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FICTIONAL PLAYER · 2026 SAMPLE SEASON
AT THE PLATE / Washington Nationals

Ethan

Sutton.

Day to day

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

2BPosition
23Age
LeftBats
RightThrows
Team profile
AVG.313Batting average
OBP.380On-base percentage
SLG.513Slugging percentage
OPS0.893On-base + slugging
HR18Home runs
RBI110Runs 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 rate38.8%
Higher is betterRef. 39%
Whiff rate13.8%
Lower is betterRef. 25%
Chase rate15.2%
Lower is betterRef. 28%
Average exit velocity89.6 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.

QUALITY OF CONTACT

What happens off the bat.

Beyond a hit or an out.
Exit velocity × launch angle103 batted balls
-20°0°20°40°60°Hard-hit · 95+ mph60708090100110120Exit velocity (mph)Launch angle
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.
SPLITPAAVGOBPSLGOPSHRK
vs. RHP94.326.372.581.954517
vs. LHP46.293.326.390.716010
ONE GAME AT A TIME

The recent game log.

The details behind the trend.
2026 sample games · fictional results. AVG is shown per game.
DATEOPPABHHRRBIBBKAVG
Sep 5vsBAL521201.400
Sep 4vsBAL400012.000
Sep 3@BAL430201.750
Sep 2vsSF511102.200
Sep 1vsSF420101.500
Aug 31@SF410002.250
16 of 30 games
A PLAYER IS PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE

Back to the Nationals.

Explore the roster, team leaders, and the form around this player.

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