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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.

Nicky Lopez

LHB · 2.76k pitches in sample

Whiff %

18.5%

n=1.32k swings

xwOBA

0.279

n=996 BBE

Hard-hit %

11.8%

n=996 BIP

Avg exit velo

79.8 mph

n=996 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

416 pitches · 162 balls in play

Whiff %

19.3%

xwOBA

0.242

Hard-hit %

7.4%

Avg EV

78.3

vs RHP

2.34k pitches · 834 balls in play

Whiff %

18.4%

xwOBA

0.286

Hard-hit %

12.7%

Avg EV

80.0

By pitch type

13 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	973 · 454 sw	14.3%	0.336	11.6% · n=371	81.6
Sinker SI	412 · 198 sw	16.2%	0.271	14.4% · n=160	81.0
Slider SL	336 · 176 sw	27.3%	0.225	10.4% · n=115	78.8
Cutter FC	267 · 139 sw	20.9%	0.309	8.8% · n=102	78.8
Changeup CH	262 · 121 sw	17.4%	0.241	13.1% · n=84	77.7
Curveball CU	217 · 77 sw	15.6%	0.258	8.5% · n=59	76.3
Sweeper ST	139 · 71 sw	28.2%	0.194	13.6% · n=44	75.9
Splitter FS	101 · 55 sw	27.3%	0.228	13.2% · n=38	79.3
Knuckle-curve KC	37 · 21 sw	9.5%	0.228	5.9% · n=17	71.2
Slurve SV	6 · 2 sw	0.0%	·	0.0% · n=2	61.8
Unclassified UN	4 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Fastball FA	4 · 3 sw	0.0%	0.769	100.0% · n=3	101.4
Eephus EP	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.211	0.0% · n=1	92.8
All pitches	2.76k · 1.32k sw	18.5%	0.279	11.8% · n=996	79.8

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 →