Nick Kurtz
Athletics · No. 16 · 1B

Nick Kurtz

6' 5", 240 lbs·Age 23·Bats L / Throws L
↓ ColdL5 games10-DayInjured 10-Day
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
TTO SluggerBig raw power with high swing-and-miss — homers, walks, and strikeouts.2025–2026 · 455 batted balls
2026 · 91 G
.264
AVG
.896
OPS
20
HR
66
RBI
88
H
76
BB
130
SO
7
SB
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Career Highs
1.002
Best OPS · 2025
36
Most HR · 2025
86
Most RBI · 2025
.290
Best AVG · 2025
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 9400002.266
Jul 8100000.270
Jul 7500002.271
Jul 5400002.275
Jul 4400003.278
Jul 3421212.282
Jul 1420001.279
Jun 30300013.276
Jun 29410011.279
Jun 27410001.280

Career · Batting

2 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202511742036861.002
2026923342066
Career20975456152
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.

454 BBE · 2025–2026 · 92.9 mph avg EV · 18.3% 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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