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FICTIONAL PLAYER · 2026 SAMPLE SEASON
AT THE PLATE / Pittsburgh Pirates

Adrian

Mercer.

Available

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

DHPosition
27Age
RightBats
RightThrows
Team profile
AVG.273Batting average
OBP.340On-base percentage
SLG.453Slugging percentage
OPS0.793On-base + slugging
HR25Home runs
RBI70Runs 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 rate36.6%
Higher is betterRef. 39%
Whiff rate13.9%
Lower is betterRef. 25%
Chase rate15.4%
Lower is betterRef. 28%
Average exit velocity89.1 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 angle101 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. RHP91.337.374.530.904318
vs. LHP48.279.333.535.868310
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 5vsBAL420112.500
Sep 4vsBAL410001.250
Sep 3@BAL531302.600
Sep 2vsSF410001.250
Sep 1vsSF420102.500
Aug 31@SF400011.000
16 of 30 games
A PLAYER IS PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE

Back to the Pirates.

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

PITFull team profile