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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.

JJ Bleday

LHB · 5.05k pitches in sample

Whiff %

25.3%

n=2.24k swings

xwOBA

0.304

n=1.53k BBE

Hard-hit %

23.9%

n=1.53k BIP

Avg exit velo

82.6 mph

n=1.53k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.02k pitches · 328 balls in play

Whiff %

26.0%

xwOBA

0.280

Hard-hit %

22.9%

Avg EV

82.1

vs RHP

4.03k pitches · 1.20k balls in play

Whiff %

25.1%

xwOBA

0.311

Hard-hit %

24.1%

Avg EV

82.7

By pitch type

14 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.50k · 701 sw	13.8%	0.364	25.9% · n=555	84.7
Changeup CH	790 · 381 sw	39.1%	0.230	20.2% · n=208	79.5
Slider SL	662 · 283 sw	36.0%	0.272	23.0% · n=165	82.3
Sinker SI	647 · 295 sw	14.9%	0.342	28.6% · n=227	84.9
Curveball CU	353 · 119 sw	30.3%	0.296	18.4% · n=76	76.6
Cutter FC	331 · 163 sw	20.2%	0.337	25.8% · n=124	81.7
Sweeper ST	310 · 100 sw	31.0%	0.211	9.7% · n=62	76.5
Splitter FS	273 · 130 sw	47.7%	0.138	13.6% · n=59	78.3
Knuckle-curve KC	117 · 43 sw	18.6%	0.306	26.5% · n=34	83.4
Slurve SV	25 · 11 sw	27.3%	0.274	25.0% · n=8	88.1
Unclassified UN	23 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Eephus EP	6 · 5 sw	0.0%	0.875	40.0% · n=5	92.2
Fastball FA	5 · 4 sw	25.0%	0.566	50.0% · n=2	94.4
Slow curve CS	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.868	100.0% · n=1	97.1
All pitches	5.05k · 2.24k sw	25.3%	0.304	23.9% · n=1.53k	82.6

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 →