Tim Tawa walks at a better-than-most clip — better than 73% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though — only 30% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance. Early-season read — only 99 plate appearances so far.
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
.316
.101
Tim Tawa
.351
.084
League average
What a replacement bat would have done
over Tim Tawa's 99 plate appearances
41
Tim Tawa
36
Replacement level
▲ +6 bases above replacement (created 41 vs 36)
Tim Tawa
League
Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)
.481
.510
30th
Walk rate(higher = better)
10%
8%
73rd
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)
22%
23%
40th
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 (0.401)
vs LHP26 PA0.427
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.427 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.361 to 0.493, based on 26 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.498 EB/PA.
vs RHP73 PA0.389
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.389 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.330 to 0.453, based on 73 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.388 EB/PA.
0.3100.3610.4110.4620.512
0.039 EB/PA better vs LHP than vs RHP (shrunk estimate).
89% credible interval: +0.002 to +0.078
How he hits
Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage to Center.
Best batted balls
Where every ball Tim Tawa 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.
