Sprint Speed is Statcast's pure running speed metric, measuring a hitter's top ft/sec on plays that require an all-out effort (doubles, triples, etc.).
League average is around 27.0 ft/sec; 29.0 is top-5%, and 30.0+ is elite. Outfielders and young middle infielders typically headline the leaderboard.
Stolen-base totals are noisy proxies for speed because they depend on jumps and reads. Sprint Speed isolates the raw athletic component.
Shohei Ohtani holds steady around 28.5 ft/sec — top-tier even as a two-way player. Seiya Suzuki and Masataka Yoshida sit near average; first-baseman Munetaka Murakami is judged on power, not speed.
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