LF · 2026
Ivan Johnson
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- S/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #63
- Born
- October 11, 1998 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- MLB debut
- June 30, 2026
- Drafted
- 2019, round 4
- College
- Chipola JC
- High school
- Kennesaw Mountain
- dbWAR
- -.1 1 season(s)
- PA
- 14
- AVG
- .083
- OBP
- .214
- SLG
- .083
- wRC+
- -6 100 = avg
Ivan Johnson is a left fielder for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2026 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 1 hit across 14 plate appearances in 8 games. His batting average was .083, 65.8% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .214 clip and slugged .083, for an OPS of .298, 58.6% lower than the league mark of .719. He averaged 84.8 mph off the bat, hit 16.7% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 46.2% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -6 wRC+ puts his offence 106% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -1.8 runs with the bat, +0.4 on the bases, -0.1 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2026.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to -1.0 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 37.5% |
| vs RHP | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .390 | 50.0% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2026.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 6 tracked batted balls in 2026. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 84.8 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 97.0 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 16.7% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 33.3% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- 28.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2026.
Situational hitting
How Ivan Johnson hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .083 | .214 | .083 | .167 |
| Bases empty · thin | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .161 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .178 |
| RISP · thin | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .223 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2026.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .000 | .167 | 14.3% | 42.9% | .167 | -1.8 | -6 | -0.1 | — |
Head to head
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.