Iván Herrera
St. Louis Cardinals · No. 48 · DH

Iván Herrera

5' 11", 220 lbs·Age 26·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL12 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
All-Around MasherElite power paired with above-average contact — a complete middle-of-the-order bat.2022–2026 · 779 batted balls
2026 · 96 G
.241
AVG
.711
OPS
11
HR
41
RBI
85
H
50
BB
70
SO
5
SB
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Career Highs
.837
Best OPS · 2025
19
Most HR · 2025
66
Most RBI · 2025
.301
Best AVG · 2024
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18500001.242
Jul 17400101.246
Jul 12400000.249
Jul 11410000.251
Jul 10420000.251
Jul 9300012.249
Jul 8400001.251
Jul 7421100.255
Jul 7200010.254
Jul 6400001.252

Career · Batting

5 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2022111801
2023133704
202472229527
20251073881966
2026983611141
Career301103335139
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.

776 BBE · 2022–2026 · 89.9 mph avg EV · 8.6% 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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