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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.

Christian Yelich

LHB · 6.67k pitches in sample

Whiff %

24.4%

n=2.99k swings

xwOBA

0.348

n=2.03k BBE

Hard-hit %

28.6%

n=2.03k BIP

Avg exit velo

83.9 mph

n=2.03k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.90k pitches · 586 balls in play

Whiff %

24.6%

xwOBA

0.291

Hard-hit %

27.3%

Avg EV

82.9

vs RHP

4.77k pitches · 1.44k balls in play

Whiff %

24.3%

xwOBA

0.371

Hard-hit %

29.1%

Avg EV

84.3

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	2.13k · 959 sw	16.6%	0.410	28.2% · n=735	85.1
Sinker SI	994 · 420 sw	11.2%	0.366	31.7% · n=325	84.3
Slider SL	938 · 445 sw	38.0%	0.285	30.1% · n=249	83.6
Cutter FC	627 · 307 sw	21.8%	0.351	22.4% · n=214	82.5
Changeup CH	592 · 276 sw	28.6%	0.343	31.6% · n=171	83.7
Curveball CU	536 · 219 sw	33.8%	0.308	31.5% · n=130	84.2
Sweeper ST	415 · 189 sw	36.5%	0.230	19.8% · n=106	79.1
Splitter FS	198 · 88 sw	30.7%	0.290	25.9% · n=54	79.8
Knuckle-curve KC	151 · 75 sw	41.3%	0.234	35.1% · n=37	83.9
Unclassified UN	53 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	16 · 7 sw	71.4%	0.244	100.0% · n=1	108.7
Forkball FO	9 · 2 sw	50.0%	0.691	0.0% · n=1	70.3
Fastball FA	4 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.441	100.0% · n=1	105.4
Slow curve CS	3 · 2 sw	50.0%	1.242	100.0% · n=1	104.7
Eephus EP	3 · 2 sw	0.0%	0.851	50.0% · n=2	84.4
All pitches	6.67k · 2.99k sw	24.4%	0.348	28.6% · n=2.03k	83.9

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 →