Austin Hays
Charlotte Knights · No. 22 · LF

Austin Hays

5' 10", 200 lbs·Age 31·Bats R / Throws R
60-DayInjured 60-Day
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
BalancedA well-rounded profile without a single dominant tendency.2017–2026 · 1,880 batted balls
2026 · 10 G
.231
AVG
.558
OPS
1
HR
7
RBI
9
H
1
BB
13
SO
0
SB
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Career Highs
.769
Best OPS · 2023
22
Most HR · 2021
71
Most RBI · 2021
.279
Best AVG · 2020
Career Arc · OPS
11 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
May 1410100.233
Apr 29520001.231
Apr 6110000.219
Apr 5410100.194
Apr 4310012.185
Apr 3510201.167
Mar 31400001.158
Mar 30511304.200
Mar 29400002.200
Mar 26410002.250

Career · Batting

11 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2017206018
20192168413
20203312249
20211314882271
20221455351660
20231445201667
202463157314
2024227826
202485235520
20251033801564
2026124317
Career779268689339
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.

1,871 BBE · 2017–2026 · 88.3 mph avg EV · 7.5% 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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