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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.

TJ Friedl

LHB · 6.18k pitches in sample

Whiff %

16.6%

n=2.50k swings

xwOBA

0.294

n=1.95k BBE

Hard-hit %

21.8%

n=1.95k BIP

Avg exit velo

80.3 mph

n=1.95k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.45k pitches · 414 balls in play

Whiff %

20.9%

xwOBA

0.274

Hard-hit %

18.8%

Avg EV

77.0

vs RHP

4.73k pitches · 1.54k balls in play

Whiff %

15.4%

xwOBA

0.301

Hard-hit %

22.5%

Avg EV

81.2

By pitch type

16 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	2.24k · 916 sw	8.0%	0.332	19.6% · n=795	80.9
Sinker SI	913 · 348 sw	7.2%	0.311	27.3% · n=311	81.5
Changeup CH	692 · 312 sw	30.4%	0.234	13.9% · n=201	75.9
Slider SL	642 · 273 sw	27.1%	0.293	35.5% · n=183	82.8
Cutter FC	491 · 216 sw	8.3%	0.331	23.3% · n=189	80.2
Curveball CU	485 · 151 sw	27.8%	0.240	18.6% · n=97	79.6
Sweeper ST	317 · 128 sw	31.3%	0.204	16.3% · n=80	78.0
Splitter FS	228 · 102 sw	31.4%	0.209	16.7% · n=66	78.7
Knuckle-curve KC	101 · 36 sw	30.6%	0.248	23.8% · n=21	83.5
Slurve SV	32 · 9 sw	33.3%	0.209	0.0% · n=6	75.3
Unclassified UN	14 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.691	· · n=0	·
Fastball FA	9 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.694	0.0% · n=1	84.8
Eephus EP	7 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.013	0.0% · n=2	85.5
Forkball FO	4 · 2 sw	50.0%	0.031	0.0% · n=1	82.0
Slow curve CS	3 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Screwball SC	2 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
All pitches	6.18k · 2.50k sw	16.6%	0.294	21.8% · n=1.95k	80.3

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 →