Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.
Gets on base by working the count
Lars Nootbaar walks at an elite clip — better than 96% of qualified hitters. No real holes either — the weakest mark (strikeout 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
.342
.132
Lars Nootbaar
.351
.084
League average
What a replacement bat would have done
over Lars Nootbaar's 121 plate appearances
57
Lars Nootbaar
44
Replacement level
▲ +14 bases above replacement (created 57 vs 44)
Lars Nootbaar
League
Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)
.531
.510
73rd
Walk rate(higher = better)
13%
8%
96th
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)
21%
23%
64th
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 (0.462)
vs LHP28 PA0.398
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.398 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.332 to 0.464, based on 28 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.380 EB/PA.
vs RHP88 PA0.482
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.482 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.420 to 0.541, based on 88 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.511 EB/PA.
0.3070.3720.4370.5010.566
0.085 EB/PA better vs RHP than vs LHP (shrunk estimate).
89% credible interval: +0.048 to +0.123
How he hits
Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage to Center.
Best batted balls
Where every ball Lars Nootbaar 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.
