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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.

Drew Gilbert

LHB · 416 pitches in sample

Whiff %

23.8%

n=189 swings

xwOBA

0.266

n=138 BBE

Hard-hit %

24.6%

n=138 BIP

Avg exit velo

80.9 mph

n=138 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

79 pitches · 23 balls in play

Whiff %

27.3%

xwOBA

0.213

Hard-hit %

21.7%

Avg EV

79.5

vs RHP

337 pitches · 115 balls in play

Whiff %

23.1%

xwOBA

0.278

Hard-hit %

25.2%

Avg EV

81.2

By pitch type

10 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	151 · 68 sw	17.6%	0.379	25.0% · n=52	81.7
Curveball CU	65 · 29 sw	27.6%	0.239	14.3% · n=21	79.0
Changeup CH	60 · 29 sw	37.9%	0.108	27.8% · n=18	81.4
Slider SL	42 · 15 sw	26.7%	0.174	9.1% · n=11	78.1
Sinker SI	37 · 19 sw	5.3%	0.270	41.2% · n=17	84.9
Sweeper ST	22 · 10 sw	30.0%	0.105	14.3% · n=7	80.8
Splitter FS	14 · 10 sw	30.0%	0.415	16.7% · n=6	71.9
Knuckle-curve KC	12 · 3 sw	33.3%	0.150	50.0% · n=2	86.4
Cutter FC	11 · 5 sw	40.0%	0.200	33.3% · n=3	75.2
Fastball FA	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.413	100.0% · n=1	98.5
All pitches	416 · 189 sw	23.8%	0.266	24.6% · n=138	80.9

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 →