Samuel Basallo Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Basallo does his damage against fastballs: a 1.094 OPS against them, against .531 on breaking balls.

67 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 37 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Basallo is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .435 OPS there against .814 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Basallo hits the ball hard: 93.1 mph off the bat on average, 94th percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 25th in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Basallo swings it at 70.9 mph, 89th percentile bat speed in the league.

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

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Basallo is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.178 OPS there against .814 overall.

44 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Basallo slugs .661 against fastballs and .286 against offspeed pitches.

67 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is real damage in his bat

Basallo is slugging .475, 84th percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 68th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48.9% of Basallo's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 86th percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 60th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Basallo's OPS+ of 129 puts him 81st percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 79th in MLB.

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

Basallo trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 75th percentile barrel rate, 34th percentile strikeout rate.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Basallo's fly balls travel 277 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 437.

33 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Basallo should be hitting .262, 70th percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 127th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.5% of Basallo's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 75th percentile.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 106th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Basallo pulls 37.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 52.6% of it against left-handers.

70 batted balls against right-handers, 19 against left-handers.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Basallo strikes out in 25.6% of his trips, 34th percentile.

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

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Basallo's batting average is .279 but the quality of his contact projects .262, a gap of .017 he is currently outrunning.

133 plate appearances in 2026.

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

Basallo averages 15.9 degrees off the bat: 34.9% of his contact is in the air and 41.9% of it is on the ground.

86 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Getting on base is what he does best

Basallo is on base at a .338 clip, 67th percentile in the league.

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

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

3 of Basallo's 5 located home runs have gone to centre field, the longest of them 437 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2026.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

2 of Basallo's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Basallo hits it hardest up the middle: 93.9 mph on average there, against 91.6 the other way.

35 batted balls up the middle, 18 the other way.

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