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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.

Ben Rice

LHB · 2.85k pitches in sample

Whiff %

21.4%

n=1.26k swings

xwOBA

0.377

n=902 BBE

Hard-hit %

33.1%

n=902 BIP

Avg exit velo

85.6 mph

n=902 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

690 pitches · 199 balls in play

Whiff %

26.7%

xwOBA

0.324

Hard-hit %

28.1%

Avg EV

83.9

vs RHP

2.16k pitches · 703 balls in play

Whiff %

19.8%

xwOBA

0.393

Hard-hit %

34.6%

Avg EV

86.1

By pitch type

13 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	752 · 348 sw	11.5%	0.415	38.7% · n=287	88.8
Slider SL	403 · 181 sw	31.5%	0.355	33.0% · n=112	85.5
Sinker SI	383 · 169 sw	14.8%	0.448	37.2% · n=137	87.8
Changeup CH	367 · 169 sw	24.9%	0.329	27.8% · n=115	82.1
Cutter FC	278 · 134 sw	17.2%	0.440	30.9% · n=97	84.7
Sweeper ST	216 · 85 sw	30.6%	0.247	10.2% · n=49	76.1
Curveball CU	203 · 69 sw	33.3%	0.323	38.1% · n=42	86.4
Splitter FS	165 · 70 sw	32.9%	0.299	28.6% · n=42	79.8
Knuckle-curve KC	58 · 22 sw	50.0%	0.221	30.0% · n=10	86.0
Slurve SV	22 · 10 sw	0.0%	0.396	22.2% · n=9	88.2
Fastball FA	3 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.005	0.0% · n=1	74.2
Unclassified UN	2 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slow curve CS	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	·	0.0% · n=1	55.6
All pitches	2.85k · 1.26k sw	21.4%	0.377	33.1% · n=902	85.6

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 →