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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.

Jackson Merrill

LHB · 4.04k pitches in sample

Whiff %

21.5%

n=2.31k swings

xwOBA

0.363

n=1.67k BBE

Hard-hit %

24.9%

n=1.67k BIP

Avg exit velo

83.0 mph

n=1.67k BIP

Handedness split

How he does vs the pitcher's hand

vs LHP

1.21k pitches · 493 balls in play

Whiff %

21.4%

xwOBA

0.329

Hard-hit %

21.3%

Avg EV

80.9

vs RHP

2.83k pitches · 1.18k balls in play

Whiff %

21.6%

xwOBA

0.378

Hard-hit %

26.4%

Avg EV

83.9

By pitch type

15 pitch types · n on every line

Pitch	Seen	Whiff %	xwOBA	Hard-hit %	Avg EV
Four-seam FF	1.34k · 786 sw	21.2%	0.394	23.6% · n=568	85.2
Sinker SI	573 · 312 sw	13.1%	0.394	28.3% · n=251	84.3
Slider SL	511 · 298 sw	24.8%	0.349	26.2% · n=206	80.9
Changeup CH	425 · 243 sw	26.7%	0.347	21.2% · n=165	79.7
Cutter FC	346 · 215 sw	18.6%	0.369	24.4% · n=160	81.5
Sweeper ST	272 · 153 sw	25.5%	0.310	21.0% · n=105	80.2
Curveball CU	249 · 138 sw	15.9%	0.325	29.9% · n=107	83.9
Splitter FS	167 · 87 sw	34.5%	0.280	25.5% · n=51	80.2
Knuckle-curve KC	92 · 52 sw	30.8%	0.326	35.3% · n=34	86.3
Slurve SV	35 · 18 sw	22.2%	0.235	7.1% · n=14	73.4
Unclassified UN	12 · 0 sw	·	·	· · n=0	·
Fastball FA	5 · 1 sw	0.0%	0.789	0.0% · n=1	83.8
Screwball SC	4 · 3 sw	0.0%	1.199	33.3% · n=3	85.8
Slow curve CS	4 · 4 sw	0.0%	0.356	50.0% · n=4	88.1
Eephus EP	3 · 1 sw	0.0%	·	0.0% · n=1	67.2
All pitches	4.04k · 2.31k sw	21.5%	0.363	24.9% · n=1.67k	83.0

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 →