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Player

Jose Altuve

HOU2BBats RThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

1,855

Chase%

36.7%

Zone swing%

64.2%

Whiff%

20.7%

xwOBA

0.273

Barrel%

4.6%

Hard-hit%

32.4%

Avg EV

84.7 mph

Swing Decision Value

64

Decision

64

Contact

82

Damage

14

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Sinker42522.9%14.7%32.4%0.290
Four-seam Fastball39921.5%20.2%33.7%0.297
Slider29616.0%22.6%42.4%0.231
Sweeper22812.3%31.3%44.5%0.200
Changeup1709.2%21.8%33.0%0.244
Cutter1528.2%12.5%29.8%0.369
Curveball914.9%21.4%40.7%0.307
Splitter492.6%36.0%45.9%0.202
Knuckle Curve372.0%13.3%33.3%
Slurve50.3%0.0%25.0%
Unknown20.1%
Slow Curve10.1%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.