Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.
One of the toughest bats to strike out
William Contreras rarely strikes out — less often than 90% of qualified hitters. No real holes either — the weakest mark (walk rate) sits right around the league average.
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
.359
.083
William Contreras
.351
.084
League average
What a replacement bat would have done
over William Contreras's 384 plate appearances
170
William Contreras
139
Replacement level
▲ +31 bases above replacement (created 170 vs 139)
William Contreras
League
Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)
.464
.510
72nd
Walk rate(higher = better)
8%
8%
57th
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)
14%
23%
90th
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 (0.447)
vs LHP108 PA0.471
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.471 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.423 to 0.519, based on 108 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.479 EB/PA.
vs RHP272 PA0.434
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.434 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.391 to 0.479, based on 272 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.438 EB/PA.
0.3760.4150.4550.4940.534
0.037 EB/PA better vs LHP than vs RHP (shrunk estimate).
89% credible interval: -0.001 to +0.069
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 William Contreras 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.
