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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.

MJ Melendez

LHB · 4.62k pitches in sample

Whiff %

29.6%

n=2.30k swings

xwOBA

0.317

n=1.44k BBE

Hard-hit %

27.3%

n=1.44k BIP

Avg exit velo

85.0 mph

n=1.44k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

838 pitches · 267 balls in play

Whiff %

31.0%

xwOBA

0.276

Hard-hit %

28.1%

Avg EV

85.0

vs RHP

3.79k pitches · 1.17k balls in play

Whiff %

29.2%

xwOBA

0.328

Hard-hit %

27.1%

Avg EV

85.0

By pitch type

13 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.70k · 854 sw	30.3%	0.344	25.1% · n=506	85.9
Slider SL	541 · 287 sw	34.1%	0.298	26.9% · n=175	83.9
Changeup CH	525 · 268 sw	26.1%	0.308	27.1% · n=177	83.8
Sinker SI	463 · 221 sw	20.8%	0.388	40.5% · n=158	89.1
Cutter FC	395 · 227 sw	24.2%	0.343	28.3% · n=159	85.1
Curveball CU	355 · 139 sw	29.5%	0.265	23.3% · n=86	82.5
Sweeper ST	265 · 131 sw	37.4%	0.205	22.1% · n=77	81.5
Splitter FS	197 · 99 sw	30.3%	0.281	27.0% · n=63	84.0
Knuckle-curve KC	125 · 51 sw	47.1%	0.259	19.2% · n=26	80.6
Slurve SV	31 · 14 sw	50.0%	0.126	0.0% · n=6	77.5
Unclassified UN	14 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Fastball FA	9 · 4 sw	0.0%	0.197	25.0% · n=4	79.3
Slow curve CS	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	·	100.0% · n=1	96.2
All pitches	4.62k · 2.30k sw	29.6%	0.317	27.3% · n=1.44k	85.0

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 →