Dansby Swanson
Chicago Cubs · No. 7 · SS

Dansby Swanson

6' 0", 190 lbs·Age 32·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL10 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
TTO SluggerBig raw power with high swing-and-miss — homers, walks, and strikeouts.2016–2026 · 3,713 batted balls
2026 · 93 G
.209
AVG
.700
OPS
16
HR
58
RBI
67
H
36
BB
84
SO
13
SB
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Career Highs
.809
Best OPS · 2020
27
Most HR · 2021
96
Most RBI · 2022
.302
Best AVG · 2016
Career Arc · OPS
11 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 19400001.207
Jul 18410000.209
Jul 17300001.209
Jul 12410002.211
Jul 11400002.210
Jul 10310000.213
Jul 9410001.212
Jul 8410001.211
Jul 7420100.211
Jul 5410000.207

Career · Batting

11 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201638129317
2017144488651
20181364781459
20191274831765
2020602371035
20211605882788
20221626402596
20231475652280
20241495341666
20251595902477
2026953241658
Career13775056180692
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.

3,698 BBE · 2016–2026 · 89.1 mph avg EV · 9.1% 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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