Is clutch hitting a real skill?

This is debated, but the evidence suggests that while most clutch performance is random variation, some hitters do have a repeatable ability to perform in high-leverage situations. Hitters with consistently high RISP splits across multiple seasons are more likely to have a real skill than those with one hot year.

How do I use RISP splits for prop betting?

Target hitters with strong RISP splits for RBI props, especially when they bat in the middle of a potent lineup. If the lineup around them gets on base frequently, a high-RISP hitter will have more opportunities to drive in runs. Combine with the opposing pitcher's RISP-allowed stats for the clearest edge.

What is the "scoring position, 2 out" split?

This is arguably the highest-pressure regular-season at-bat situation — runners on 2nd/3rd with 2 outs. Hitters who thrive here extend innings and produce outsized run totals. It's a small-sample split, so look for consistency across seasons rather than relying on one year's data.

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 Bases Loaded Lead Off Inning None On Runners On Scoring Position Scoring Position, 2 out

Player	Split	AB	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS ▲
Danny Jansen	Scoring Position, 2 out	38	9	2	10	.237	.356	.447	.803
Tyler Soderstrom	Scoring Position	169	45	7	71	.266	.330	.473	.803
Josh Jung	Runners On	204	61	7	54	.299	.329	.475	.804
Jose Ramirez	None On	361	98	17	17	.271	.322	.482	.804
BO Naylor	Lead Off Inning	102	24	6	7	.235	.304	.500	.804
Zach Neto	None On	349	88	22	22	.252	.311	.493	.804
Eugenio Suarez	Lead Off Inning	143	32	11	11	.224	.302	.503	.805
Jose Altuve	None On	325	91	14	14	.280	.350	.455	.805
Marcell Ozuna	None On	265	67	13	13	.253	.371	.434	.805
Christian Yelich	Scoring Position, 2 out	68	22	1	26	.324	.378	.426	.805
CJ Kayfus	Runners On	49	13	2	17	.265	.315	.490	.805
Jake Mangum	Scoring Position	97	34	1	37	.351	.373	.433	.806
Adam Frazier	Scoring Position	88	28	1	35	.318	.363	.443	.806
Amed Rosario	None On	110	32	4	4	.291	.333	.473	.806
Daylen Lile	Scoring Position	86	26	2	29	.302	.330	.477	.807
Lawrence Butler	Lead Off Inning	207	54	10	10	.261	.335	.473	.808
Edouard Julien	Lead Off Inning	57	16	2	2	.281	.369	.439	.808
Alejandro Kirk	Scoring Position	124	39	2	58	.315	.372	.435	.808
Elly DE LA Cruz	Scoring Position, 2 out	63	14	4	22	.222	.380	.429	.808
Jake Burger	Runners On	158	45	7	44	.285	.329	.481	.810
Jake Bauers	Runners On	94	23	4	25	.245	.363	.447	.810
Fernando Tatis	Lead Off Inning	237	61	10	10	.257	.351	.460	.810
Fernando Tatis	Scoring Position	105	26	5	47	.248	.372	.438	.810
Vinnie Pasquantino	Runners On	313	85	18	99	.272	.319	.492	.811
Ramon Laureano	Runners On	209	57	10	62	.273	.328	.483	.811
Christian Yelich	Lead Off Inning	116	29	7	7	.250	.346	.466	.811
Alejandro Kirk	Runners On	218	68	7	68	.312	.358	.454	.812
Cedric Mullins	Bases Loaded	11	3	1	13	.273	.267	.545	.812
Kyle Karros	Scoring Position, 2 out	15	5	0	3	.333	.412	.400	.812
George Valera	Runners On	19	5	1	4	.263	.391	.421	.812
Javier Baez	Scoring Position	106	31	5	47	.292	.304	.509	.813
Jung Hoo Lee	Lead Off Inning	127	37	1	1	.291	.388	.425	.813
Blaze Alexander	Scoring Position, 2 out	30	8	0	11	.267	.313	.500	.813
Zach McKinstry	None On	258	70	9	9	.271	.333	.481	.814
Manny Machado	Scoring Position	152	45	4	67	.296	.360	.454	.814
Taylor Ward	Scoring Position	142	35	8	64	.246	.343	.472	.815
TJ Friedl	Scoring Position, 2 out	47	14	1	16	.298	.411	.404	.815
Zach Neto	Scoring Position	87	25	2	34	.287	.343	.471	.815
Braxton Fulford	Runners On	39	11	0	15	.282	.354	.462	.816
Davis Schneider	None On	114	27	8	8	.237	.351	.465	.816
JP Crawford	Scoring Position	121	35	4	46	.289	.387	.430	.817
Gavin Sheets	Scoring Position, 2 out	57	16	1	20	.281	.379	.439	.817
Christian Walker	Scoring Position, 2 out	80	21	5	31	.263	.330	.488	.817
Ryan Ohearn	Runners On	219	64	7	53	.292	.374	.443	.817
Jonatan Clase	Scoring Position, 2 out	10	3	0	4	.300	.417	.400	.817
Kerry Carpenter	Runners On	178	42	13	49	.236	.289	.528	.817
Daniel Schneemann	Scoring Position, 2 out	40	9	2	16	.225	.367	.450	.817
Taylor Ward	Lead Off Inning	155	38	11	11	.245	.295	.523	.818
Randy Arozarena	None On	366	96	17	17	.262	.357	.462	.819
Tyler Heineman	Scoring Position	37	12	0	16	.324	.386	.432	.819

