What is the platoon advantage in baseball?

The platoon advantage means hitters perform better against opposite-hand pitchers. Right-handed hitters (RHH) tend to hit better against left-handed pitchers (LHP), and left-handed hitters (LHH) hit better against right-handed pitchers (RHP). The typical platoon gap is 30-50 OPS points, making it the most reliable and predictive split in baseball.

How important are platoon splits for DFS?

Platoon splits are the single most important split for DFS. Always check the opposing starter's handedness before building lineups. Stack right-handed hitters against left-handed starters (and vice versa) for the strongest correlation. The platoon edge is especially large for power stats like HR and SLG.

Are platoon splits reliable with small sample sizes?

Yes — platoon splits are the most stable split category even with relatively small samples. Because the platoon advantage is driven by physics (pitch angle, breaking ball movement), it tends to persist even in 50-100 at-bat samples. This makes platoon splits usable earlier in the season than other split types.

MLB Batting Splits 2025

Performance splits by handedness, home/away, and situational categories.

Batting splits break down a hitter's performance across different game situations. Platoon splits (vs LHP/RHP) are the most predictive for DFS and prop betting. Minimum 10 at-bats displayed.

Season:

All Away Day Home Night vs. Left vs. Right

Player	AB	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS ▼
Nick Kurtz	283	95	27	64	.336	.439	.714	1.153
Aaron Judge	418	137	37	84	.328	.446	.658	1.104
Carter Jensen	48	16	3	13	.333	.418	.646	1.064
George Springer	376	123	24	67	.327	.412	.588	1.000
Richie Palacios	27	10	1	2	.370	.414	.556	.969
Austin Wynns	67	21	5	17	.313	.352	.612	.964
Zach Cole	39	11	4	11	.282	.317	.641	.958
Giancarlo Stanton	184	50	19	42	.272	.332	.609	.940
Jonathan Aranda	286	94	13	51	.329	.398	.531	.930
Pete Alonso	443	129	29	103	.291	.362	.567	.929
Corey Seager	245	73	13	36	.298	.412	.514	.926
Davis Schneider	81	21	7	16	.259	.384	.531	.915
Drew Millas	37	13	0	5	.351	.400	.514	.914
Joey Loperfido	76	25	4	11	.329	.370	.539	.910
Rafael Devers	395	102	26	71	.258	.395	.514	.909
Cal Raleigh	411	95	38	86	.231	.362	.547	.909
Bryce Johnson	46	17	1	6	.370	.396	.500	.896
Daylen Lile	250	78	7	37	.312	.359	.532	.891
Colson Montgomery	178	43	17	44	.242	.320	.567	.887
Jonny Deluca	34	13	0	2	.382	.417	.471	.887
Riley Greene	421	116	32	83	.276	.323	.563	.886
Gunnar Henderson	385	115	14	49	.299	.379	.499	.877
Dominic Canzone	186	57	10	28	.306	.353	.522	.875
Brandon Lowe	368	103	26	74	.280	.335	.538	.873
Carlos Cortes	89	27	4	14	.303	.319	.551	.870
Trent Grisham	362	92	27	56	.254	.364	.506	.869
Junior Caminero	426	115	32	77	.270	.317	.549	.866
Eugenio Suarez	429	108	36	95	.252	.313	.552	.865
Daulton Varsho	198	46	18	48	.232	.274	.591	.865
Ben Rice	361	97	19	47	.269	.356	.504	.860
Christian Yelich	387	106	25	71	.274	.356	.504	.860
Jeremy Pena	396	123	13	48	.311	.368	.490	.858
Brice Matthews	32	7	4	9	.219	.265	.594	.858
Mickey Moniak	380	105	23	62	.276	.309	.547	.857
Vinnie Pasquantino	470	132	26	80	.281	.346	.511	.856
Brendan Donovan	308	97	8	37	.315	.383	.471	.853
Jose Ramirez	419	112	24	59	.267	.350	.499	.849
Ramon Laureano	299	84	15	52	.281	.340	.508	.849
Elly DE LA Cruz	430	119	17	60	.277	.362	.486	.848
Tyler Soderstrom	424	118	20	73	.278	.356	.491	.846
Harrison Bader	307	92	11	38	.300	.369	.476	.845
Fernando Tatis	441	124	20	59	.281	.372	.474	.845
George Valera	36	9	2	5	.250	.372	.472	.844
Bobby Witt	492	141	22	76	.287	.340	.504	.844
Jackson Merrill	283	79	14	48	.279	.339	.505	.844
Jazz Chisholm	333	80	25	61	.240	.336	.508	.843
Josh Naylor	362	108	14	63	.298	.368	.475	.843
Kyle Teel	210	61	8	34	.290	.388	.448	.835
Isaac Paredes	318	84	17	45	.264	.357	.475	.832
Hunter Goodman	412	114	23	65	.277	.317	.510	.826

