Ty France Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

France does his damage against fastballs: a .983 OPS against them, against .500 on breaking balls.

39 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 24 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

France is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.223 OPS there against .791 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

0 of France's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and 2 of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is real damage in his bat

France is slugging .507, 92nd percentile in the league.

74 plate appearances in 2026. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 36th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

France walks in only 2.7% of his plate appearances, 5th percentile.

74 plate appearances in 2026. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 398th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

50% of France's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 90th percentile in the league.

74 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 45th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

14.3% of France's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 89th percentile.

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

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

France does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 89th percentile barrel rate, 68th percentile strikeout rate.

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

One pitch is where all his power comes from

France slugs .676 against fastballs and .292 against breaking balls.

39 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, France should be hitting .274, 80th percentile in the league.

74 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 87th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

France is at his worst on breaking balls: a .500 OPS there against .791 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

France hits the ball hard: 91.0 mph off the bat on average, 83rd percentile in the league.

74 plate appearances in 2026. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 71st in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position France averages 88.6 mph off the bat, against 91.8 with the bases empty.

14 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 42 without.

There is one part of the field he lives in

France hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.9 mph on average there, against 88.5 up the middle.

17 batted balls to his pull side, 27 up the middle.

One of the more productive bats in the league

France's OPS+ of 118 puts him 75th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

74 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 108th in MLB.

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

France pulls 29.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

17 pulled, 28 up the middle and 12 the other way over 57 located batted balls.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

France's batting average is .254 but the quality of his contact projects .274, a gap of .020 in his favour once the bounces even out.

74 plate appearances in 2026.

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

France strikes out in only 18.9% of his trips, 68th percentile.

74 plate appearances in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 134th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

France is on base at a .284 clip, 32nd percentile in the league.

74 plate appearances in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 287th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

France pulls 33.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 20% of it against left-handers.

42 batted balls against right-handers, 15 against left-handers.

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

France averages 8.8 degrees off the bat: 23.2% of his contact is in the air and 51.8% of it is on the ground.

56 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

France's fly balls travel 293 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 427.

20 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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