Yordan Alvarez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Alvarez should be hitting .362, 100th percentile in the league.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 2nd in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Alvarez walks in 24.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.8% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 159 with the bases empty.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Alvarez swings it at 73.3 mph, 99th percentile bat speed in the league.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 7th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Alvarez's OPS+ of 196 puts him 99th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 5th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Alvarez hits the ball hard: 94.3 mph off the bat on average, 98th percentile in the league.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 9th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Alvarez does his damage against fastballs: a 1.135 OPS against them, against .833 on offspeed pitches.

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

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

Alvarez does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 95th percentile barrel rate, 84th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one part of the field he lives in

Alvarez hits it hardest to his pull side: 98.4 mph on average there, against 82.0 the other way.

64 batted balls to his pull side, 21 the other way.

His contact is about the same with runners on

37.5% of Alvarez's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 55.8% of it with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 159 with the bases empty.

There is real damage in his bat

Alvarez is slugging .637, 99th percentile in the league.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 6th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Alvarez is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .718 OPS there against 1.050 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

16.8% of Alvarez's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 95th percentile.

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

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

52.6% of Alvarez's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 93rd percentile in the league.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 32nd in MLB.

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

11 of Alvarez's 14 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 424 feet.

14 tracked home runs in 2026.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Alvarez strikes out in 8.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 17.6% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 159 with the bases empty.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Alvarez's batting average is .321 but the quality of his contact projects .362, a gap of .041 in his favour once the bounces even out.

196 plate appearances in 2026.

Getting on base is what he does best

Alvarez is on base at a .413 clip, 97th percentile in the league.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 13th in MLB.

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

Alvarez finds the launch angles that produce hits on 48.2% of his contact, 97th percentile.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 14th in MLB.

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

Alvarez strikes out in only 15.8% of his trips, 84th percentile.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 69th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Alvarez slugs .678 against fastballs and .440 against offspeed pitches.

105 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Alvarez is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a 1.326 OPS there against 1.050 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Alvarez walks in 11.7% of his plate appearances, 77th percentile.

196 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 98th in MLB.

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

Alvarez averages 17.6 degrees off the bat: 42.3% of his contact is in the air and 32.8% of it is on the ground.

137 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

11 of Alvarez's 14 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

14 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

Alvarez pulls 47.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 15.2%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

65 pulled, 52 up the middle and 21 the other way over 138 located batted balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Alvarez averages 92.8 mph off the bat, against 94.7 with the bases empty.

24 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 113 without.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Alvarez has an OPS of .988; with the bases empty it is 1.061.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 159 with the bases empty.

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