side, 40 the other way.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Lopez's OPS+ of 138 puts him 87th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 57th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Lopez is at his best against left-handers: a 1.084 OPS there against .859 overall.

51 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Lopez hits the ball hard: 90.1 mph off the bat on average, 72nd percentile in the league.

185 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

Lopez averages 6.4 degrees off the bat: 27.5% of his contact is in the air and 52.8% of it is on the ground.

142 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Lopez strikes out in only 17.3% of his trips, 77th percentile.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 99th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Lopez does his damage against fastballs: a .906 OPS against them, against .810 on breaking balls.

95 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 63 on breaking balls.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Lopez swings it at 68.3 mph, 65th percentile bat speed in the league.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 147th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.4% of Lopez's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 67th percentile in the league.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 140th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Lopez strikes out in 20% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 16.7% with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 150 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.5% of Lopez's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 63rd percentile.

185 plate appearances in 2026. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 158th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Lopez pulls 25.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 13.3% of it against left-handers.

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

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