Hitters

This page ranks every qualified hitter this season by what he produces per plate appearance. It also maps how the league splits on walks, power and strikeouts, and the kinds of hitter that emerge.

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These are the hitters making headlines this season.

Runaway leader

Aaron Judge.687 EB/PA

Aaron Judge creates .687 estimated bases per plate appearance, .045 more than Juan Soto.

Complete hitter

Juan Soto.642 EB/PA

Among hitters who strike out less than the median, nobody produces more than Juan Soto, who strikes out just 13.5% of the time.

Zone controller

Steven Kwan+3.6 BB% − K%

Steven Kwan has the best walk-minus-strikeout gap among hitters with 100 or more plate appearances (13.3% walks, 9.7% strikeouts).

Hardest contact

Nelson Velázquez61.5% hard-hit

Nelson Velázquez hits the ball hard more often than anyone with 100 or more plate appearances, on 61.5% of his batted balls.

All 662 hitters, A to Z

This list links every hitter with a page this season, including those short of the 50 plate appearances the rankings above require.

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