Sort by: OPS ▼ AVG SLG OBP AB HR

Nick Kurtz

1.153 OPS

AVG .336

OBP .439

SLG .714

HR 27

AB 283

H 95

RBI 64

Aaron Judge

1.104 OPS

AVG .328

OBP .446

SLG .658

HR 37

AB 418

H 137

RBI 84

Carter Jensen

1.064 OPS

AVG .333

OBP .418

SLG .646

HR 3

AB 48

H 16

RBI 13

George Springer

1.000 OPS

AVG .327

OBP .412

SLG .588

HR 24

AB 376

H 123

RBI 67

Richie Palacios

.969 OPS

AVG .370

OBP .414

SLG .556

HR 1

AB 27

H 10

RBI 2

Austin Wynns

.964 OPS

AVG .313

OBP .352

SLG .612

HR 5

AB 67

H 21

RBI 17

Zach Cole

.958 OPS

AVG .282

OBP .317

SLG .641

HR 4

AB 39

H 11

RBI 11

Giancarlo Stanton

.940 OPS

AVG .272

OBP .332

SLG .609

HR 19

AB 184

H 50

RBI 42

Jonathan Aranda

.930 OPS

AVG .329

OBP .398

SLG .531

HR 13

AB 286

H 94

RBI 51

Pete Alonso

.929 OPS

AVG .291

OBP .362

SLG .567

HR 29

AB 443

H 129

RBI 103

Corey Seager

.926 OPS

AVG .298

OBP .412

SLG .514

HR 13

AB 245

H 73

RBI 36

Davis Schneider

.915 OPS

AVG .259

OBP .384

SLG .531

HR 7

AB 81

H 21

RBI 16

Drew Millas

.914 OPS

AVG .351

OBP .400

SLG .514

HR 0

AB 37

H 13

RBI 5

Joey Loperfido

.910 OPS

AVG .329

OBP .370

SLG .539

HR 4

AB 76

H 25

RBI 11

Rafael Devers

.909 OPS

AVG .258

OBP .395

SLG .514

HR 26

AB 395

H 102

RBI 71

Cal Raleigh

.909 OPS

AVG .231

OBP .362

SLG .547

HR 38

AB 411

H 95

RBI 86

Bryce Johnson

.896 OPS

AVG .370

OBP .396

SLG .500

HR 1

AB 46

H 17

RBI 6

Daylen Lile

.891 OPS

AVG .312

OBP .359

SLG .532

HR 7

AB 250

H 78

RBI 37

Colson Montgomery

.887 OPS

AVG .242

OBP .320

SLG .567

HR 17

AB 178

H 43

RBI 44

Jonny Deluca

.887 OPS

AVG .382

OBP .417

SLG .471

HR 0

AB 34

H 13

RBI 2

Riley Greene

.886 OPS

AVG .276

OBP .323

SLG .563

HR 32

AB 421

H 116

RBI 83

Gunnar Henderson

.877 OPS

AVG .299

OBP .379

SLG .499

HR 14

AB 385

H 115

RBI 49

Dominic Canzone

.875 OPS

AVG .306

OBP .353

SLG .522

HR 10

AB 186

H 57

RBI 28

Brandon Lowe

.873 OPS

AVG .280

OBP .335

SLG .538

HR 26

AB 368

H 103

RBI 74

Carlos Cortes

.870 OPS

AVG .303

OBP .319

SLG .551

HR 4

AB 89

H 27

RBI 14

Trent Grisham

.869 OPS

AVG .254

OBP .364

SLG .506

HR 27

AB 362

H 92

RBI 56

Junior Caminero

.866 OPS

AVG .270

OBP .317

SLG .549

HR 32

AB 426

H 115

RBI 77

Eugenio Suarez

.865 OPS

AVG .252

OBP .313

SLG .552

HR 36

AB 429

H 108

RBI 95

Daulton Varsho

.865 OPS

AVG .232

OBP .274

SLG .591

HR 18

AB 198

H 46

RBI 48

Ben Rice

.860 OPS

AVG .269

OBP .356

SLG .504

HR 19

AB 361

H 97

RBI 47

Christian Yelich

.860 OPS

AVG .274

OBP .356

SLG .504

HR 25

AB 387

H 106

RBI 71

Jeremy Pena

.858 OPS

AVG .311

OBP .368

SLG .490

HR 13

AB 396

H 123

RBI 48

Brice Matthews

.858 OPS

AVG .219

OBP .265

SLG .594

HR 4

AB 32

H 7

RBI 9

Mickey Moniak

.857 OPS

AVG .276

OBP .309

SLG .547

HR 23

AB 380

H 105

RBI 62

Vinnie Pasquantino

.856 OPS

AVG .281

OBP .346

SLG .511

HR 26

AB 470

H 132

RBI 80

Brendan Donovan

.853 OPS

AVG .315

OBP .383

SLG .471

HR 8

AB 308

H 97

RBI 37

Jose Ramirez

.849 OPS

AVG .267

OBP .350

SLG .499

HR 24

AB 419

H 112

RBI 59

Ramon Laureano

.849 OPS

AVG .281

OBP .340

SLG .508

HR 15

AB 299

H 84

RBI 52

Elly DE LA Cruz

.848 OPS

AVG .277

OBP .362

SLG .486

HR 17

AB 430

H 119

RBI 60

Tyler Soderstrom

.846 OPS

AVG .278

OBP .356

SLG .491

HR 20

AB 424

H 118

RBI 73

Harrison Bader

.845 OPS

AVG .300

OBP .369

SLG .476

HR 11

AB 307

H 92

RBI 38

