Batter vs Pitch Arsenal
A batter's own numbers by pitch type and location — add a pitcher to see their actual arsenal overlaid on top, and how this batter has done against pitches shaped like it.
Liam Hicks LHB TBA vs Shawn Armstrong RHP CLE P
P = platoon edge (batter faces the opposite hand)
Batters grouped by swing shape — bat speed and swing length for power, attack angle and path tilt for loft — from Statcast bat tracking.
The number beside each metric is the gap to league average across the 610 batters with enough tracked swings to measure.
A description, not a prediction. The model does not use it.
Bat speed, barrel rate, exit velocity and chase rate over the last 30 games against this player's own last 100, so it reads as “is he himself right now” rather than “is he good”.
Flagged only when it has moved further than three quarters of hitters do. Movement in either direction counts.
Descriptive — the model does not use it.
whole-game, not filtered to this arsenal — see the per-pitch sections belowPitchers' arsenals are grouped by pitch shape — velocity, break and spin — and weighted by how often this pitcher throws each, so the number describes the arsenal he will face tonight.
Compared against this batter's own mark across every shape he has faced, so “done well” means well for him.
Descriptive — the model does not read it.
Overall vs RHP
One row per pitch this pitcher throws, ordered by usage. The bar is how this batter has performed against it; the dotted line is his own average from that hand.
Deeper red is better than his usual, deeper blue worse.
Faded rows have too little contact to trust — the count on the right is the sample behind the number.
vs RHP · ordered by usageNo tracked contact against this pitcher's pitches for this batter yet
Left: what the pitcher throws. Right: how this batter has done against that same pitch.
The right-hand columns count only pitches carrying the same label — a slider against a slider — thrown by pitchers with the same handedness.
That is precise but can leave a small sample. The table below groups by how a pitch actually moves instead.
| Pitch | Usage% | Velo | Vert Brk | Horz Brk | Spin | Allowed HR% | Allowed Hard-Hit% | Allowed xwOBA/con | Liam Hicks: BA | Liam Hicks: HR% | Liam Hicks: Hard-Hit% | Liam Hicks: Exit Velo | Liam Hicks: xwOBA/con |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FF | 38% | 93.6 | 15.1" | -5.8" | 2287 | 5.8% | 53% | 0.492 | 0.293 | 4.5% | 32% | 87.0 | 0.339 |
| FC | 29% | 90.5 | 8.6" | 4.1" | 2445 | 1.9% | 32% | 0.320 | 0.264 | 1.9% | 21% | 79.7 | 0.294 |
| ST | 22% | 84.6 | 9.9" | 12.3" | 2587 | 0.0% | 28% | 0.282 | 0.267 | 0.0% | 27% | 80.8 | 0.274 |
| SI | 11% | 94.0 | 10.2" | -15.2" | 2103 | 5.0% | 40% | 0.493 | 0.422 | 2.2% | 34% | 88.2 | 0.315 |
The table above, grouped by how the pitch moves rather than what it is called.
Two pitchers can both say “slider” and throw very different pitches. Grouping by speed, break and spin pools everyone throwing something physically similar, so the sample is bigger and steadier.
| Shape (mostly) | Usage% | Velo | Vert Brk | Horz Brk | Allowed xwOBA/con | Liam Hicks: BA | Liam Hicks: HR% | Liam Hicks: Hard-Hit% | Liam Hicks: xwOBA/con |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC/SL/FF | 37% | 89.4 | 9.2" | 5.3" | 0.295 | 0.247 | 6.8% | 23% | 0.277 |
| EP/FA/SL | 29% | 93.5 | 14.8" | -5.7" | 0.486 | ||||
| FF/SI/FC | 29% | 93.5 | 14.8" | -5.8" | 0.486 | 0.331 | 3.1% | 26% | 0.348 |
| CU/KC/ST | 14% | 84.2 | 9.0" | 13.8" | 0.395 | 0.138 | 3.4% | 26% | 0.268 |
| ST/SL/CU | 14% | 84.2 | 9.0" | 13.8" | 0.439 | 0.300 | 0.0% | 30% | 0.310 |
| SI/FF/CH | 10% | 94.1 | 10.1" | -15.4" | 0.464 | 0.375 | 2.3% | 32% | 0.333 |
| CH/FS/FO | 10% | 94.1 | 10.1" | -15.4" | 0.464 | 0.167 | 1.7% | 38% | 0.265 |
| SL/ST/CU | 10% | 93.9 | 16.0" | -6.1" | 0.533 | 0.297 | 2.7% | 30% | 0.346 |
| FF/SI/FC | 10% | 94.0 | 16.0" | -6.1" | 0.515 | 0.268 | 4.7% | 38% | 0.329 |
| CH/SI/FS | 0% | 90.6 | 9.0" | -14.9" | 0.313 | 2.4% | 29% | 0.321 |
One row per plate appearance, newest first. Strikeouts and walks included.
Expected stats say what a batted ball was worth given how hard and at what angle it was hit, whether or not it found a glove.
xBA is blank on strikeouts and walks — there is no batted ball to judge. xwOBA counts them.
