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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.

Zack Short

RHB · 1.67k pitches in sample

Whiff %

24.5%

n=683 swings

xwOBA

0.284

n=463 BBE

Hard-hit %

20.1%

n=463 BIP

Avg exit velo

80.1 mph

n=463 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

633 pitches · 176 balls in play

Whiff %

24.8%

xwOBA

0.283

Hard-hit %

19.9%

Avg EV

80.8

vs RHP

1.04k pitches · 287 balls in play

Whiff %

24.2%

xwOBA

0.285

Hard-hit %

20.2%

Avg EV

79.6

By pitch type

14 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	696 · 296 sw	25.3%	0.283	15.6% · n=192	80.1
Slider SL	267 · 108 sw	25.9%	0.366	30.1% · n=73	82.3
Sinker SI	253 · 101 sw	16.8%	0.318	26.3% · n=80	81.4
Sweeper ST	103 · 40 sw	22.5%	0.252	10.7% · n=28	77.9
Cutter FC	102 · 39 sw	33.3%	0.287	12.5% · n=24	77.3
Changeup CH	101 · 44 sw	27.3%	0.225	17.2% · n=29	75.4
Curveball CU	77 · 26 sw	11.5%	0.165	13.6% · n=22	76.6
Knuckle-curve KC	33 · 12 sw	50.0%	0.197	80.0% · n=5	96.5
Splitter FS	19 · 10 sw	20.0%	0.097	14.3% · n=7	75.6
Unclassified UN	7 · 3 sw	33.3%	0.000	· · n=0	·
Knuckleball KN	5 · 2 sw	0.0%	·	50.0% · n=2	85.4
Slurve SV	4 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Eephus EP	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.112	0.0% · n=1	89.6
Fastball FA	1 · 1 sw	100.0%	·	· · n=0	·
All pitches	1.67k · 683 sw	24.5%	0.284	20.1% · n=463	80.1

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 →