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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.

Miguel Vargas

RHB · 4.55k pitches in sample

Whiff %

18.3%

n=2.06k swings

xwOBA

0.303

n=1.51k BBE

Hard-hit %

20.5%

n=1.51k BIP

Avg exit velo

81.9 mph

n=1.51k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.40k pitches · 469 balls in play

Whiff %

17.5%

xwOBA

0.307

Hard-hit %

20.5%

Avg EV

82.2

vs RHP

3.15k pitches · 1.04k balls in play

Whiff %

18.7%

xwOBA

0.302

Hard-hit %

20.5%

Avg EV

81.8

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.64k · 768 sw	20.6%	0.290	19.9% · n=544	83.2
Sinker SI	806 · 371 sw	9.7%	0.383	33.0% · n=306	85.5
Slider SL	634 · 268 sw	23.5%	0.260	17.6% · n=187	79.1
Cutter FC	378 · 173 sw	19.1%	0.349	15.3% · n=124	79.8
Sweeper ST	360 · 154 sw	24.0%	0.206	10.5% · n=105	78.8
Changeup CH	350 · 172 sw	15.7%	0.273	14.0% · n=136	78.8
Curveball CU	214 · 84 sw	11.9%	0.256	10.8% · n=65	78.9
Knuckle-curve KC	70 · 29 sw	27.6%	0.396	30.0% · n=20	79.0
Splitter FS	53 · 23 sw	13.0%	0.378	33.3% · n=15	82.2
Slurve SV	19 · 9 sw	22.2%	0.252	16.7% · n=6	78.2
Unclassified UN	11 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Eephus EP	6 · 3 sw	0.0%	0.337	0.0% · n=3	88.8
Slow curve CS	3 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Fastball FA	3 · 2 sw	0.0%	·	0.0% · n=2	78.8
Forkball FO	2 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
All pitches	4.55k · 2.06k sw	18.3%	0.303	20.5% · n=1.51k	81.9

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 →