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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.

Zach McKinstry

LHB · 5.58k pitches in sample

Whiff %

19.7%

n=2.61k swings

xwOBA

0.306

n=1.92k BBE

Hard-hit %

18.1%

n=1.92k BIP

Avg exit velo

80.5 mph

n=1.92k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

787 pitches · 259 balls in play

Whiff %

18.1%

xwOBA

0.293

Hard-hit %

15.8%

Avg EV

78.0

vs RHP

4.79k pitches · 1.66k balls in play

Whiff %

19.9%

xwOBA

0.308

Hard-hit %

18.5%

Avg EV

80.9

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	2.12k · 1.05k sw	13.3%	0.333	18.2% · n=844	80.8
Slider SL	688 · 348 sw	27.6%	0.235	19.2% · n=224	80.1
Sinker SI	661 · 295 sw	10.5%	0.370	19.6% · n=245	81.8
Changeup CH	617 · 315 sw	28.3%	0.280	16.3% · n=209	79.1
Cutter FC	427 · 202 sw	14.9%	0.341	15.1% · n=159	79.7
Curveball CU	402 · 126 sw	27.0%	0.272	18.8% · n=80	79.7
Sweeper ST	313 · 124 sw	30.6%	0.252	17.8% · n=73	80.4
Splitter FS	186 · 92 sw	40.2%	0.206	19.6% · n=51	81.7
Knuckle-curve KC	107 · 38 sw	34.2%	0.259	13.0% · n=23	78.7
Unclassified UN	24 · 8 sw	37.5%	0.000	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	17 · 7 sw	42.9%	0.173	0.0% · n=3	68.2
Eephus EP	6 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.861	50.0% · n=2	98.4
Fastball FA	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	1.146	100.0% · n=1	103.8
Forkball FO	2 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Screwball SC	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.371	100.0% · n=1	96.9
All pitches	5.58k · 2.61k sw	19.7%	0.306	18.1% · n=1.92k	80.5

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 →