Ben Rice
New York Yankees · No. 22 · 1B

Ben Rice

6' 2", 228 lbs·Age 27·Bats L / Throws R
↑ HotL11 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Launch-Angle PowerAbove-average power hitter who lifts and pulls the ball for damage.2024–2026 · 690 batted balls
2026 · 86 G
.280
AVG
.967
OPS
28
HR
66
RBI
93
H
46
BB
87
SO
2
SB
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Career Highs
.974
Best OPS · 2026
29
Most HR · 2026
68
Most RBI · 2026
.282
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
3 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 17420000.282
Jul 14210101.500
Jul 12410202.279
Jul 11220020.279
Jul 10411111.275
Jul 9422511.275
Jul 8410001.272
Jul 7431300.273
Jul 6411102.267
Jul 5410001.267

Career · Batting

3 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202450152723
20251384672665
2026923412968
Career28096062156
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

693 BBE · 2024–2026 · 92.5 mph avg EV · 15.9% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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