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Batter Lab

Pitch-level Statcast for one hitter. Pick a batter and the data shows how he handles each pitch type, velo band, and pitcher hand: whiff rate, xwOBA, hard-hit rate, and average exit velocity, with the sample size on every line. You set the filters, the data answers. Statcast covers 2023 to 2025.

Jose Altuve

RHB · 6.54k pitches in sample

Whiff %

18.5%

n=3.17k swings

xwOBA

0.318

n=2.39k BBE

Hard-hit %

21.2%

n=2.39k BIP

Avg exit velo

80.9 mph

n=2.39k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.56k pitches · 577 balls in play

Whiff %

18.7%

xwOBA

0.329

Hard-hit %

23.9%

Avg EV

81.4

vs RHP

4.98k pitches · 1.81k balls in play

Whiff %

18.5%

xwOBA

0.315

Hard-hit %

20.4%

Avg EV

80.7

By pitch type

13 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.63k · 802 sw	11.5%	0.372	26.4% · n=652	84.6
Sinker SI	1.26k · 544 sw	11.8%	0.334	20.2% · n=440	79.1
Slider SL	1.12k · 577 sw	25.8%	0.289	18.5% · n=401	79.9
Changeup CH	664 · 353 sw	21.2%	0.245	17.2% · n=256	77.8
Sweeper ST	581 · 294 sw	24.1%	0.261	16.5% · n=212	78.8
Cutter FC	501 · 235 sw	17.4%	0.373	27.6% · n=181	83.6
Curveball CU	371 · 173 sw	28.9%	0.317	17.7% · n=113	77.6
Splitter FS	230 · 124 sw	25.0%	0.228	16.0% · n=81	81.5
Knuckle-curve KC	100 · 53 sw	24.5%	0.281	16.2% · n=37	76.6
Unclassified UN	31 · 0 sw	·	0.000	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	27 · 12 sw	8.3%	0.373	18.2% · n=11	79.9
Fastball FA	16 · 5 sw	20.0%	0.645	50.0% · n=4	80.6
Knuckleball KN	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.003	0.0% · n=1	69.9
All pitches	6.54k · 3.17k sw	18.5%	0.318	21.2% · n=2.39k	80.9

Every number is a real Statcast count with its sample size (n) shown, never a guaranteed pick or a fabricated probability. Whiff % is swinging strikes over swings · xwOBA is the expected wOBA on contact · hard-hit is exit velocity 95+ mph. You set the filters, the data answers, you decide. Back to research →