RF · 2026

Brewer Hicklen

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #53

Born: February 9, 1996 in Huntsville, AL, USA
MLB debut: May 26, 2022
Drafted: 2017, round 7
College: Alabama-Birmingham
High school: Huntsville

dbWAR: .4
PA: 23
AVG: .368
OBP: .478
SLG: .579
wRC+: 198

Brewer Hicklen is a right fielder for the Atlanta Braves. In 2026 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 3 RBIs, notching 7 hits across 23 plate appearances in 8 games. His batting average was .368, 51.2% higher than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .478 clip and slugged .579, for an OPS of 1.057, 47.0% higher than the league mark of .719. He averaged 94.9 mph off the bat, hit 54.5% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 55.6% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 198 wRC+ puts his offence 98% above average. That comes to 0.3 dbWAR — +2.7 runs with the bat, -0.0 on the bases, -0.3 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.

wRC+198

wOBA.461

ISO.211

BB%17.4%

WAR.3

How the WAR is built

Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to +3.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.

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WAR by season

Platoon splits

How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.

Batting by the hand the pitcher throws with, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHP	3	3	2	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.333	.841	33.3%
vs RHP	20	16	5	0	4	7	.313	.450	.438	.404	35.0%

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.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .243.

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	8	23	7	3	0	4	8	.368	.478	.579	.211	.636	17.4%	34.8%	.461	+2.7	198	0.3
2025	1	4	2	0	1	1	1	.667	.750	.667	.000	1.000	25.0%	25.0%	.623	+1.0	309	0.1
2024	3	5	0	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	80.0%	.000	-1.3	-121	-0.1

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How these are computed

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.