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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.

Cole Young

LHB · 1.04k pitches in sample

Whiff %

20.4%

n=456 swings

xwOBA

0.297

n=324 BBE

Hard-hit %

19.1%

n=324 BIP

Avg exit velo

81.4 mph

n=324 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

281 pitches · 77 balls in play

Whiff %

23.2%

xwOBA

0.296

Hard-hit %

14.3%

Avg EV

80.2

vs RHP

758 pitches · 247 balls in play

Whiff %

19.5%

xwOBA

0.297

Hard-hit %

20.6%

Avg EV

81.8

By pitch type

14 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	432 · 209 sw	19.6%	0.300	16.4% · n=152	82.0
Sinker SI	132 · 56 sw	7.1%	0.352	19.6% · n=46	80.6
Slider SL	113 · 52 sw	38.5%	0.294	29.6% · n=27	87.8
Changeup CH	101 · 46 sw	13.0%	0.258	20.0% · n=40	82.1
Cutter FC	90 · 35 sw	20.0%	0.256	23.8% · n=21	79.3
Sweeper ST	62 · 25 sw	24.0%	0.234	6.3% · n=16	70.7
Curveball CU	55 · 15 sw	33.3%	0.241	22.2% · n=9	81.5
Splitter FS	29 · 12 sw	25.0%	0.313	22.2% · n=9	79.0
Knuckle-curve KC	15 · 4 sw	25.0%	0.583	33.3% · n=3	73.6
Unclassified UN	5 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	2 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slow curve CS	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	·	· · n=0	·
Forkball FO	1 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Eephus EP	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.537	100.0% · n=1	96.9
All pitches	1.04k · 456 sw	20.4%	0.297	19.1% · n=324	81.4

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 →