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Dante

Mercer.

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The swing. The decisions. The production.
There’s more to this player than the stat line.

IFPosition

30Age

RightBats

RightThrows

Team profile

AVG.303Batting average

OBP.370On-base percentage

SLG.498Slugging percentage

OPS0.868On-base + slugging

HR13Home runs

RBI100Runs batted in

Fictional player and sample performance. Season stats match the team roster; the analysis below uses 30 recent sample games.

THE HITTING PROFILE

How the production happens.

Sample league reference

Hard-hit rate38.2%

Higher is betterRef. 39%

Whiff rate13.8%

Lower is betterRef. 25%

Chase rate15.2%

Lower is betterRef. 28%

Average exit velocity89.5 mph

Higher is betterRef. 88.5 mph

Hard-hit rate uses batted balls; whiff rate uses swings; chase rate uses pitches outside the zone. All figures use the same recent sample.

THE RECENT FORM

Inside the recent run.

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5-GAME ROLLING

.804OPS · last 15 games

.730Sample league reference

Dante MercerSample league reference

Choose your perspective.15 games

Last 5Last 30

QUALITY OF CONTACT

What happens off the bat.

Beyond a hit or an out.

Exit velocity × launch angle102 batted balls

THE MATCHUP CHANGES THE STORY

A different angle.

Splits from all 30 recent sample games. Rates use combined counts, rather than averages of game rates.
SPLIT	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HR	K
vs. RHP	94	.282	.319	.447	.766	3	20
vs. LHP	46	.381	.435	.595	1.030	2	8

ONE GAME AT A TIME

The recent game log.

The details behind the trend.

2026 sample games · fictional results. AVG is shown per game.
DATE	OPP	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Sep 5	vsTEX	5	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Sep 4	vsTEX	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Sep 3	@TEX	4	2	0	1	0	2	.500
Sep 2	vsSEA	5	1	1	1	1	0	.200
Sep 1	vsSEA	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Aug 31	@SEA	4	2	0	1	1	1	.500

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