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Player

Liam Hicks

TBCBats LThrows 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

1,912

Chase%

27.0%

Zone swing%

58.3%

Whiff%

10.6%

xwOBA

0.317

Barrel%

4.0%

Hard-hit%

27.7%

Avg EV

84.4 mph

Swing Decision Value

66

Decision

69

Contact

90

Damage

17

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
Four-seam Fastball53628.0%4.4%28.1%0.340
Sinker31216.3%2.4%21.0%0.316
Changeup23212.1%17.3%33.8%0.297
Slider19810.4%21.6%35.1%0.266
Curveball1678.7%12.5%18.2%0.342
Cutter1648.6%8.2%24.4%0.381
Sweeper1477.7%11.6%18.1%0.260
Splitter1015.3%26.2%31.6%0.274
Knuckle Curve331.7%57.1%24.0%
Unknown130.7%
Eephus40.2%0.0%33.3%
Slurve40.2%0.0%33.3%
Knuckleball10.1%
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.