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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.

Austin Slater

RHB · 2.34k pitches in sample

Whiff %

26.3%

n=1.03k swings

xwOBA

0.324

n=686 BBE

Hard-hit %

25.7%

n=686 BIP

Avg exit velo

84.2 mph

n=686 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.56k pitches · 477 balls in play

Whiff %

25.8%

xwOBA

0.339

Hard-hit %

26.4%

Avg EV

84.4

vs RHP

784 pitches · 209 balls in play

Whiff %

27.3%

xwOBA

0.295

Hard-hit %

23.9%

Avg EV

83.9

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	791 · 376 sw	23.4%	0.339	25.5% · n=259	85.3
Sinker SI	435 · 179 sw	19.0%	0.330	26.9% · n=130	85.8
Slider SL	309 · 131 sw	34.4%	0.316	22.1% · n=77	83.4
Changeup CH	273 · 121 sw	33.9%	0.259	15.1% · n=73	78.9
Cutter FC	178 · 81 sw	21.0%	0.379	33.3% · n=57	85.0
Curveball CU	144 · 65 sw	36.9%	0.286	27.0% · n=37	82.2
Sweeper ST	123 · 41 sw	26.8%	0.418	34.5% · n=29	86.3
Knuckle-curve KC	36 · 17 sw	52.9%	0.195	50.0% · n=8	87.0
Splitter FS	31 · 14 sw	14.3%	0.235	25.0% · n=8	75.9
Eephus EP	11 · 4 sw	0.0%	0.429	50.0% · n=4	83.6
Slurve SV	5 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.279	0.0% · n=2	78.5
Fastball FA	3 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.490	0.0% · n=2	91.5
Slow curve CS	1 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Unclassified UN	1 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Forkball FO	1 · 1 sw	100.0%	0.000	· · n=0	·
All pitches	2.34k · 1.03k sw	26.3%	0.324	25.7% · n=686	84.2

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 →