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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.

Matt McLain

RHB · 4.08k pitches in sample

Whiff %

25.9%

n=1.73k swings

xwOBA

0.307

n=1.15k BBE

Hard-hit %

23.2%

n=1.15k BIP

Avg exit velo

82.5 mph

n=1.15k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

971 pitches · 281 balls in play

Whiff %

23.3%

xwOBA

0.340

Hard-hit %

24.9%

Avg EV

82.4

vs RHP

3.10k pitches · 868 balls in play

Whiff %

26.7%

xwOBA

0.296

Hard-hit %

22.6%

Avg EV

82.5

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.20k · 511 sw	20.4%	0.369	23.1% · n=355	83.8
Sinker SI	793 · 332 sw	13.3%	0.383	30.8% · n=263	84.7
Slider SL	731 · 327 sw	37.9%	0.222	19.6% · n=184	80.6
Sweeper ST	334 · 124 sw	28.2%	0.230	14.5% · n=83	81.3
Curveball CU	277 · 91 sw	33.0%	0.220	24.6% · n=57	82.5
Changeup CH	273 · 147 sw	42.9%	0.239	26.3% · n=76	81.9
Cutter FC	271 · 111 sw	20.7%	0.325	15.3% · n=72	77.8
Splitter FS	92 · 47 sw	29.8%	0.164	15.6% · n=32	80.1
Knuckle-curve KC	65 · 24 sw	25.0%	0.321	16.7% · n=18	78.5
Slurve SV	22 · 11 sw	45.5%	0.510	16.7% · n=6	79.0
Fastball FA	5 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.691	0.0% · n=1	54.1
Unclassified UN	4 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.000	· · n=0	·
PO PO	2 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Eephus EP	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.441	100.0% · n=1	96.2
Screwball SC	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	·	0.0% · n=1	66.1
All pitches	4.08k · 1.73k sw	25.9%	0.307	23.2% · n=1.15k	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 →