Oneil Cruz
Pittsburgh Pirates · No. 15 · CF

Oneil Cruz

6' 7", 248 lbs·Age 27·Bats L / Throws R
10-DayInjured 10-Day
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
TTO SluggerBig raw power with high swing-and-miss — homers, walks, and strikeouts.2021–2026 · 1,051 batted balls
2026 · 60 G
.270
AVG
.832
OPS
14
HR
44
RBI
66
H
29
BB
94
SO
21
SB
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Career Highs
.822
Best OPS · 2026
21
Most HR · 2024
76
Most RBI · 2024
.264
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
6 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jun 6100031.264
Jun 5400003.265
Jun 4220020.269
Jun 3320021.263
Jun 2521302.258
May 31200121.255
May 30411311.258
May 29311211.258
May 27400003.260
May 26330100.265

Career · Batting

6 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202129131.000
2022873311754
202393214
20241465412176
20251354712061
2026642501444
Career443163474242
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.

1,043 BBE · 2021–2026 · 94.9 mph avg EV · 16.4% 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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