Teoscar Hernandez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Hernandez strikes out in 30.6% of his trips against right-handers and 20% of them against left-handers.

121 plate appearances against right-handers, 40 against left-handers.

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

Hernandez pulls 24.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 24.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

25 pulled, 51 up the middle and 25 the other way over 101 located batted balls.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Hernandez walks in 12.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.4% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 121 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Hernandez hits it hardest up the middle: 92.0 mph on average there, against 85.3 to his pull side.

51 batted balls up the middle, 25 to his pull side.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Hernandez slugs .451 against right-handers and .313 against left-handers.

121 plate appearances against right-handers, 40 against left-handers.

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

Hernandez trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 74th percentile barrel rate, 24th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.3% of Hernandez's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 74th percentile.

161 plate appearances in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 111th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Hernandez hits the ball hard: 90.3 mph off the bat on average, 74th percentile in the league.

161 plate appearances in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 109th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Hernandez strikes out in 28% of his trips, 24th percentile.

161 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 321st in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Hernandez does his damage against fastballs: a .780 OPS against them, against .646 on offspeed pitches.

93 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 28 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Hernandez is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .920 OPS there against .756 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Hernandez's OPS+ of 113 puts him 70th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

161 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 125th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Hernandez has an OPS of .649; with the bases empty it is .789.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 121 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Hernandez's fly balls travel 274 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 414.

40 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is real damage in his bat

Hernandez is slugging .421, 70th percentile in the league.

161 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 125th in MLB.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Hernandez averages 92.5 mph off the bat, against 89.5 with the bases empty.

25 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 75 without.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Hernandez pulls 20.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 37.5% of it against left-handers.

77 batted balls against right-handers, 24 against left-handers.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Hernandez slugs .474 against breaking balls and .360 against offspeed pitches.

40 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Hernandez's batting average is .269 but the quality of his contact projects .253, a gap of .016 he is currently outrunning.

161 plate appearances in 2026.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Hernandez strikes out in 25% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 28.9% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 121 with the bases empty.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43% of Hernandez's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 64th percentile in the league.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Hernandez is at his worst on offspeed pitches: a .646 OPS there against .756 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

Getting on base is what he does best

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

161 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 152nd in MLB.

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

Hernandez averages 15.3 degrees off the bat: 37.1% of his contact is in the air and 41.2% of it is on the ground.

97 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

2 of Hernandez's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and 2 of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2026.

His contact is about the same with runners on

40% of Hernandez's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44% of it with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 121 with the bases empty.

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