CF · 2026

Justin Dean

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #1

Born: December 6, 1996 in Mauldin, SC, USA
MLB debut: August 8, 2025
Drafted: 2018, round 17
College: Lenoir-Rhyne

dbWAR: .2
PA: 10
AVG: .375
OBP: .500
SLG: .625
wRC+: 220

Justin Dean is a center fielder for the Chicago Cubs. In 2026 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 3 RBIs, notching 3 hits across 10 plate appearances in 10 games. His batting average was .375, 53.9% higher than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .500 clip and slugged .625, for an OPS of 1.125, 56.4% higher than the league mark of .719. He averaged 85.7 mph off the bat, hit 50.0% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 66.7% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 220 wRC+ puts his offence 120% above average. That comes to 0.2 dbWAR — +1.4 runs with the bat, +0.2 on the bases, +0.0 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+220

wOBA.490

ISO.250

BB%20.0%

WAR.2

How the WAR is built

Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to +1.9 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.

BattingBaserunningPositionReplacement

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	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	100.0%
vs RHP	9	7	3	0	2	3	.429	.556	.714	.544	33.3%

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.

																				Trend
2026	10	10	3	0	3	1	2	4	.375	.500	.625	.250	.750	20.0%	40.0%	.490	+1.4	220	0.2
2025	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-117	-0.0

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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.