Jake Mangum rarely strikes out — less often than 85% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though — only 6% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance.
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
.304
.055
Jake Mangum
.351
.084
League average
What a replacement bat would have done
over Jake Mangum's 253 plate appearances
91
Jake Mangum
91
Replacement level
▼ −0 bases below replacement (created 91 vs 91)
Jake Mangum
League
Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)
.407
.510
6th
Walk rate(higher = better)
6%
8%
14th
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)
17%
23%
85th
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.
Jake Mangum 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 (0.372)
vs LHP60 PA0.365
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.365 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.309 to 0.423, based on 60 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.356 EB/PA.
vs RHP190 PA0.375
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.375 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.325 to 0.423, based on 190 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.391 EB/PA.
0.2960.3310.3660.4010.437
0.010 EB/PA better vs RHP than vs LHP (shrunk estimate).
89% credible interval: -0.031 to +0.049
That interval crosses zero, so the model can’t confidently say which side he’s actually better against.
How he hits
Hits it to Oppo most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls
Where every ball Jake Mangum 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.
