Christian Vázquez
Houston Astros · No. 2 · C

Christian Vázquez

5' 8", 205 lbs·Age 35·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL5 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2016–2026 · 2,607 batted balls
2026 · 51 G
.228
AVG
.644
OPS
5
HR
22
RBI
37
H
13
BB
31
SO
1
SB
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Career Highs
.801
Best OPS · 2020
23
Most HR · 2019
72
Most RBI · 2019
.290
Best AVG · 2017
Career Arc · OPS
14 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 17200001.217
Jul 12200000.220
Jul 11311110.222
Jul 7310201.220
Jul 5310002.218
Jun 29310001.216
Jun 27410000.214
Jun 25300001.213
Jun 21200000.219
Jun 17210010.221

Career · Batting

14 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201455175120
201657172112
201799324532
201880251316
20191384822372
202047173723
2021138458649
202284294842
202235104110
2022119398952
2023102327632
202493294727
202565190314
202661175522
Career1173381785423
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.

2,593 BBE · 2016–2026 · 86.9 mph avg EV · 3.6% 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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