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Player

Michael Busch

CHC1BBats 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

2,635

Chase%

25.3%

Zone swing%

64.7%

Whiff%

24.1%

xwOBA

0.330

Barrel%

9.2%

Hard-hit%

40.0%

Avg EV

88.3 mph

Swing Decision Value

70

Decision

72

Contact

81

Damage

20

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 Fastball76329.0%12.1%28.0%0.333
Slider40015.2%42.0%26.7%0.273
Sinker35513.5%14.1%24.5%0.433
Changeup33512.7%43.8%33.2%0.204
Cutter2178.2%13.0%23.0%0.458
Sweeper2128.0%25.6%16.8%0.347
Curveball1766.7%33.3%14.0%0.267
Splitter813.1%39.4%26.8%0.220
Knuckle Curve511.9%20.0%11.8%
Slurve150.6%20.0%12.5%
Eephus100.4%12.5%50.0%0.444
Unknown70.3%
Knuckleball50.2%0.0%0.0%
Fastball30.1%0.0%
Forkball30.1%0.0%
Slow Curve20.1%
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.