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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.
Ali Sánchez
RHB · 418 pitches in sample
Whiff %
20.8%
n=212 swings
xwOBA
0.226
n=154 BBE
Hard-hit %
22.1%
n=154 BIP
Avg exit velo
80.5 mph
n=154 BIP
Handedness split
How he does vs the pitcher's handvs LHP
131 pitches · 49 balls in play
Whiff %
20.6%
xwOBA
0.241
Hard-hit %
20.4%
Avg EV
81.5
vs RHP
287 pitches · 105 balls in play
Whiff %
20.8%
xwOBA
0.219
Hard-hit %
22.9%
Avg EV
80.0
By pitch type
11 pitch types · n on every line| Pitch | Seen | Whiff % | xwOBA | Hard-hit % | Avg EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four-seam FF | 130 · 74 sw | 18.9% | 0.197 | 17.5% · n=57 | 78.6 |
| Sinker SI | 86 · 35 sw | 8.6% | 0.303 | 30.0% · n=30 | 82.4 |
| Slider SL | 48 · 21 sw | 28.6% | 0.294 | 28.6% · n=14 | 81.9 |
| Sweeper ST | 38 · 21 sw | 28.6% | 0.126 | 0.0% · n=13 | 81.9 |
| Curveball CU | 36 · 23 sw | 39.1% | 0.202 | 30.8% · n=13 | 76.5 |
| Cutter FC | 31 · 14 sw | 21.4% | 0.339 | 40.0% · n=10 | 88.3 |
| Changeup CH | 24 · 11 sw | 9.1% | 0.190 | 0.0% · n=7 | 74.6 |
| Splitter FS | 17 · 9 sw | 22.2% | 0.165 | 42.9% · n=7 | 86.1 |
| Fastball FA | 3 · 1 sw | 0.0% | 0.506 | 0.0% · n=1 | 92.6 |
| Eephus EP | 3 · 1 sw | 0.0% | 0.041 | 0.0% · n=1 | 63.9 |
| Slurve SV | 2 · 2 sw | 0.0% | · | 0.0% · n=1 | 76.7 |
| All pitches | 418 · 212 sw | 20.8% | 0.226 | 22.1% · n=154 | 80.5 |
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 →