Will Benson Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Benson does his damage against fastballs: a .857 OPS against them, against .431 on breaking balls.

48 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 22 on breaking balls.

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

Benson averages 28.3 degrees off the bat: 64.3% of his contact is in the air and 19% of it is on the ground.

42 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Benson is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .976 OPS there against .658 overall.

33 plate appearances in that situation.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Benson walks in 16.3% of his plate appearances, 94th percentile.

86 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 26th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Benson hits the ball hard: 91.7 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile in the league.

86 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 51st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Benson hits it hardest to his pull side: 96.3 mph on average there, against 82.4 the other way.

17 batted balls to his pull side, 12 the other way.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Benson slugs .474 against fastballs and .158 against breaking balls.

48 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Benson's quality of contact only supports a .203 expected average, 18th percentile in the league.

86 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 347th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

11.9% of Benson's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 81st percentile.

86 plate appearances in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 80th in MLB.

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

Benson trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 81st percentile barrel rate, 20th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Benson is at his worst on breaking balls: a .431 OPS there against .658 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Benson strikes out in 29.1% of his trips, 20th percentile.

86 plate appearances in 2026. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 338th in MLB.

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

Benson finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.5% of his contact, 80th percentile.

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

The power is not there this season

Benson is slugging .329, 33rd percentile in the league.

86 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 281st in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Benson's batting average is .186 but the quality of his contact projects .203, a gap of .017 in his favour once the bounces even out.

86 plate appearances in 2026.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Benson's fly balls travel 286 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 414.

27 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

42.9% of Benson's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 63rd percentile in the league.

86 plate appearances in 2026. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 158th in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

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

86 plate appearances in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 261st in MLB.

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