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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.

Manny Machado

RHB · 7.50k pitches in sample

Whiff %

23.3%

n=3.76k swings

xwOBA

0.344

n=2.67k BBE

Hard-hit %

30.3%

n=2.67k BIP

Avg exit velo

85.2 mph

n=2.67k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.82k pitches · 603 balls in play

Whiff %

23.8%

xwOBA

0.356

Hard-hit %

31.0%

Avg EV

85.7

vs RHP

5.67k pitches · 2.06k balls in play

Whiff %

23.1%

xwOBA

0.340

Hard-hit %

30.2%

Avg EV

85.1

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	2.36k · 1.18k sw	21.7%	0.380	27.4% · n=842	86.0
Sinker SI	1.39k · 672 sw	10.9%	0.380	35.8% · n=559	87.5
Slider SL	1.20k · 592 sw	31.6%	0.327	31.3% · n=377	83.7
Sweeper ST	594 · 321 sw	26.2%	0.282	24.3% · n=226	82.0
Changeup CH	589 · 299 sw	26.8%	0.346	37.6% · n=197	86.4
Cutter FC	558 · 289 sw	20.4%	0.342	26.4% · n=212	82.8
Curveball CU	362 · 170 sw	34.7%	0.265	31.1% · n=106	83.9
Splitter FS	192 · 119 sw	37.0%	0.223	21.9% · n=64	80.2
Knuckle-curve KC	156 · 93 sw	29.0%	0.224	30.6% · n=62	85.7
Unclassified UN	46 · 0 sw	·	0.346	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	35 · 19 sw	21.1%	0.416	35.7% · n=14	88.5
Eephus EP	6 · 3 sw	0.0%	0.613	100.0% · n=3	102.8
Forkball FO	4 · 3 sw	33.3%	0.066	0.0% · n=2	74.1
Slow curve CS	3 · 2 sw	50.0%	·	0.0% · n=1	82.9
Screwball SC	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.077	100.0% · n=1	96.2
All pitches	7.50k · 3.76k sw	23.3%	0.344	30.3% · n=2.67k	85.2

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 →