Sam Antonacci Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Antonacci should be hitting .328, 98th percentile in the league.

102 plate appearances in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 9th in MLB.

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

Antonacci does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 78th percentile barrel rate, 95th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Antonacci's batting average is .274 but the quality of his contact projects .328, a gap of .054 in his favour once the bounces even out.

102 plate appearances in 2026.

Getting on base is what he does best

Antonacci is on base at a .380 clip, 91st percentile in the league.

102 plate appearances in 2026. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 38th in MLB.

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

Antonacci strikes out in only 11.8% of his trips, 95th percentile.

102 plate appearances in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 23rd in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Antonacci does his damage against fastballs: a .963 OPS against them, against .732 on breaking balls.

62 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 23 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Antonacci is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a 1.036 OPS there against .797 overall.

52 plate appearances in that situation.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

11.1% of Antonacci's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 78th percentile.

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

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

Antonacci pulls 29.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

22 pulled, 34 up the middle and 19 the other way over 75 located batted balls.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Antonacci's OPS+ of 127 puts him 80th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

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

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

Antonacci finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.7% of his contact, 85th percentile.

102 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 63rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Antonacci's fly balls travel 271 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 408.

25 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Antonacci slugs .521 against fastballs and .368 against breaking balls.

62 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Antonacci averages 87.1 mph off the bat, 33rd percentile in the league.

102 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 281st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Antonacci hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.8 mph on average there, against 84.1 the other way.

21 batted balls to his pull side, 19 the other way.

There is real damage in his bat

Antonacci is slugging .417, 68th percentile in the league.

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

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

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

102 plate appearances in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 280th in MLB.

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