Nick Fortes rarely strikes out — less often than 94% of qualified hitters. Walks are scarce, though — only 2% of qualified hitters draw them less often.
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
.287
Nick Fortes
.351
.084
League average
What a replacement bat would have done
over Nick Fortes's 222 plate appearances
70
Nick Fortes
80
Replacement level
▼ −10 bases below replacement (created 70 vs 80)
Nick Fortes
League
Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)
.356
.510
5th
Walk rate(higher = better)
3%
8%
2nd
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)
12%
23%
94th
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 (0.344)
vs LHP97 PA0.364
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.364 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.307 to 0.418, based on 97 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.324 EB/PA.
vs RHP121 PA0.334
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.334 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.280 to 0.385, based on 121 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.372 EB/PA.
0.2630.3060.3490.3920.435
0.030 EB/PA better vs LHP than vs RHP (shrunk estimate).
89% credible interval: -0.009 to +0.065
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 to Center.
Best batted balls
Where every ball Nick Fortes 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.
