Salvador Perez 2026 Royals · C · bats R · throws R · 359 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 68th percentile Power: 55th percentile Discipline: 4th percentile Contact: 63rd percentile Hard Contact: 77th percentile B 68th percentile contact quality
Aggressive Power Big pop, rarely takes a walk.
Makes some of the hardest contact around Salvador Perez squares the ball up — harder contact than 77% of qualified hitters. Walks are scarce, though — only 4% of qualified hitters draw them less often.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Bases per plate appearance
Salvador Perez League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .493 .507 68th Walk rate(higher = better) 4% 8% 4th Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 20% 23% 63rd
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls Where every ball Salvador Perez put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 267 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.
OPS*
.599
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.234
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
Trends Multi-season trends · Salvador Perez Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending down: overall production, power, walk rate
EB/PAi ▼ declining declining vs last season — Producing less per plate appearance than last season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Hitting home runs less often than last season ↓ CSV Home runs per plate appearance — higher = more power
BB%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Walking less often than last season ↓ CSV Walks per plate appearance — higher = more plate discipline
K%i — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Strikeouts per plate appearance — lower = better contact
