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Player

Paul Goldschmidt

NYY1BBats 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

1,438

Chase%

32.4%

Zone swing%

65.2%

Whiff%

24.2%

xwOBA

0.315

Barrel%

10.5%

Hard-hit%

36.8%

Avg EV

86.8 mph

Swing Decision Value

66

Decision

68

Contact

79

Damage

21

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 Fastball34223.8%18.1%33.8%0.352
Sinker25918.0%16.1%39.3%0.305
Slider24116.8%28.9%29.1%0.284
Changeup17812.4%28.2%35.6%0.324
Cutter1349.3%49.3%28.4%0.256
Sweeper1258.7%21.7%22.5%0.260
Curveball956.6%17.6%28.1%0.326
Splitter292.0%25.0%41.2%0.281
Knuckle Curve161.1%16.7%30.0%0.515
Unknown110.8%100.0%
Slurve60.4%50.0%33.3%
Eephus20.1%
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.