Austin Wells
New York Yankees · No. 28 · C

Austin Wells

6' 1", 220 lbs·Age 27·Bats L / Throws R
↑ HotL7 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Launch-Angle PowerAbove-average power hitter who lifts and pulls the ball for damage.2023–2026 · 756 batted balls
2026 · 60 G
.151
AVG
.501
OPS
6
HR
12
RBI
28
H
22
BB
61
SO
1
SB
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Career Highs
.717
Best OPS · 2024
21
Most HR · 2025
71
Most RBI · 2025
.229
Best AVG · 2024
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 17200001.153
Jul 12210100.155
Jul 10411102.153
Jul 9411111.151
Jul 8300001.148
Jul 6300001.151
Jul 5310001.153
Jul 3200000.151
Jul 1200002.153
Jun 29200002.155

Career · Batting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20231970413
20241153541355
20251264012171
202668198613
Career328102344152
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.

754 BBE · 2023–2026 · 88.9 mph avg EV · 9.5% 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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