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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.

Nolan Arenado

RHB · 6.37k pitches in sample

Whiff %

17.0%

n=3.03k swings

xwOBA

0.304

n=2.36k BBE

Hard-hit %

24.7%

n=2.36k BIP

Avg exit velo

83.0 mph

n=2.36k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.48k pitches · 590 balls in play

Whiff %

15.6%

xwOBA

0.319

Hard-hit %

26.8%

Avg EV

84.1

vs RHP

4.89k pitches · 1.77k balls in play

Whiff %

17.5%

xwOBA

0.299

Hard-hit %

24.1%

Avg EV

82.6

By pitch type

13 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.81k · 881 sw	11.4%	0.329	24.1% · n=727	84.6
Sinker SI	1.20k · 504 sw	7.1%	0.338	32.2% · n=435	85.5
Slider SL	1.16k · 571 sw	27.7%	0.277	24.4% · n=389	81.4
Sweeper ST	577 · 267 sw	22.5%	0.221	14.1% · n=192	77.6
Changeup CH	537 · 293 sw	23.5%	0.255	27.0% · n=211	83.6
Cutter FC	501 · 247 sw	14.2%	0.327	20.9% · n=201	82.2
Curveball CU	262 · 128 sw	22.7%	0.366	27.8% · n=97	80.1
Splitter FS	150 · 81 sw	23.5%	0.248	19.6% · n=56	81.1
Knuckle-curve KC	97 · 46 sw	15.2%	0.394	18.9% · n=37	78.6
Unclassified UN	49 · 0 sw	·	0.689	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	19 · 8 sw	25.0%	0.511	20.0% · n=5	86.7
Forkball FO	9 · 5 sw	40.0%	0.054	0.0% · n=3	59.9
Knuckleball KN	5 · 3 sw	0.0%	0.467	33.3% · n=3	87.1
All pitches	6.37k · 3.03k sw	17.0%	0.304	24.7% · n=2.36k	83.0

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 →