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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.

Ildemaro Vargas

Switch · 2.52k pitches in sample

Whiff %

12.6%

n=1.16k swings

xwOBA

0.294

n=951 BBE

Hard-hit %

23.7%

n=951 BIP

Avg exit velo

82.5 mph

n=951 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

999 pitches · 391 balls in play

Whiff %

12.0%

xwOBA

0.329

Hard-hit %

30.2%

Avg EV

84.8

vs RHP

1.52k pitches · 560 balls in play

Whiff %

13.1%

xwOBA

0.269

Hard-hit %

19.1%

Avg EV

80.8

By pitch type

13 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	812 · 401 sw	6.2%	0.326	24.2% · n=359	83.6
Sinker SI	409 · 168 sw	6.5%	0.305	31.3% · n=144	85.0
Changeup CH	348 · 186 sw	15.6%	0.250	19.3% · n=145	79.7
Slider SL	285 · 136 sw	19.9%	0.262	23.0% · n=100	83.0
Cutter FC	217 · 83 sw	8.4%	0.364	21.1% · n=71	81.0
Curveball CU	200 · 84 sw	22.6%	0.259	23.3% · n=60	79.9
Sweeper ST	126 · 49 sw	30.6%	0.275	21.9% · n=32	80.4
Splitter FS	64 · 35 sw	25.7%	0.213	12.0% · n=25	79.8
Knuckle-curve KC	38 · 16 sw	18.8%	0.081	16.7% · n=12	80.3
Unclassified UN	13 · 0 sw	·	0.000	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	7 · 3 sw	33.3%	0.000	0.0% · n=2	79.0
Forkball FO	3 · 1 sw	100.0%	·	· · n=0	·
Eephus EP	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.551	100.0% · n=1	95.2
All pitches	2.52k · 1.16k sw	12.6%	0.294	23.7% · n=951	82.5

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 →