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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 Wells

LHB · 4.04k pitches in sample

Whiff %

25.3%

n=2.04k swings

xwOBA

0.317

n=1.38k BBE

Hard-hit %

24.2%

n=1.38k BIP

Avg exit velo

82.5 mph

n=1.38k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.01k pitches · 304 balls in play

Whiff %

27.5%

xwOBA

0.273

Hard-hit %

25.0%

Avg EV

82.3

vs RHP

3.03k pitches · 1.07k balls in play

Whiff %

24.6%

xwOBA

0.331

Hard-hit %

23.9%

Avg EV

82.6

By pitch type

14 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.22k · 644 sw	20.0%	0.375	24.7% · n=473	84.6
Slider SL	582 · 289 sw	37.7%	0.310	24.8% · n=165	81.9
Changeup CH	527 · 280 sw	32.9%	0.274	19.8% · n=167	79.6
Sinker SI	497 · 228 sw	10.5%	0.343	30.5% · n=177	85.8
Cutter FC	355 · 176 sw	26.7%	0.298	22.6% · n=115	81.3
Sweeper ST	282 · 124 sw	29.0%	0.246	14.5% · n=76	77.2
Curveball CU	252 · 125 sw	17.6%	0.287	26.6% · n=94	81.2
Splitter FS	222 · 118 sw	33.1%	0.232	24.0% · n=75	79.5
Knuckle-curve KC	79 · 45 sw	35.6%	0.267	25.9% · n=27	80.5
Slurve SV	7 · 3 sw	0.0%	0.331	33.3% · n=3	80.7
Fastball FA	5 · 3 sw	0.0%	0.353	0.0% · n=3	79.2
Unclassified UN	3 · 0 sw	·	0.691	· · n=0	·
Screwball SC	3 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.689	0.0% · n=2	72.2
Slow curve CS	2 · 2 sw	50.0%	0.098	0.0% · n=1	67.9
All pitches	4.04k · 2.04k sw	25.3%	0.317	24.2% · n=1.38k	82.5

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 →