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Ronny Simon

2026
Pirates· RF · bats S · throws R· 68 plate appearances
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Grade

His grade shows how good he has been, and at what.
Fbetter than 23% of hitters at creating bases

His season is in line with his established level.

Free-Swinging Contact

Bat-to-ball first, seldom walks, light power.

One of the toughest bats to strike out

Ronny Simon rarely strikes out. He strikes out less often than 81% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though. Only 23% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance. This is an early read, on only 68 plate appearances so far.

68 plate appearances · data through 2026-09-27.

How to read this chart
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size, not a raw season stat, and farther out is better. A ↓ marks a stat where a lower number is better, and its spoke is flipped so farther out still means better. The middle ring marks the league median and the outer ring the league best. EB/PA is estimated bases, HR% home runs, BB% walks and K% strikeouts, each per plate appearance, and Hard-hit% is balls hit 95 mph or harder. Percentiles compare him with 534 qualified hitters, the ones with 50 or more plate appearances.

Plays like…

Each of these hitters shares his archetype and sits closest to him in EB/PA. Pick one to see him side by side with Ronny Simon.

Mauricio DubónBravesDustin HarrisPadresJim JarvisBravesDaniel SusacGiants

Hitter type

See what kind of hitter he is, next to the rest of the league.

Hitter type

He hits the ball hard less often than most, and he controls the strike zone better than most.

League best:BB% − K% Josue De Paula (14.3%)Hard-hit% Yohandy Morales (62.5%)

How to read this chart
Two skills separate hitting styles: not giving away at-bats (walk rate minus strikeout rate) and squaring the ball up (hard-hit rate). Up and to the right is better on both. Every dot is a hitter with at least 40 plate appearances this season, and dot size tracks plate appearances. Click any dot to open that hitter's page.
 Ronny SimonLeague medianPercentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better).501.511—
Walk rate(higher = better)6%8%30th
Strikeout rate(lower = better)16%23%81st

A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.

Platoon splits

See how he hits left-handed and right-handed pitchers.

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

He hits righties better than lefties, by 0.007 EB/PA.

50% probable range: -0.018 to +0.033

That interval crosses zero, so the simulator can’t confidently say which side he’s actually better against.

vs LHP24 PA0.399

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.399 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.368 to 0.428, based on 24 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.628 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.424 EB/PA.

His raw rate vs LHP (0.628) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.

vs RHP44 PA0.406

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.406 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.381 to 0.432, based on 44 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.352 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.433 EB/PA.

His raw rate vs RHP (0.352) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.

0.3600.3800.4000.4210.441
← worsebetter →
Above league medianBelow50% probable rangeHis raw rateMiddle half of the league

His split is narrower than the typical switch hitter's (median 0.023). He sits below the league median against both hands.

He sits in the league's middle half vs both lefties and righties.

How to read this chart
  • Each dot is his estimate against that hand, with its 50% probable range as the bar. Higher is better.
  • The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
  • The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of hitters with 50 or more plate appearances.
  • Ronny Simon switch-hits, so he can choose the platoon-advantaged side almost every plate appearance. A small gap is expected.
  • Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHP and RHP are left- and right-handed pitchers. More on the About page

How he hits

See what his contact is worth and what pitchers throw him.

He hits the ball to the pull side most often, and that's where he does the most damage.

Best batted balls

Every ball Ronny Simon put in play this season is drawn where it landed.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Noah CameronHome run
105 mph · 25° · worth 3.7 bases
09/19 vs Royals
vs Zac ThorntonOutUnlucky out
89 mph · 33° · worth 1.8 bases
08/07 vs Mets
vs Randy DobnakDouble
90 mph · 10° · worth 1.8 bases
09/18 vs Royals
vs Sean ManaeaSingle
106 mph · 11° · worth 1.7 bases
08/09 vs Mets
vs Cooper HjerpeSingle
104 mph · 18° · worth 1.4 bases
09/24 vs Cardinals

Luck check

One of his outs came on a ball the simulator values at 1.5 bases or more.

vs Zac ThorntonOutUnlucky out
89 mph · 33° · worth 1.8 bases
08/07 vs Mets
How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB), what the contact was worth no matter what the defense did with it. Darker means more bases, 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.

Performance by pitch type

2026 · 264 pitches

Each row shows the bases he adds per 100 pitches of one type, against the league.

← below league medianabove league median →
Four-Seam Fastball (104 pitches)
−3.1
Lg median −0.4Lg best +8.7
Other (160 pitches)

+1.8 bases per 100 · no single-type league comparison

Above league medianBelowMiddle half of the leagueLg medianLg best
How to read this chart
Each row is the bases he adds per 100 pitches of that type, on the same scale as the pitcher pages’ “saved/cost per 100” but from the hitter’s side. Every pitch counts. Taking a ball adds value, whiffing loses it, and the pitch that ends the plate appearance scores its outcome against what that count usually produces. A value of +3.5 means his results against that pitch have been worth about 3.5 extra bases per 100 seen. Higher is better. Types with fewer than 50 pitches seen pool into “Other”.

Deserved vs. actual

Ronny Simon has been credited with about the bases his contact earned so far.

Deserved by his own contact27
Actually credited to him22

Both bars count only his 53 balls in play, so walks and strikeouts are left out.

How to read this chart
Every ball he puts in play is worth the bases its exit velocity, launch angle and direction usually earn. If the second bar is longer than the first, his results have run ahead of his contact and he has been lucky. If it is shorter, he has been unlucky.

Swing

See how fast he swings and what he changes with two strikes. League tracking starts in 2024.

Swing at a glance

2026 · data through 2026-09-27
Bat speed · 132 swings
71.3 mph
Lg median 71.1 mph
Slowest: S. Kwan (61.8 mph)Fastest: J. Caminero (78.4 mph)

Batting left

Lg median

He swings about as fast as most hitters. His swing length is typical, but his attack angle is flatter than most. With two strikes, he cuts his bat speed more than most hitters. From both sides, his bat travels on a flatter path than most.

Attack angle
2.0°
Lg median 9.6°
Swing length
7.1 ft
Lg median 7.3 ft
Swing path tilt
25.4°
Lg median 32.4°
Middle half of the league
How to read this chart
  • Bat speed counts competitive swings only, so bunts and check swings under 50 mph are left out.
  • Swing length is how far the sweet spot of the bat travels during the swing. Attack angle is the bat’s upward or downward tilt through the zone.
  • Swing path tilt is how steep the bat’s path is.
  • None of these is better or worse on its own. Swing style trades power against contact, and the fastest and slowest swings in the league both belong to stars. More on the About page

Best games

These are his biggest games this season.

Best games

These are his best games this season, ranked by bases above replacement.

Multi-season trends · Ronny Simon

Compared with last season, his HR% is up, his BB% is down, his Barrel% is down, his Hard-hit% is down, his GB% is down and his FB% is up.

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