
C · 2026
Ben Rortvedt
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #47
- Born
- September 25, 1997 in Madison, WI, USA
- MLB debut
- April 30, 2021
- Drafted
- 2016, round 2
- High school
- Verona Area
- Salary, 2026
- $1.25M
- dbWAR
- .5 4 season(s)
- PA
- 4
- AVG
- .250
- OBP
- .250
- SLG
- .250
- wRC+
- 34 100 = avg
Ben Rortvedt is a catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2026 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 1 hit across 4 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .250, 2.6% higher than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .250 clip and slugged .250, for an OPS of .500, 30.5% lower than the league mark of .719. He averaged 87.1 mph off the bat and made contact on 80.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 34 wRC+ puts his offence 66% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, -0.0 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 -0.1 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .446 | 0.0% |
| vs RHP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2026.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2026.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .223 | -0.3 | 34 | -0.0 | |
| 2025 | 41 | 128 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .152 | .240 | .205 | .054 | .182 | 8.6% | 18.0% | .214 | -10.8 | 29 | -0.4 | |
| 2024 | 105 | 328 | 66 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 34 | 88 | .228 | .317 | .303 | .076 | .317 | 10.4% | 26.8% | .286 | -7.1 | 82 | 1.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 11.67 | 2.50 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 110 | 286 | -0.2 | — |
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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.