Sort by: OPS ▲ AVG SLG OBP AB HR

Danny Jansen

Scoring Position, 2 out

.803 OPS

AVG .237

OBP .356

SLG .447

HR 2

AB 38

H 9

RBI 10

Tyler Soderstrom

Scoring Position

.803 OPS

AVG .266

OBP .330

SLG .473

HR 7

AB 169

H 45

RBI 71

Josh Jung

Runners On

.804 OPS

AVG .299

OBP .329

SLG .475

HR 7

AB 204

H 61

RBI 54

Jose Ramirez

None On

.804 OPS

AVG .271

OBP .322

SLG .482

HR 17

AB 361

H 98

RBI 17

BO Naylor

Lead Off Inning

.804 OPS

AVG .235

OBP .304

SLG .500

HR 6

AB 102

H 24

RBI 7

Zach Neto

None On

.804 OPS

AVG .252

OBP .311

SLG .493

HR 22

AB 349

H 88

RBI 22

Eugenio Suarez

Lead Off Inning

.805 OPS

AVG .224

OBP .302

SLG .503

HR 11

AB 143

H 32

RBI 11

Jose Altuve

None On

.805 OPS

AVG .280

OBP .350

SLG .455

HR 14

AB 325

H 91

RBI 14

Marcell Ozuna

None On

.805 OPS

AVG .253

OBP .371

SLG .434

HR 13

AB 265

H 67

RBI 13

Christian Yelich

Scoring Position, 2 out

.805 OPS

AVG .324

OBP .378

SLG .426

HR 1

AB 68

H 22

RBI 26

CJ Kayfus

Runners On

.805 OPS

AVG .265

OBP .315

SLG .490

HR 2

AB 49

H 13

RBI 17

Jake Mangum

Scoring Position

.806 OPS

AVG .351

OBP .373

SLG .433

HR 1

AB 97

H 34

RBI 37

Adam Frazier

Scoring Position

.806 OPS

AVG .318

OBP .363

SLG .443

HR 1

AB 88

H 28

RBI 35

Amed Rosario

None On

.806 OPS

AVG .291

OBP .333

SLG .473

HR 4

AB 110

H 32

RBI 4

Daylen Lile

Scoring Position

.807 OPS

AVG .302

OBP .330

SLG .477

HR 2

AB 86

H 26

RBI 29

Lawrence Butler

Lead Off Inning

.808 OPS

AVG .261

OBP .335

SLG .473

HR 10

AB 207

H 54

RBI 10

Edouard Julien

Lead Off Inning

.808 OPS

AVG .281

OBP .369

SLG .439

HR 2

AB 57

H 16

RBI 2

Alejandro Kirk

Scoring Position

.808 OPS

AVG .315

OBP .372

SLG .435

HR 2

AB 124

H 39

RBI 58

Elly DE LA Cruz

Scoring Position, 2 out

.808 OPS

AVG .222

OBP .380

SLG .429

HR 4

AB 63

H 14

RBI 22

Jake Burger

Runners On

.810 OPS

AVG .285

OBP .329

SLG .481

HR 7

AB 158

H 45

RBI 44

Jake Bauers

Runners On

.810 OPS

AVG .245

OBP .363

SLG .447

HR 4

AB 94

H 23

RBI 25

Fernando Tatis

Lead Off Inning

.810 OPS

AVG .257

OBP .351

SLG .460

HR 10

AB 237

H 61

RBI 10

Fernando Tatis

Scoring Position

.810 OPS

AVG .248

OBP .372

SLG .438

HR 5

AB 105

H 26

RBI 47

Vinnie Pasquantino

Runners On

.811 OPS

AVG .272

OBP .319

SLG .492

HR 18

AB 313

H 85

RBI 99

Ramon Laureano

Runners On

.811 OPS

AVG .273

OBP .328

SLG .483

HR 10

AB 209

H 57

RBI 62

Christian Yelich

Lead Off Inning

.811 OPS

AVG .250

OBP .346

SLG .466

HR 7

AB 116

H 29

RBI 7

Alejandro Kirk

Runners On

.812 OPS

AVG .312

OBP .358

SLG .454

HR 7

AB 218

H 68

RBI 68

Cedric Mullins

Bases Loaded

.812 OPS

AVG .273

OBP .267

SLG .545

HR 1

AB 11

H 3

RBI 13

Kyle Karros

Scoring Position, 2 out

.812 OPS

AVG .333

OBP .412

SLG .400

HR 0

AB 15

H 5

RBI 3

George Valera

Runners On

.812 OPS

AVG .263

OBP .391

SLG .421

HR 1

AB 19

H 5

RBI 4

Javier Baez

Scoring Position

.813 OPS

AVG .292

OBP .304

SLG .509

HR 5

AB 106

H 31

RBI 47

Jung Hoo Lee

Lead Off Inning

.813 OPS

AVG .291

OBP .388

SLG .425

HR 1

AB 127

H 37

RBI 1

Blaze Alexander

Scoring Position, 2 out

.813 OPS

AVG .267

OBP .313

SLG .500

HR 0

AB 30

H 8

RBI 11

Zach McKinstry

None On

.814 OPS

AVG .271

OBP .333

SLG .481

HR 9

AB 258

H 70

RBI 9

Manny Machado

Scoring Position

.814 OPS

AVG .296

OBP .360

SLG .454

HR 4

AB 152

H 45

RBI 67

Taylor Ward

Scoring Position

.815 OPS

AVG .246

OBP .343

SLG .472

HR 8

AB 142

H 35

RBI 64

TJ Friedl

Scoring Position, 2 out

.815 OPS

AVG .298

OBP .411

SLG .404

HR 1

AB 47

H 14

RBI 16

Zach Neto

Scoring Position

.815 OPS

AVG .287

