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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.

Colton Cowser

LHB · 4.20k pitches in sample

Whiff %

29.6%

n=1.81k swings

xwOBA

0.315

n=1.14k BBE

Hard-hit %

24.9%

n=1.14k BIP

Avg exit velo

83.3 mph

n=1.14k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

975 pitches · 259 balls in play

Whiff %

28.1%

xwOBA

0.291

Hard-hit %

27.0%

Avg EV

81.9

vs RHP

3.22k pitches · 883 balls in play

Whiff %

30.0%

xwOBA

0.323

Hard-hit %

24.2%

Avg EV

83.7

By pitch type

13 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.28k · 588 sw	18.0%	0.375	26.8% · n=429	85.6
Changeup CH	639 · 301 sw	42.9%	0.237	13.5% · n=155	77.6
Sinker SI	552 · 217 sw	20.3%	0.346	30.9% · n=162	85.3
Slider SL	495 · 216 sw	34.3%	0.308	27.8% · n=126	82.8
Curveball CU	306 · 108 sw	46.3%	0.244	18.9% · n=53	78.7
Cutter FC	306 · 130 sw	23.8%	0.445	26.7% · n=90	84.8
Sweeper ST	259 · 93 sw	46.2%	0.249	26.7% · n=45	80.8
Splitter FS	205 · 106 sw	39.6%	0.168	14.8% · n=54	79.7
Knuckle-curve KC	113 · 41 sw	36.6%	0.257	30.4% · n=23	85.4
Unclassified UN	18 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.696	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	12 · 3 sw	33.3%	0.384	50.0% · n=2	85.9
Fastball FA	5 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.691	0.0% · n=1	88.5
Slow curve CS	3 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.965	50.0% · n=2	93.2
All pitches	4.20k · 1.81k sw	29.6%	0.315	24.9% · n=1.14k	83.3

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 →