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Ben Rortvedt

2026
Dodgers· C · bats L · throws R· 28 PA

Grade

How good he's been, and at what
Fbetter than 3% of hitters at creating bases

He's running below his established level this season — there's room to rebound.

Still Searching

Below league average across the board.

Soft contact is the story so far

Nothing stands out yet — even Ben Rortvedt's best mark (strikeout rate) beats only 32% of qualified hitters. The contact is soft — only 2% of qualified hitters hit the ball with less authority. Early-season read — only 28 plate appearances so far.

28 plate appearances · data through 2026-09-18.

How to read this chart
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Spokes are the metric itself; ↓ marks a rate where a LOWER number is better. The middle ring marks the league median and the outer ring the league best. Percentiles vs. 527 qualified hitters — 50+ plate appearances. He hasn't reached that bar himself, so he is measured against them rather than counted among them.

Plays like…

Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.

Kameron MisnerRoyalsJorge MateoRaysDenzel ClarkeAthleticsOswald PerazaAngels

Hitter type

What kind of hitter he is, next to the league

Platoon splits

How he fares against lefties and righties

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

Better vs RHP than vs LHP by 0.075 EB/PA (modeled).

50% probable range: +0.049 to +0.100

vs LHP13 PA0.297

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.297 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.263 to 0.328, based on 13 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.300 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.425 EB/PA.

vs RHP15 PA0.372

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.372 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.344 to 0.400, based on 15 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.142 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.435 EB/PA.

Raw vs RHP rate (0.142) is off this scale — small samples like this are exactly why the shrunk estimate (the dot) is the trustworthy number, not the raw one.

0.2430.2960.3490.4020.455
← worsebetter →
Above league medianBelow50% probable rangeHis raw rateMiddle half of the league

About the typical split for a lefty bat (median 0.078). He sits below the league median against both hands.

He sits in the league's bottom quarter vs both lefties and righties.

How to read this chart
  • Tap or hover any mark for its number, or tab to a row for all of them.
  • His raw rate is the unshrunk number against that hand — small samples make it noisy, which is why the simulator pulls his estimate toward a more trustworthy value.
  • “Middle half of the league” is the 25th–75th percentile of all hitters against that hand.
  • Shrunk splits beat raw splits decisively at low PA counts and converge with them as playing time builds — individual platoon gaps need roughly 1,000+ PA vs a hand before the raw number alone can be trusted.

How he hits

What happens when he puts a ball in play

He hits the ball up the middle most often, and that's where his hardest contact goes.

Best batted balls

Where every ball Ben Rortvedt put in play landed this season.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Nick FrassoSingle
EV 93 mph · LA 16° · EB 1.0
08/19 vs Rockies
vs Chris SaleSingle
EV 92 mph · LA 14° · EB 1.0
08/27 vs Braves
vs Framber ValdezSingle
EV 87 mph · LA 17° · EB 0.9
08/30 vs Tigers
vs Eduardo RodriguezSingle
EV 91 mph · LA 16° · EB 0.9
08/09 vs D-backs
vs Shane DrohanSingle
EV 72 mph · LA 13° · EB 0.5
08/13 vs Brewers
How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB) — what the contact was worth, regardless of what the defense did with it. So a dark hollow ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught. Tap or hover a dot or a row to link the two, and use the ▶ links to watch a play on Baseball Savant.

Best games

His biggest games this year

Best games

His best games this season by bases above replacement.

Multi-season trends · Ben Rortvedt

HR% down, BB% down, K% up vs last season

Actual rates — what happened on the field, season by season.