Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.
A genuinely productive bat
Francisco Lindor creates bases at a near-elite clip — better than 87% of qualified hitters. No real holes either — the weakest mark (walk rate) is still better than most.
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
.360
.094
Francisco Lindor
.351
.084
League average
What a replacement bat would have done
over Francisco Lindor's 171 plate appearances
78
Francisco Lindor
62
Replacement level
▲ +16 bases above replacement (created 78 vs 62)
Francisco Lindor
League
Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)
.488
.510
87th
Walk rate(higher = better)
9%
8%
63rd
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)
16%
23%
82nd
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.
Francisco Lindor switch-hits — he can choose the platoon-advantaged side almost every plate appearance, so a small gap here is expected. It is not missing data or a modeling error.
Headline EB/PA (0.481)
vs LHP51 PA0.475
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.475 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.415 to 0.540, based on 51 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.459 EB/PA.
vs RHP120 PA0.483
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.483 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.427 to 0.539, based on 120 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.467 EB/PA.
0.4000.4390.4770.5160.555
0.008 EB/PA better vs RHP than vs LHP (shrunk estimate).
89% credible interval: -0.033 to +0.047
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 Francisco Lindor 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.
