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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.

Xander Bogaerts

RHB · 6.68k pitches in sample

Whiff %

18.8%

n=2.85k swings

xwOBA

0.318

n=2.13k BBE

Hard-hit %

24.6%

n=2.13k BIP

Avg exit velo

83.1 mph

n=2.13k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.79k pitches · 562 balls in play

Whiff %

19.0%

xwOBA

0.333

Hard-hit %

30.2%

Avg EV

85.8

vs RHP

4.88k pitches · 1.57k balls in play

Whiff %

18.7%

xwOBA

0.312

Hard-hit %

22.6%

Avg EV

82.1

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.87k · 854 sw	11.2%	0.339	27.0% · n=722	85.6
Sinker SI	1.37k · 556 sw	11.2%	0.309	26.4% · n=435	83.0
Slider SL	1.11k · 451 sw	27.3%	0.324	18.8% · n=303	80.7
Changeup CH	653 · 291 sw	31.6%	0.278	24.5% · n=184	80.5
Sweeper ST	515 · 229 sw	24.9%	0.238	13.7% · n=161	78.0
Cutter FC	444 · 193 sw	19.2%	0.385	29.2% · n=144	85.5
Curveball CU	349 · 127 sw	15.0%	0.330	25.0% · n=96	81.5
Splitter FS	174 · 77 sw	36.4%	0.271	25.0% · n=44	83.4
Knuckle-curve KC	131 · 54 sw	33.3%	0.271	28.1% · n=32	81.0
Slurve SV	31 · 12 sw	25.0%	0.659	44.4% · n=9	84.6
Unclassified UN	18 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slow curve CS	3 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.429	100.0% · n=1	99.7
Eephus EP	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.055	0.0% · n=1	75.3
Forkball FO	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.859	0.0% · n=1	70.6
Screwball SC	1 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
All pitches	6.68k · 2.85k sw	18.8%	0.318	24.6% · n=2.13k	83.1

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 →