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Player

Nico Hoerner

CHC2BBats 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

2,293

Chase%

33.1%

Zone swing%

61.6%

Whiff%

11.2%

xwOBA

0.324

Barrel%

1.5%

Hard-hit%

29.1%

Avg EV

85.8 mph

Swing Decision Value

64

Decision

67

Contact

90

Damage

18

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 Fastball65128.4%6.2%32.2%0.326
Sinker52222.8%3.4%29.4%0.351
Slider32814.3%23.5%34.3%0.289
Sweeper2048.9%11.3%29.1%0.336
Changeup1998.7%20.2%47.1%0.274
Cutter1687.3%13.5%26.2%0.342
Curveball1094.8%9.3%26.9%0.290
Splitter462.0%34.8%36.7%0.265
Knuckle Curve361.6%25.0%47.1%0.346
Slurve160.7%12.5%37.5%
Eephus50.2%0.0%33.3%
Knuckleball50.2%100.0%25.0%
Slow Curve20.1%
Forkball10.0%
Unknown10.0%
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.