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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.

Taylor Ward

RHB · 7.03k pitches in sample

Whiff %

21.6%

n=2.90k swings

xwOBA

0.339

n=2.10k BBE

Hard-hit %

25.5%

n=2.10k BIP

Avg exit velo

83.9 mph

n=2.10k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.43k pitches · 457 balls in play

Whiff %

17.7%

xwOBA

0.371

Hard-hit %

29.1%

Avg EV

83.8

vs RHP

5.60k pitches · 1.64k balls in play

Whiff %

22.6%

xwOBA

0.331

Hard-hit %

24.5%

Avg EV

83.9

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	2.15k · 967 sw	17.7%	0.400	27.0% · n=741	85.6
Slider SL	1.35k · 539 sw	29.9%	0.283	24.1% · n=353	82.1
Sinker SI	1.15k · 432 sw	9.5%	0.386	29.9% · n=358	86.2
Sweeper ST	683 · 235 sw	27.2%	0.247	15.8% · n=158	79.7
Cutter FC	562 · 248 sw	22.6%	0.305	19.1% · n=178	82.1
Changeup CH	431 · 205 sw	21.5%	0.328	30.9% · n=152	83.0
Curveball CU	368 · 120 sw	35.8%	0.317	25.7% · n=70	81.2
Splitter FS	160 · 78 sw	35.9%	0.265	13.3% · n=45	81.1
Knuckle-curve KC	101 · 47 sw	21.3%	0.235	28.1% · n=32	81.5
Slurve SV	44 · 20 sw	30.0%	0.109	33.3% · n=12	81.4
Unclassified UN	15 · 4 sw	0.0%	0.000	· · n=0	·
Knuckleball KN	4 · 1 sw	100.0%	0.000	· · n=0	·
Forkball FO	4 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slow curve CS	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	·	0.0% · n=1	76.2
Eephus EP	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.417	0.0% · n=1	88.3
All pitches	7.03k · 2.90k sw	21.6%	0.339	25.5% · n=2.10k	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 →