Joe Mack

2026

Marlins· C · bats L · throws R· 163 PA

Grade

F20th percentile contact quality

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Below league average across the board.

Still searching for results at the plate

Joe Mack keeps the strikeouts in check — strikes out less often than 41% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though — only 20% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance.

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.

Carlos NarváezRed Sox

Harrison BaderGiants

Logan O'HoppeAngels

Jacob GonzalezWhite Sox

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.

Ball-in-play basesWalk bases

Bases per plate appearance

.351

.074

Joe Mack

.349

.084

League average

	Joe Mack	League	Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)	.520	.507	20th
Walk rate(higher = better)	7%	8%	36th
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)	24%	23%	41st

How he hits

Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.

Best batted balls

Where every ball Joe Mack 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 · 110 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.

Ground ballsLine drivesFly ballsPop-ups

GB 49%

LD 19%

FB 21%

PU 11%

League average

AVG*

.236

lg .244best .340

OBP*

.294

lg .315best .419

SLG*

.392

lg .389best .614

OPS*

.686

lg .697best 1.033

BABIP

.279

lg .286best .491

ISO*

.155

lg .147best .329

* 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.