Reference layer
Current snapshot
| Age | 26 |
| Height | 6' 2" |
| Weight | 213 lb |
| Debut | 2026-03-26 |
Player profile / Chicago White Sox
Munetaka Murakami
1B · Bats/Throws L/R · 6' 2", 213 lb · Age 26
Club Chicago White Sox
Position 1B
Roster Current MLB team
Status Healthy / active roster
Traditional line
Season by season
| PA | R | H | HR | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 447 | 71 | 79 | 29 | 1 | .217 | .360 | .495 | .855 |
| 1 Seasons | 447 | 71 | 79 | 29 | 1 | .217 | .360 | .495 | .855 |
At a glance
Season percentile report
The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.
96
Offense
percentile
percentile
Rolling projection
Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update
Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.
Pending
Rolling player projection appears after current-season Statcast and projection joins refresh.
Live percentile strip
Current traits vs projection tick
100th = best in MLB.
Hitting · percentile strip
Barrel%9.5%
96
Exit velocity93.9
98
Hard-hit%56.9%
99
xBA0.364
90
xSLG0.826
99
xwOBA0.361
94
BB%17.6%
100
Bat speed72.7
87
K%32.9%
7
Defense · percentile strip
Outs Above Avg-1.0 · 1B
28
Range Runs-0.2 · 1B
53
Baserunning · percentile strip
Base Running Runs-2.0 · 1B
12
Sprint Speed26.9 · 1B
36
SB Success Rate25.0% · 1B
Small sample
Mithrandir+
Plate skills: swing decisions and pitch-type resistance
Our research metrics for how this hitter controls the strike zone and handles each pitch family.
Avoids Bad ChasesST 74.1% · rebadged research
90
Avoids Bad TakesHPT 23.7% · rebadged research
65
Correct Decisions70.2% · rebadged research
87
Resists FastballwOBA 0.399 · validated
2
SEAGER+ Plate Discipline110
91
Resists Breaking - horizontalwOBA 0.269 · borderline
88
Resists Breaking - verticalwOBA 0.306 · insufficient sample
5
Resists ChangeupwOBA 0.325 · validated thin sample
2
Resists Cutters + splitterswOBA 0.327 · insufficient sample
49
Resists SinkerwOBA 0.374 · validated
15
Rolling form chart
xwOBA snapshot line
Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs
Spray profile
Field-coordinate spray profile
175 Statcast batted-ball coordinates from the pitch-event feed (2026). Direction profile remains as the v1 context layer when coordinate density is limited.
Zone profile
Aggregate zone heatmap
Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.
Bat tracking
Swing path, attack angle, bat speed
Aggregate Savant bat-tracking metrics; not per-swing motion capture. The full swing, with the recommended path overlaid, lives in the 3D Swing Simulator.
Live layer
Delta / regression
| xwOBA Δ | -- |
| wOBA Δ | -- |
negative regression
Regression watch
Running hot. Expect some cooling.
Murakami’s wOBA sits at 0.389, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.361 — a gap of 0.027, -1.0 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 465 PA. The results have outrun the underlying process; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to drift back toward the deserved level.
Comp Engine · 2026 profile shape
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Mithrandir coverage
Module shelf
| Module | Cards | Latest | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitting | 3 | 2026-07-31 | Disciplined swing decisions drove the score |
| Fielding | 18 | 2026-08-31 | 2 chances | 0 difficult plays | Run Exp -0.190 |
Projection links / recent games
Available detail
| 2026-08-15 @ DET0 HR | 0 RBI / 10 Ch | 0 E | 1-4 | 2B, BB, 2 K |
| 2026-05-20 @ SEA0 HR | 1 RBI / 4 Ch | 0 E | 2-5 | K, RBI |
| 2026-04-17 @ ATH1 HR | 4 RBI / 13 Ch | 0 E | 3-5 | HR, 2 K, 4 RBI |
| 2026-04-15 vs TB0 HR | 0 RBI / 0 Ch | 0 E | 1-2 | 2 BB, K, CS |
| 2026-04-14 vs TB1 HR | 2 RBI / 11 Ch | 0 E | 1-3 | HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI |