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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.

Nathan Lukes

LHB · 2.39k pitches in sample

Whiff %

13.5%

n=1.19k swings

xwOBA

0.315

n=962 BBE

Hard-hit %

20.4%

n=962 BIP

Avg exit velo

81.6 mph

n=962 BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

299 pitches · 104 balls in play

Whiff %

13.0%

xwOBA

0.242

Hard-hit %

10.6%

Avg EV

78.6

vs RHP

2.10k pitches · 858 balls in play

Whiff %

13.5%

xwOBA

0.325

Hard-hit %

21.6%

Avg EV

82.0

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	971 · 492 sw	12.4%	0.329	16.9% · n=403	81.1
Sinker SI	321 · 139 sw	7.2%	0.303	23.1% · n=121	83.1
Slider SL	251 · 133 sw	16.5%	0.251	18.8% · n=101	79.0
Changeup CH	234 · 120 sw	20.8%	0.335	21.3% · n=89	79.5
Cutter FC	188 · 101 sw	7.9%	0.320	20.5% · n=88	82.4
Curveball CU	147 · 70 sw	15.7%	0.311	29.6% · n=54	83.9
Splitter FS	108 · 51 sw	15.7%	0.252	32.5% · n=40	84.7
Sweeper ST	102 · 55 sw	18.2%	0.313	20.5% · n=44	84.3
Knuckle-curve KC	28 · 13 sw	15.4%	0.451	27.3% · n=11	82.7
Eephus EP	16 · 6 sw	0.0%	0.554	50.0% · n=6	87.5
Unclassified UN	10 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	8 · 3 sw	33.3%	0.470	0.0% · n=2	82.5
Forkball FO	6 · 3 sw	66.7%	0.047	0.0% · n=1	79.4
Fastball FA	3 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.128	0.0% · n=1	91.7
Slow curve CS	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.002	0.0% · n=1	83.4
All pitches	2.39k · 1.19k sw	13.5%	0.315	20.4% · n=962	81.6

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 →