Wander Franco Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Franco does his damage against fastballs: a .983 OPS against them, against .571 on offspeed pitches.

220 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 147 on offspeed pitches.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Franco should be hitting .302, 98th percentile in the league.

488 plate appearances in 2023. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 10th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Franco is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.340 OPS there against .818 overall.

42 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Franco is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .259 OPS there against .818 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Franco strikes out in only 14.1% of his trips, 94th percentile.

488 plate appearances in 2023. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 38th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Franco's OPS+ of 123 puts him 88th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

488 plate appearances in 2023. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 70th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

34.9% of Franco's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 45.5% of it with the bases empty.

111 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 377 with the bases empty.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Franco strikes out in 15.6% of his trips against right-handers and 8.2% of them against left-handers.

391 plate appearances against right-handers, 97 against left-handers.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Franco slugs .574 against fastballs and .326 against offspeed pitches.

220 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is real damage in his bat

Franco is slugging .476, 86th percentile in the league.

488 plate appearances in 2023. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 85th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Franco has an OPS of .656; with the bases empty it is .865.

111 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 377 with the bases empty.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Franco puts up a .784 OPS against right-handers and .960 against left-handers.

391 plate appearances against right-handers, 97 against left-handers.

Getting on base is what he does best

Franco is on base at a .342 clip, 83rd percentile in the league.

488 plate appearances in 2023. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 104th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.1% of Franco's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 72nd percentile in the league.

488 plate appearances in 2023. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 165th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Franco's batting average is .281 but the quality of his contact projects .302, a gap of .021 in his favour once the bounces even out.

488 plate appearances in 2023.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Franco hits it hardest up the middle: 91.0 mph on average there, against 87.6 the other way.

155 batted balls up the middle, 79 the other way.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Franco hits the ball hard: 89.4 mph off the bat on average, 69th percentile in the league.

488 plate appearances in 2023. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 185th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Franco averages 87.3 mph off the bat, against 90.0 with the bases empty.

86 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 290 without.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Franco slugs .459 against right-handers and .548 against left-handers.

391 plate appearances against right-handers, 97 against left-handers.

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

Franco averages 9.1 degrees off the bat: 28.3% of his contact is in the air and 48.5% of it is on the ground.

371 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Franco's fly balls travel 292 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 448.

126 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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