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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.
Austin Hedges
RHB · 2.05k pitches in sample
Whiff %
29.2%
n=1.05k swings
xwOBA
0.230
n=679 BBE
Hard-hit %
18.7%
n=679 BIP
Avg exit velo
79.4 mph
n=679 BIP
Handedness split
How he does vs the pitcher's handvs LHP
899 pitches · 302 balls in play
Whiff %
30.2%
xwOBA
0.242
Hard-hit %
21.2%
Avg EV
79.9
vs RHP
1.15k pitches · 377 balls in play
Whiff %
28.3%
xwOBA
0.220
Hard-hit %
16.7%
Avg EV
79.0
By pitch type
12 pitch types · n on every line| Pitch | Seen | Whiff % | xwOBA | Hard-hit % | Avg EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four-seam FF | 707 · 372 sw | 21.8% | 0.249 | 19.5% · n=261 | 82.1 |
| Slider SL | 357 · 174 sw | 39.1% | 0.156 | 15.6% · n=96 | 76.7 |
| Sinker SI | 323 · 173 sw | 13.3% | 0.334 | 23.2% · n=138 | 79.8 |
| Changeup CH | 217 · 104 sw | 46.2% | 0.239 | 20.8% · n=53 | 77.8 |
| Cutter FC | 148 · 84 sw | 35.7% | 0.267 | 10.6% · n=47 | 76.3 |
| Sweeper ST | 148 · 81 sw | 44.4% | 0.100 | 11.6% · n=43 | 75.0 |
| Curveball CU | 97 · 37 sw | 40.5% | 0.127 | 13.6% · n=22 | 72.1 |
| Splitter FS | 27 · 15 sw | 26.7% | 0.180 | 10.0% · n=10 | 79.2 |
| Knuckle-curve KC | 20 · 9 sw | 11.1% | 0.427 | 50.0% · n=6 | 89.0 |
| Fastball FA | 4 · 2 sw | 0.0% | 0.398 | 50.0% · n=2 | 80.4 |
| Slurve SV | 2 · 2 sw | 50.0% | 0.015 | 0.0% · n=1 | 87.9 |
| Unclassified UN | 1 · 0 sw | · | · | · · n=0 | · |
| All pitches | 2.05k · 1.05k sw | 29.2% | 0.230 | 18.7% · n=679 | 79.4 |
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 →