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Caleb

Mercer.

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

RFPosition

26Age

SwitchBats

RightThrows

Team profile

AVG.247Batting average

OBP.314On-base percentage

SLG.414Slugging percentage

OPS0.728On-base + slugging

HR12Home runs

RBI44Runs 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 rate13.9%

Lower is betterRef. 25%

Chase rate15.4%

Lower is betterRef. 28%

Average exit velocity89.7 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

.832OPS · last 15 games

.730Sample league reference

Caleb 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	91	.333	.363	.536	.898	3	19
vs. LHP	48	.279	.333	.581	.915	3	9

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	vsSF	4	1	0	0	0	1	.250
Sep 4	vsSF	4	3	0	2	0	0	.750
Sep 3	@SF	4	1	0	0	1	1	.250
Sep 2	vsSD	4	2	0	1	0	0	.500
Sep 1	vsSD	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Aug 31	@SD	5	1	1	1	0	0	.200

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