Lane Thomas
Kansas City Royals · No. 15 · CF

Lane Thomas

5' 11", 195 lbs·Age 30·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL11 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
BalancedA well-rounded profile without a single dominant tendency.2019–2026 · 1,622 batted balls
2026 · 60 G
.241
AVG
.760
OPS
9
HR
30
RBI
52
H
27
BB
54
SO
3
SB
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Career Highs
.853
Best OPS · 2021
28
Most HR · 2023
86
Most RBI · 2023
.270
Best AVG · 2021
Career Arc · OPS
12 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18421200.243
Jul 17421111.238
Jul 12430100.234
Jul 11400001.225
Jul 10400002.229
Jul 9411101.233
Jul 8410001.233
Jul 7430421.232
Jul 6321111.222
Jul 5310110.216

Career · Batting

12 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201934384121.093
2020183612
2021324801
202145178727
202177226728
20221464981752
20231576282886
202477300840
202453172723
20241304721563
202539125411
202685242934
Career8932963107379
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.

1,620 BBE · 2019–2026 · 88.5 mph avg EV · 7.8% 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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