Alec Burleson
St. Louis Cardinals · No. 41 · 1B

Alec Burleson

6' 0", 225 lbs·Age 27·Bats L / Throws L
↓ ColdL11 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
All-Around MasherElite power paired with above-average contact — a complete middle-of-the-order bat.2022–2026 · 1,485 batted balls
2026 · 90 G
.278
AVG
.808
OPS
15
HR
66
RBI
99
H
31
BB
58
SO
3
SB
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Career Highs
.810
Best OPS · 2026
21
Most HR · 2024
78
Most RBI · 2024
.290
Best AVG · 2025
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18420000.275
Jul 17410011.273
Jul 12310110.273
Jul 11400000.272
Jul 10300001.276
Jul 9310011.278
Jul 8421300.277
Jul 7300001.275
Jul 7400001.277
Jul 5420000.281

Career · Batting

5 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2022164813
2023107315836
20241525472178
20251394971869
2026973721569
Career511177963255
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,483 BBE · 2022–2026 · 90.0 mph avg EV · 8.2% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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