Martin Prado
2006–2019 · 3B

Martin Prado

6' 0", 215 lbs·Lived to 43·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Slap / SpeedLow-power, ground-ball contact profile that leans on speed.2015–2019 · 1,465 batted balls
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Career Highs
.838
Best OPS · 2008
15
Most HR · 2010
82
Most RBI · 2013
.320
Best AVG · 2008
Career Arc · OPS
14 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Batting

14 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2006ATL244219.262.74597
2007ATL285902.288.66287
2008ATL78228233.320.838112
2009ATL1284501149.307.822109
2010ATL1405991566.307.809111
2011ATL1295511357.260.68795
2012ATL1566171070.301.796110
2013AZ1556091482.282.750105
2014AZ1435361258.282.733105
2015MIA129500963.288.732101
2016MIA153600875.305.775105
2017MIA37140212.250.63685
2018MIA54197118.244.59281
2019MIA104245215.233.55974
Career14585373100609.287
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.

1,446 BBE · 2015–2019 · 87.9 mph avg EV · 1.7% 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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