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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.

James Wood

LHB · 4.33k pitches in sample

Whiff %

29.9%

n=1.70k swings

xwOBA

0.359

n=1.07k BBE

Hard-hit %

34.3%

n=1.07k BIP

Avg exit velo

86.6 mph

n=1.07k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.39k pitches · 388 balls in play

Whiff %

29.3%

xwOBA

0.343

Hard-hit %

36.1%

Avg EV

85.5

vs RHP

2.94k pitches · 684 balls in play

Whiff %

30.2%

xwOBA

0.367

Hard-hit %

33.3%

Avg EV

87.2

By pitch type

14 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.19k · 477 sw	21.2%	0.407	41.0% · n=356	91.0
Sinker SI	649 · 251 sw	17.1%	0.392	37.8% · n=185	88.0
Slider SL	591 · 247 sw	43.7%	0.361	32.5% · n=123	82.8
Changeup CH	480 · 214 sw	33.2%	0.296	21.4% · n=126	80.5
Curveball CU	405 · 130 sw	40.8%	0.228	19.4% · n=67	79.3
Sweeper ST	387 · 149 sw	36.9%	0.302	27.2% · n=81	82.5
Cutter FC	268 · 106 sw	21.7%	0.463	45.5% · n=77	91.3
Splitter FS	158 · 62 sw	41.9%	0.325	24.1% · n=29	83.2
Knuckle-curve KC	104 · 37 sw	51.4%	0.273	26.7% · n=15	87.6
Slurve SV	40 · 19 sw	21.1%	0.285	30.8% · n=13	84.4
Unclassified UN	38 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Forkball FO	12 · 5 sw	80.0%	0.000	· · n=0	·
Slow curve CS	2 · 1 sw	100.0%	0.000	· · n=0	·
Knuckleball KN	1 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
All pitches	4.33k · 1.70k sw	29.9%	0.359	34.3% · n=1.07k	86.6

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 →