Salvador Perez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Perez does his damage against fastballs: a .744 OPS against them, against .409 on breaking balls.

91 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 73 on breaking balls.

His contact is about the same with runners on

31.4% of Perez's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44.3% of it with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Perez is on base at a .238 clip, 11th percentile in the league.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 373rd in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Perez puts up a .519 OPS against right-handers and .725 against left-handers.

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

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Perez walks in only 3.3% of his plate appearances, 9th percentile.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 384th in MLB.

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

Perez pulls 25.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

34 pulled, 65 up the middle and 33 the other way over 132 located batted balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Perez is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a .296 OPS there against .573 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Perez slugs .447 against fastballs and .217 against breaking balls.

91 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Perez's quality of contact only supports a .218 expected average, 27th percentile in the league.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 306th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Perez's OPS+ of 62 sits 21st percentile among hitters this season.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 333rd in MLB.

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

Perez averages 17.6 degrees off the bat: 38.9% of his contact is in the air and 40.5% of it is on the ground.

131 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Perez is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .785 OPS there against .573 overall.

70 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Perez slugs .307 against right-handers and .419 against left-handers.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Perez's fly balls travel 269 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 425.

62 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Perez walks in 6% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 2.3% with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.2% of Perez's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 68th percentile.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 137th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Perez strikes out in 23.5% of his trips against right-handers and 18.4% of them against left-handers.

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

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Perez's batting average is .200 but the quality of his contact projects .218, a gap of .018 in his favour once the bounces even out.

181 plate appearances in 2026.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Perez hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.7 mph on average there, against 85.0 the other way.

34 batted balls to his pull side, 33 the other way.

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

With a runner in scoring position Perez averages 86.4 mph off the bat, against 89.0 with the bases empty.

35 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 97 without.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Perez has an OPS of .496; with the bases empty it is .599.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

Perez is slugging .335, 36th percentile in the league.

181 plate appearances in 2026. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 268th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Perez pulls 22.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 34.3% of it against left-handers.

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

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Perez strikes out in 20% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 22.9% with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

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