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LuJames Groover

2026
D-backs· 1B · bats R · throws R· 54 PA
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Grade

How good he's been, and at what
Cbetter than 40% of hitters at creating bases
Complete Hitter

Above average everywhere, with the bat-to-ball skill to match the thump.

Makes some of the hardest contact around

LuJames Groover squares the ball up — harder contact than 75% of qualified hitters. No real holes either — the weakest mark (overall production) sits right around the league average. Early-season read — only 54 plate appearances so far.

54 plate appearances · data through 2026-08-22.

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. Percentiles vs. 499 qualified hitters — 50+ plate appearances.

Plays like…

Same archetype, nearest by rate — pick one to see him side by side with LuJames Groover.

Angel GenaoGuardiansJonathan IndiaRoyalsJosh JungRangersLuis LaraBrewers

Hitter type

What kind of hitter he is, next to the league

Hitter type

Elite contact quality; draws more walks than most.

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 when he does put it in play (hard-hit rate). Every dot is a qualified hitter this season; dot size tracks plate appearances. Click any dot to open that hitter's page.
 LuJames GrooverLeague medianPercentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better).504.50840th
Walk rate(higher = better)9%8%66th
Strikeout rate(lower = better)20%23%56th

100th percentile = best in MLB.

Platoon splits

How he fares against lefties and righties

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

Better vs LHP than vs RHP by 0.039 EB/PA (modeled).

50% probable range: +0.021 to +0.059

vs LHP21 PA0.449

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.449 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.420 to 0.477, based on 21 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.577 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.425 EB/PA.

Raw vs LHP rate (0.577) is off this scale — small samples like this are exactly why the shrunk estimate (the dot) is the trustworthy number, not the raw one.

vs RHP33 PA0.410

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.410 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.384 to 0.437, based on 33 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.365 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.436 EB/PA.

Raw vs RHP rate (0.365) is off this scale — small samples like this are exactly why the shrunk estimate (the dot) is the trustworthy number, not the raw one.

0.3720.4010.4300.4590.488
← worsebetter →
Above league medianBelow50% probable rangeHis raw rateMiddle half of the league

About the typical split for a righty bat (median 0.034). Against righties he sits below the league median — a genuine platoon vulnerability.

He sits in the league's middle half 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 model 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, but does his most damage to the pull side.

Best batted balls

Where every ball LuJames Groover put in play landed this season.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Matthew LiberatoreHome run
EV 98 mph · LA 29° · EB 3.5
06/24 vs Cardinals
vs Brock BurkeOutRobbed
EV 101 mph · LA 24° · EB 2.6
06/12 vs Reds
vs Connor PrielippDouble
EV 106 mph · LA 21° · EB 2.1
06/19 vs Twins
vs Kyle LeahyDouble
EV 102 mph · LA 22° · EB 1.8
06/23 vs Cardinals
vs Cade CavalliSingle
EV 84 mph · LA 16° · EB 1.5
06/07 vs Nationals

Luck check

Robbed once — a crushed ball the simulator scores as a near-certain hit that died in a glove.

vs Brock BurkeOutRobbed
EV 101 mph · LA 24° · EB 2.6
06/12 vs Reds
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.

Performance by pitch type

2026 · 208 pitches

Bases he adds per 100 pitches of each type, against the league.

← below leagueabove league →
Four-Seam Fastball (69 pitches)
−6.0
Lg median −0.4Lg best +12.9
Other (139 pitches)

+2.8 bases per 100 · no single-type league comparison

Above league medianBelowMiddle half of the leagueLg medianLg best
How to read this chart
Bases added per 100 pitches of each type — the same scale as the pitcher pages’ “saved/cost per 100”, 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 the count’s expectation. Values are bases vs the league count-average: +3.5 means his results against that pitch have been worth about 3.5 extra bases per 100 seen. Types with fewer than 50 pitches seen pool into “Other”.

Swing

How fast he swings, and what he changes with two strikes. League tracking starts in 2024.

Swing at a glance

2026 · data through 2026-08-22
Bat speed · 84 swings
70.2 mph
Lg median 71.1 mph
Slowest: S. Kwan (61.9 mph)Fastest: J. Caminero (78.7 mph)
Lg median

Swings about as fast as most hitters. His swing is shorter than most hitters', with a typical attack angle. Cuts his swing down about as much as most hitters with two strikes. His bat travels on a fairly typical path.

Attack angle
8.2°
Lg median 9.4°
Swing length
6.8 ft
Lg median 7.3 ft
Swing path tilt
33.0°
Lg median 31.6°
Middle half of the league
How to read this chart
  • Competitive swings: bunts and checked-type swings under 50 mph are excluded, so these numbers sit a touch below the bat speeds Savant publishes, which use a different cut.
  • League tracking starts in 2024, and early 2024 has small gaps — about 93% of swings that season have a reading.
  • Swing length — how far the sweet spot of the bat travels during the swing.
  • Attack angle — the bat’s upward or downward tilt through the zone.
  • Swing path tilt — how steep the bat’s path is.
  • None of these is better or worse on its own — swing style trades power against contact (the fastest and slowest swings in the league both belong to stars).

Best games

His biggest games this year

Best games

His best games this season by bases above replacement.