Kendrys Morales
2006–2019 · DH

Kendrys Morales

6' 1", 242 lbs·Lived to 43·Bats B / Throws R
Silver Slugger
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
All-Around MasherElite power paired with above-average contact — a complete middle-of-the-order bat.2015–2019 · 1,809 batted balls
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Career Highs
.924
Best OPS · 2009
34
Most HR · 2009
108
Most RBI · 2009
.306
Best AVG · 2009
Career Arc · OPS
13 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Batting

13 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2006LAA57197522.234.66486
2007LAA43119415.294.812107
2008LAA276138.213.66689
2009LAA15256634108.306.924123
2010LAA511931139.290.833114
2012LAA1344842273.273.787109
2013SEA1566022380.277.785110
2014SEA98367842.218.61287
2015KC15856922106.290.847117
2016KC1545583093.263.795108
2017TOR1505572885.250.753100
2018TOR1304132157.249.769106
2019ATH53170212.194.56675
Career13634856213740.265
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.

1,789 BBE · 2015–2019 · 92.0 mph avg EV · 10.2% 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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