Josh Naylor
Seattle Mariners · No. 12 · 1B

Josh Naylor

5' 10", 235 lbs·Age 29·Bats L / Throws L
↓ ColdL10 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2019–2026 · 2,428 batted balls
2026 · 92 G
.251
AVG
.661
OPS
8
HR
36
RBI
90
H
31
BB
49
SO
19
SB
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Career Highs
.843
Best OPS · 2023
31
Most HR · 2024
108
Most RBI · 2024
.308
Best AVG · 2023
Career Arc · OPS
12 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18300010.251
Jul 17310000.253
Jul 12310010.252
Jul 11410002.251
Jul 10310010.251
Jul 9410000.251
Jul 8310011.251
Jul 7510100.250
Jul 5410100.251
Jul 4410000.251

Career · Batting

12 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201994253832
2020183614
2020226102
2020409716
202169233721
20221224492079
20231214521797
202415256331108
2025933491159
202554194933
20251475432092
202693363837
Career10253593133570
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.

2,425 BBE · 2019–2026 · 89.1 mph avg EV · 7.3% 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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