Andrew McCutchen walks at a near-elite clip — better than 86% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though — only 14% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance. Early-season read — only 83 plate appearances so far.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better.
Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters.
Data through 2026-07-15.
Plays like…
Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases.
The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league.
More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Ball-in-play basesWalk bases
Bases per plate appearance
.168
.108
Andrew McCutchen
.351
.084
League average
What a replacement bat would have done
over Andrew McCutchen's 83 plate appearances
23
Andrew McCutchen
30
Replacement level
▼ −7 bases below replacement (created 23 vs 30)
Andrew McCutchen
League
Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)
.268
.510
14th
Walk rate(higher = better)
11%
8%
86th
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)
27%
23%
29th
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA)
Dot = shrunk true-talent estimate; bar = 89% credible interval.
Faint diamond = his raw, unshrunk rate against that hand — small samples make it noisy, which is why the model pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy estimate.
Shrunk splits beat raw splits decisively at low PA counts and converge with them as playing time builds — individual platoon gaps need roughly 1,000+ PA vs a hand before the raw number alone can be trusted.
Headline EB/PA (0.334)
vs LHP50 PA0.358
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.358 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.292 to 0.428, based on 50 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.339 EB/PA.
vs RHP33 PA0.322
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.322 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.257 to 0.388, based on 33 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.182 EB/PA.
Raw vs RHP rate (0.182) is off this scale — small samples like this are exactly why the shrunk estimate (the dot) is the trustworthy number, not the raw one.
0.2370.2900.3420.3950.448
0.036 EB/PA better vs LHP than vs RHP (shrunk estimate).
89% credible interval: -0.004 to +0.073
That interval crosses zero, so the model can’t confidently say which side he’s actually better against.
How he hits
Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls
Where every ball Andrew McCutchen put in play landed this season.
Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory).
Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.
Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
