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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.

Nick Fortes

RHB · 3.21k pitches in sample

Whiff %

14.4%

n=1.50k swings

xwOBA

0.259

n=1.18k BBE

Hard-hit %

23.0%

n=1.18k BIP

Avg exit velo

81.2 mph

n=1.18k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.08k pitches · 429 balls in play

Whiff %

12.8%

xwOBA

0.266

Hard-hit %

24.9%

Avg EV

81.8

vs RHP

2.13k pitches · 754 balls in play

Whiff %

15.3%

xwOBA

0.255

Hard-hit %

21.9%

Avg EV

80.8

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	915 · 437 sw	10.5%	0.280	19.4% · n=360	81.3
Sinker SI	625 · 277 sw	6.5%	0.286	24.4% · n=242	81.3
Slider SL	525 · 243 sw	24.7%	0.233	26.1% · n=165	82.1
Changeup CH	265 · 148 sw	17.6%	0.218	19.8% · n=111	80.1
Cutter FC	249 · 140 sw	7.9%	0.268	24.4% · n=123	80.8
Curveball CU	244 · 84 sw	23.8%	0.224	26.8% · n=56	82.4
Sweeper ST	234 · 94 sw	20.2%	0.238	19.2% · n=73	78.7
Splitter FS	60 · 34 sw	20.6%	0.358	42.3% · n=26	84.3
Knuckle-curve KC	57 · 26 sw	30.8%	0.128	31.3% · n=16	78.9
Slurve SV	22 · 7 sw	0.0%	0.393	28.6% · n=7	85.2
Fastball FA	7 · 3 sw	0.0%	0.287	33.3% · n=3	83.8
Unclassified UN	5 · 0 sw	·	0.000	· · n=0	·
Forkball FO	2 · 1 sw	100.0%	0.000	· · n=0	·
Eephus EP	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.002	0.0% · n=1	69.0
Knuckleball KN	1 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
All pitches	3.21k · 1.50k sw	14.4%	0.259	23.0% · n=1.18k	81.2

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 →