Spencer Steer Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Steer strikes out in 10.8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 24.1% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 133 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

16.2% of Steer's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 94th percentile.

170 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 27th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Steer is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .450 OPS there against .783 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Steer should be hitting .282, 84th percentile in the league.

170 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 70th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Steer has an OPS of .579; with the bases empty it is .838.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 133 with the bases empty.

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

Steer finds the launch angles that produce hits on 45.9% of his contact, 95th percentile.

170 plate appearances in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 24th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Steer is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty: a 1.083 OPS there against .783 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Steer hits the ball hard: 90.7 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile in the league.

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

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

11 of Steer's 16 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 421 feet.

16 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Steer does his damage against fastballs: a .847 OPS against them, against .675 on breaking balls.

101 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 48 on breaking balls.

There is real damage in his bat

Steer is slugging .447, 76th percentile in the league.

170 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 100th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Steer averages 85.8 mph off the bat, against 90.4 with the bases empty.

56 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 186 without.

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

Steer averages 17.2 degrees off the bat: 40.6% of his contact is in the air and 38.5% of it is on the ground.

239 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Steer's OPS+ of 117 puts him 74th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

170 plate appearances in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 112th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Steer's batting average is .263 but the quality of his contact projects .282, a gap of .019 in his favour once the bounces even out.

170 plate appearances in 2026.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Steer hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.0 mph on average there, against 86.7 the other way.

86 batted balls to his pull side, 51 the other way.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Steer walks in 10.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.5% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 133 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Steer's fly balls travel 283 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 421.

115 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Steer swings it at 66.2 mph, 38th percentile bat speed in the league.

170 plate appearances in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 262nd in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Steer is on base at a .335 clip, 64th percentile in the league.

170 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 153rd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Steer slugs .471 against fastballs and .404 against breaking balls.

101 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

11 of Steer's 16 home runs have gone to his pull side and 2 of them the other way.

16 tracked home runs in 2026.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Steer pulls 37% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 30.9% of it against left-handers.

189 batted balls against right-handers, 68 against left-handers.

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