Jake Burger
Texas Rangers · No. 21 · 1B

Jake Burger

6' 0", 230 lbs·Age 30·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL9 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
TTO SluggerBig raw power with high swing-and-miss — homers, walks, and strikeouts.2021–2026 · 1,356 batted balls
2026 · 90 G
.234
AVG
.691
OPS
14
HR
53
RBI
79
H
28
BB
98
SO
2
SB
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Career Highs
.860
Best OPS · 2023
34
Most HR · 2023
80
Most RBI · 2023
.303
Best AVG · 2023
Career Arc · OPS
8 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18510001.236
Jul 17400002.237
Jul 12300013.240
Jul 11300001.242
Jul 10411400.244
Jul 9410101.244
Jul 8400002.244
Jul 7310001.247
Jul 5411101.246
Jul 2500001.246

Career · Batting

8 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2021153813
202251168826
2023882942552
202353198928
20231414923480
20241375352976
20251033561653
2026953521659
Career6832433138377
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.

1,353 BBE · 2021–2026 · 91.0 mph avg EV · 13.7% 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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