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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.

Byron Buxton

RHB · 4.89k pitches in sample

Whiff %

29.6%

n=2.52k swings

xwOBA

0.342

n=1.62k BBE

Hard-hit %

31.0%

n=1.62k BIP

Avg exit velo

85.2 mph

n=1.62k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.24k pitches · 418 balls in play

Whiff %

28.3%

xwOBA

0.353

Hard-hit %

30.1%

Avg EV

85.1

vs RHP

3.65k pitches · 1.20k balls in play

Whiff %

30.0%

xwOBA

0.339

Hard-hit %

31.3%

Avg EV

85.2

By pitch type

12 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.43k · 761 sw	23.5%	0.374	33.3% · n=529	87.2
Sinker SI	832 · 438 sw	19.4%	0.370	32.2% · n=326	85.1
Slider SL	754 · 394 sw	42.1%	0.317	27.1% · n=210	82.6
Changeup CH	573 · 289 sw	40.8%	0.269	25.5% · n=145	83.7
Cutter FC	386 · 211 sw	23.7%	0.341	31.1% · n=148	85.8
Sweeper ST	367 · 187 sw	32.6%	0.371	37.2% · n=121	85.0
Curveball CU	251 · 110 sw	38.2%	0.308	20.6% · n=63	81.5
Splitter FS	152 · 76 sw	35.5%	0.299	32.6% · n=43	86.0
Knuckle-curve KC	91 · 43 sw	27.9%	0.205	17.9% · n=28	80.2
Unclassified UN	35 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	18 · 12 sw	50.0%	0.018	40.0% · n=5	75.2
Fastball FA	4 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.510	100.0% · n=2	103.4
All pitches	4.89k · 2.52k sw	29.6%	0.342	31.0% · n=1.62k	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 →