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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.

Liam Hicks

LHB · 1.54k pitches in sample

Whiff %

13.2%

n=575 swings

xwOBA

0.315

n=455 BBE

Hard-hit %

20.2%

n=455 BIP

Avg exit velo

80.2 mph

n=455 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

244 pitches · 77 balls in play

Whiff %

12.1%

xwOBA

0.309

Hard-hit %

7.8%

Avg EV

73.1

vs RHP

1.29k pitches · 378 balls in play

Whiff %

13.4%

xwOBA

0.317

Hard-hit %

22.8%

Avg EV

81.7

By pitch type

14 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	505 · 202 sw	7.4%	0.368	21.6% · n=171	82.8
Sinker SI	222 · 81 sw	7.4%	0.284	16.7% · n=66	79.4
Slider SL	209 · 84 sw	21.4%	0.278	18.0% · n=61	77.3
Changeup CH	181 · 78 sw	20.5%	0.208	15.8% · n=57	75.9
Cutter FC	124 · 53 sw	17.0%	0.358	29.3% · n=41	83.9
Curveball CU	112 · 24 sw	4.2%	0.202	9.5% · n=21	81.3
Sweeper ST	63 · 12 sw	8.3%	0.559	20.0% · n=10	70.7
Splitter FS	59 · 29 sw	27.6%	0.261	22.2% · n=18	76.2
Knuckle-curve KC	40 · 7 sw	28.6%	0.287	40.0% · n=5	81.9
Fastball FA	12 · 4 sw	0.0%	0.457	50.0% · n=4	86.7
Slurve SV	4 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.269	0.0% · n=1	77.5
Eephus EP	4 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slow curve CS	1 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Knuckleball KN	1 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
All pitches	1.54k · 575 sw	13.2%	0.315	20.2% · n=455	80.2

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 →