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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.

Yordan Alvarez

LHB · 5.32k pitches in sample

Whiff %

20.0%

n=2.37k swings

xwOBA

0.422

n=1.77k BBE

Hard-hit %

32.0%

n=1.77k BIP

Avg exit velo

85.6 mph

n=1.77k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.65k pitches · 566 balls in play

Whiff %

21.6%

xwOBA

0.407

Hard-hit %

33.7%

Avg EV

85.1

vs RHP

3.67k pitches · 1.21k balls in play

Whiff %

19.1%

xwOBA

0.429

Hard-hit %

31.2%

Avg EV

85.8

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.81k · 825 sw	14.1%	0.428	27.0% · n=659	84.7
Slider SL	754 · 373 sw	30.6%	0.379	32.8% · n=238	85.1
Sinker SI	633 · 274 sw	8.4%	0.476	42.5% · n=240	89.5
Cutter FC	474 · 220 sw	18.2%	0.399	32.9% · n=173	86.2
Changeup CH	455 · 224 sw	22.8%	0.513	37.5% · n=160	88.2
Curveball CU	375 · 124 sw	33.9%	0.359	39.5% · n=76	85.5
Sweeper ST	279 · 132 sw	20.5%	0.365	20.8% · n=96	81.2
Splitter FS	211 · 113 sw	32.7%	0.379	31.9% · n=72	83.7
Knuckle-curve KC	143 · 57 sw	33.3%	0.436	37.8% · n=37	85.7
Unclassified UN	115 · 0 sw	·	0.345	· · n=0	·
Slurve SV	32 · 16 sw	18.8%	0.158	22.2% · n=9	72.4
Knuckleball KN	14 · 8 sw	12.5%	0.324	14.3% · n=7	72.1
Fastball FA	8 · 3 sw	0.0%	0.574	66.7% · n=3	92.7
Eephus EP	7 · 4 sw	25.0%	0.377	33.3% · n=3	87.6
Slow curve CS	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	·	0.0% · n=1	60.5
All pitches	5.32k · 2.37k sw	20.0%	0.422	32.0% · n=1.77k	85.6

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 →