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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.

Masataka Yoshida

LHB · 4.53k pitches in sample

Whiff %

15.2%

n=2.01k swings

xwOBA

0.325

n=1.61k BBE

Hard-hit %

28.4%

n=1.61k BIP

Avg exit velo

84.1 mph

n=1.61k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.06k pitches · 351 balls in play

Whiff %

16.9%

xwOBA

0.287

Hard-hit %

22.2%

Avg EV

81.6

vs RHP

3.47k pitches · 1.26k balls in play

Whiff %

14.6%

xwOBA

0.336

Hard-hit %

30.1%

Avg EV

84.8

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.50k · 638 sw	7.1%	0.374	29.9% · n=569	85.7
Sinker SI	684 · 290 sw	8.3%	0.293	27.6% · n=250	84.1
Slider SL	554 · 264 sw	24.6%	0.297	29.9% · n=187	83.6
Changeup CH	504 · 235 sw	23.4%	0.319	25.9% · n=166	81.5
Cutter FC	405 · 192 sw	12.5%	0.334	20.4% · n=157	81.9
Curveball CU	327 · 148 sw	25.7%	0.264	26.5% · n=102	81.4
Sweeper ST	224 · 94 sw	21.3%	0.246	30.4% · n=69	84.4
Splitter FS	175 · 89 sw	25.8%	0.274	37.1% · n=62	86.9
Knuckle-curve KC	104 · 37 sw	21.6%	0.315	27.6% · n=29	84.9
Slurve SV	28 · 8 sw	12.5%	0.219	42.9% · n=7	90.2
Fastball FA	10 · 4 sw	0.0%	0.093	0.0% · n=4	56.6
Eephus EP	9 · 4 sw	0.0%	0.925	100.0% · n=4	103.5
Knuckleball KN	4 · 1 sw	0.0%	·	0.0% · n=1	66.0
Forkball FO	3 · 2 sw	50.0%	0.449	0.0% · n=1	91.2
Unclassified UN	2 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
All pitches	4.53k · 2.01k sw	15.2%	0.325	28.4% · n=1.61k	84.1

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 →