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Player

Nathan Church

STLCFBats LThrows LActive

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

1,630

Chase%

42.0%

Zone swing%

72.6%

Whiff%

18.4%

xwOBA

0.289

Barrel%

5.8%

Hard-hit%

29.8%

Avg EV

83.8 mph

Swing Decision Value

65

Decision

66

Contact

83

Damage

16

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 Fastball61237.5%17.8%38.9%0.296
Changeup23014.1%24.1%49.3%0.300
Sinker22213.6%9.6%30.9%0.325
Slider1629.9%15.3%52.1%0.289
Curveball1187.2%14.8%37.5%0.269
Sweeper1076.6%31.3%30.6%0.183
Cutter845.2%16.3%42.9%0.373
Splitter684.2%20.5%56.3%0.272
Knuckle Curve130.8%42.9%50.0%
Fastball60.4%0.0%50.0%
Unknown60.4%100.0%
Forkball20.1%
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.