Fernando Tatis

.845 OPS

AVG .281

OBP .372

SLG .474

HR 20

AB 441

H 124

RBI 59

George Valera

.844 OPS

AVG .250

OBP .372

SLG .472

HR 2

AB 36

H 9

RBI 5

Bobby Witt

.844 OPS

AVG .287

OBP .340

SLG .504

HR 22

AB 492

H 141

RBI 76

Jackson Merrill

.844 OPS

AVG .279

OBP .339

SLG .505

HR 14

AB 283

H 79

RBI 48

Jazz Chisholm

.843 OPS

AVG .240

OBP .336

SLG .508

HR 25

AB 333

H 80

RBI 61

Josh Naylor

.843 OPS

AVG .298

OBP .368

SLG .475

HR 14

AB 362

H 108

RBI 63

Kyle Teel

.835 OPS

AVG .290

OBP .388

SLG .448

HR 8

AB 210

H 61

RBI 34

Isaac Paredes

.832 OPS

AVG .264

OBP .357

SLG .475

HR 17

AB 318

H 84

RBI 45

Hunter Goodman

.826 OPS

AVG .277

OBP .317

SLG .510

HR 23

AB 412

H 114

RBI 65

Understanding Platoon Splits

Platoon splits — performance vs left-handed pitchers (LHP) and right-handed pitchers (RHP) — are the single most predictive and actionable batting split. Most hitters have a significant platoon gap, performing better against opposite-hand pitchers.

The Platoon Advantage

Right-handed hitters typically hit 30-50 OPS points better against LHP, and vice versa. The platoon advantage exists because same-hand pitcher-batter matchups create a more difficult pitch angle and make breaking balls move away from the hitter. This is the most stable, repeatable split in baseball.

Switch Hitters & Exceptions

Switch hitters aim to always have the platoon advantage by batting from both sides. However, many switch hitters are significantly better from one side. Some pure hitters (like elite LHH who crush lefties) defy platoon norms entirely — always check the data rather than assuming.

Props & DFS Application

Platoon splits are the #1 factor for daily fantasy and prop betting. Always check the opposing starter's handedness, then look at each hitter's platoon split. A .280 overall hitter who hits .320 vs LHP is a strong play when a lefty is on the mound — the line is set off his overall average, not his split.

Data Source & Methodology

Batting splits sourced from MLB Stats API. Stats reflect current season data and update daily as games are played.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the platoon advantage in baseball?: The platoon advantage means hitters perform better against opposite-hand pitchers. Right-handed hitters (RHH) tend to hit better against left-handed pitchers (LHP), and left-handed hitters (LHH) hit better against right-handed pitchers (RHP). The typical platoon gap is 30-50 OPS points, making it the most reliable and predictive split in baseball.
How important are platoon splits for DFS?: Platoon splits are the single most important split for DFS. Always check the opposing starter's handedness before building lineups. Stack right-handed hitters against left-handed starters (and vice versa) for the strongest correlation. The platoon edge is especially large for power stats like HR and SLG.
Are platoon splits reliable with small sample sizes?: Yes — platoon splits are the most stable split category even with relatively small samples. Because the platoon advantage is driven by physics (pitch angle, breaking ball movement), it tends to persist even in 50-100 at-bat samples. This makes platoon splits usable earlier in the season than other split types.

MLB Batting Splits 2025

Understanding Platoon Splits

The Platoon Advantage

Switch Hitters & Exceptions

Props & DFS Application

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