Nathan Lukes
Toronto Blue Jays · No. 38 · RF

Nathan Lukes

5' 11", 180 lbs·Age 32·Bats L / Throws R
↓ ColdL8 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2023–2026 · 574 batted balls
2026 · 51 G
.277
AVG
.718
OPS
5
HR
14
RBI
51
H
12
BB
33
SO
0
SB
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Career Highs
.737
Best OPS · 2026
12
Most HR · 2025
65
Most RBI · 2025
.286
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18400002.282
Jul 12311100.288
Jul 11410001.287
Jul 8420010.289
Jul 7310020.285
Jul 6410000.284
Jul 5410001.285
Jul 4400000.286
Jul 3400001.292
Jul 1520001.299

Career · Batting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2023292602
20242276110
20251353881265
202664206518
Career2506961895
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.

572 BBE · 2023–2026 · 86.2 mph avg EV · 3.7% 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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