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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.

Francisco Alvarez

RHB · 4.23k pitches in sample

Whiff %

29.0%

n=1.94k swings

xwOBA

0.307

n=1.24k BBE

Hard-hit %

30.1%

n=1.24k BIP

Avg exit velo

84.7 mph

n=1.24k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.23k pitches · 353 balls in play

Whiff %

27.1%

xwOBA

0.331

Hard-hit %

31.7%

Avg EV

85.3

vs RHP

3.00k pitches · 885 balls in play

Whiff %

29.7%

xwOBA

0.298

Hard-hit %

29.5%

Avg EV

84.4

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.10k · 528 sw	26.3%	0.387	34.2% · n=339	88.0
Sinker SI	827 · 365 sw	15.3%	0.314	29.2% · n=281	83.7
Slider SL	777 · 373 sw	35.1%	0.252	31.0% · n=213	83.0
Sweeper ST	358 · 178 sw	43.8%	0.235	23.7% · n=93	82.2
Changeup CH	346 · 152 sw	37.5%	0.265	21.8% · n=87	81.8
Cutter FC	323 · 134 sw	26.9%	0.371	34.8% · n=92	85.4
Curveball CU	271 · 108 sw	25.0%	0.181	18.1% · n=72	81.1
Splitter FS	95 · 49 sw	38.8%	0.396	32.0% · n=25	87.7
Knuckle-curve KC	87 · 43 sw	41.9%	0.243	29.2% · n=24	83.7
Slurve SV	30 · 9 sw	11.1%	0.229	75.0% · n=8	95.7
Eephus EP	9 · 3 sw	33.3%	0.690	50.0% · n=2	91.2
Unclassified UN	6 · 0 sw	·	0.689	· · n=0	·
Knuckleball KN	3 · 0 sw	·	0.000	· · n=0	·
Forkball FO	2 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.471	0.0% · n=1	79.5
Fastball FA	1 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.796	100.0% · n=1	96.0
All pitches	4.23k · 1.94k sw	29.0%	0.307	30.1% · n=1.24k	84.7

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 →