OBP .343

SLG .471

HR 2

AB 87

H 25

RBI 34

Braxton Fulford

Runners On

.816 OPS

AVG .282

OBP .354

SLG .462

HR 0

AB 39

H 11

RBI 15

Davis Schneider

None On

.816 OPS

AVG .237

OBP .351

SLG .465

HR 8

AB 114

H 27

RBI 8

JP Crawford

Scoring Position

.817 OPS

AVG .289

OBP .387

SLG .430

HR 4

AB 121

H 35

RBI 46

Gavin Sheets

Scoring Position, 2 out

.817 OPS

AVG .281

OBP .379

SLG .439

HR 1

AB 57

H 16

RBI 20

Christian Walker

Scoring Position, 2 out

.817 OPS

AVG .263

OBP .330

SLG .488

HR 5

AB 80

H 21

RBI 31

Ryan Ohearn

Runners On

.817 OPS

AVG .292

OBP .374

SLG .443

HR 7

AB 219

H 64

RBI 53

Jonatan Clase

Scoring Position, 2 out

.817 OPS

AVG .300

OBP .417

SLG .400

HR 0

AB 10

H 3

RBI 4

Kerry Carpenter

Runners On

.817 OPS

AVG .236

OBP .289

SLG .528

HR 13

AB 178

H 42

RBI 49

Daniel Schneemann

Scoring Position, 2 out

.817 OPS

AVG .225

OBP .367

SLG .450

HR 2

AB 40

H 9

RBI 16

Taylor Ward

Lead Off Inning

.818 OPS

AVG .245

OBP .295

SLG .523

HR 11

AB 155

H 38

RBI 11

Randy Arozarena

None On

.819 OPS

AVG .262

OBP .357

SLG .462

HR 17

AB 366

H 96

RBI 17

Tyler Heineman

Scoring Position

.819 OPS

AVG .324

OBP .386

SLG .432

HR 0

AB 37

H 12

RBI 16

Understanding Situational Splits

Situational splits capture a hitter's performance in high-leverage game contexts — runners in scoring position (RISP), two-out situations, and clutch at-bats. These splits reveal which hitters elevate their game when it matters most.

RISP (Runners in Scoring Position)

RISP splits show how a hitter performs with runners on 2nd and/or 3rd. Some hitters elevate with RISP while others tighten up. For prop betting, high RISP splits indicate a hitter who thrives under pressure and may exceed their base projections in run-producing situations.

Two-Out Situations

Two-out hitting is a specific skill. Hitters who maintain high averages with 2 outs extend innings and create run-scoring opportunities. The "scoring position, 2 out" split is the ultimate clutch metric — it captures rally-extending at-bats under maximum pressure.

DFS & Betting Value

Situational splits help identify "clutch" hitters whose RBI and run totals outpace their overall stat line. A hitter with elite RISP splits batting 4th or 5th in a potent lineup is a prime RBI prop target. These splits also help explain why some hitters consistently outperform their projections.

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

Is clutch hitting a real skill?: This is debated, but the evidence suggests that while most clutch performance is random variation, some hitters do have a repeatable ability to perform in high-leverage situations. Hitters with consistently high RISP splits across multiple seasons are more likely to have a real skill than those with one hot year.
How do I use RISP splits for prop betting?: Target hitters with strong RISP splits for RBI props, especially when they bat in the middle of a potent lineup. If the lineup around them gets on base frequently, a high-RISP hitter will have more opportunities to drive in runs. Combine with the opposing pitcher's RISP-allowed stats for the clearest edge.
What is the "scoring position, 2 out" split?: This is arguably the highest-pressure regular-season at-bat situation — runners on 2nd/3rd with 2 outs. Hitters who thrive here extend innings and produce outsized run totals. It's a small-sample split, so look for consistency across seasons rather than relying on one year's data.

MLB Batting Splits 2025

Understanding Situational Splits

RISP (Runners in Scoring Position)

Two-Out Situations

DFS & Betting Value

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