69 PA · 30 games · 2026-08-26 to 2026-10-15| Date | Result | Count | Pitch | Velo | Exit Velo | Angle | Dist | Location | xBA | xSLG | xwOBA | Pitcher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Out popup | 1-0 | FF | 94.0 | 93.6 | 71° | 75 | Infield | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.000 | Erik Sabrowski |
| 2026-10-15 | Strikeout swinging | 1-2 | ST | 87.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.000 | Gavin Williams |
| 2026-10-15 | Strikeout swinging | 1-2 | ST | 88.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.000 | Gavin Williams |
| 2026-10-13 | Out line drive | 0-0 | FC | 88.6 | 93.4 | 22° | 343 | RF gap | 0.171 | 0.315 | 0.205 | Shawn Armstrong |
| 2026-10-13 | Single line drive | 1-1 | FF | 96.4 | 99.6 | 12° | 248 | LF gap | 0.943 | 1.168 | 0.916 | Parker Messick |
| 2026-10-12 | Out ground ball | 0-0 | FF | 95.8 | 91.1 | -3° | 33 | Infield | 0.234 | 0.263 | 0.216 | Cade Smith |
| 2026-10-07 | Out ground ball | 0-0 | FC | 91.9 | 89.7 | -24° | 7 | Infield | 0.055 | 0.058 | 0.056 | Paul Blackburn |
| 2026-10-07 | Out line drive | 2-2 | SI | 96.0 | 102.3 | 15° | 281 | CF | 0.654 | 0.934 | 0.679 | Max Fried |
| 2026-10-05 | Out ground ball | 2-2 | SI | 95.1 | 94.8 | -11° | 9 | Infield | 0.155 | 0.169 | 0.140 | Ryan Weathers |
| 2026-10-05 | Out ground ball | 0-1 | FC | 94.6 | 55.1 | -37° | 4 | Infield | 0.105 | 0.105 | 0.094 | Cam Schlittler |
| 2026-10-05 | Out popup | 0-1 | FC | 94.1 | 56.7 | 60° | 122 | Infield | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 | Cam Schlittler |
| 2026-10-05 | Catcher Interference | 0-2 | FF | 98.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cam Schlittler |
| 2026-10-03 | Out ground ball | 2-1 | SI | 95.4 | 89.2 | -28° | 3 | Infield | 0.045 | 0.054 | 0.040 | Ryan Weathers |
| 2026-10-03 | Double line drive | 2-1 | FF | 96.9 | 104.8 | 19° | 381 | RF gap | 0.543 | 1.169 | 0.717 | Gerrit Cole |
| 2026-10-03 | Out fly ball | 0-1 | FF | 97.6 | 83.0 | 52° | 242 | LF gap | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.013 | Gerrit Cole |
| 2026-09-27 | Out ground ball | 1-0 | SI | 96.5 | 86.1 | -35° | 3 | Infield | 0.051 | 0.051 | 0.052 | Jesús Luzardo |
| 2026-09-27 | Out fly ball | 2-2 | FF | 95.9 | 81.9 | 36° | 272 | LF | 0.023 | 0.039 | 0.025 | Zack Wheeler |
| 2026-09-26 | Single ground ball | 1-1 | FF | 95.5 | 83.8 | -2° | 32 | LF gap | 0.134 | 0.145 | 0.123 | Max Lazar |
| 2026-09-26 | Single line drive | 2-2 | ST | 80.9 | 91.3 | 10° | 203 | LF gap | 0.571 | 0.621 | 0.525 | Brooks Raley |
| 2026-09-26 | Force Out ground ball | 1-2 | FC | 89.9 | 79.2 | -5° | 15 | Infield | 0.080 | 0.080 | 0.072 | José Alvarado |
| 2026-09-24 | Fielder's Choice ground ball | 3-2 | FC | 86.9 | 88.9 | -9° | 15 | Infield | 0.147 | 0.161 | 0.132 | Bradley Hanner |
| 2026-09-24 | Force Out ground ball | 1-2 | FF | 95.5 | 93.5 | 3° | 66 | Infield | 0.446 | 0.530 | 0.423 | Luis Gil |
| 2026-09-24 | Out fly ball | 1-2 | ST | 81.2 | 97.4 | 35° | 347 | RF gap | 0.174 | 0.607 | 0.317 | Michael Fulmer |
| 2026-09-24 | Strikeout swinging | 3-2 | FC | 93.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.000 | Cam Schlittler |
| 2026-09-24 | Strikeout looking | 3-2 | FF | 99.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.000 | Cam Schlittler |
| 2026-09-23 | Walk | 3-0 | SI | 95.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.698 | Gerrit Cole |
| 2026-09-22 | Out line drive | 0-0 | FF | 96.5 | 89.1 | 18° | 280 | CF | 0.777 | 0.874 | 0.702 | Carlos Rodón |
| 2026-09-22 | Out ground ball | 1-0 | FF | 93.6 | 62.9 | -47° | 2 | Infield | 0.169 | 0.169 | 0.152 | Carlos Rodón |
| 2026-09-19 | Single line drive | 0-0 | FF | 95.1 | 80.1 | 17° | 221 | CF | 0.980 | 1.109 | 0.916 | Brayan Bello |
| 2026-09-19 | Out ground ball | 2-0 | FF | 96.5 | 63.3 | 5° | 66 | Infield | 0.134 | 0.159 | 0.121 | Brayan Bello |
| 2026-09-19 | Single fly ball | 1-1 | FF | 97.1 | 64.5 | 32° | 209 | RF gap | 0.806 | 0.868 | 0.738 | Brayan Bello |
| 2026-09-18 | Out popup | 1-1 | FF | 93.5 | 72.9 | 66° | 153 | LF corner | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.000 | Greg Weissert |
| 2026-09-17 | Single line drive | 1-0 | FF | 94.8 | 89.1 | 17° | 285 | CF | 0.877 | 1.017 | 0.825 | Yunior Tur |
| 2026-09-17 | Force Out ground ball | 3-1 | FF | 94.8 | 47.3 | -39° | 4 | LF corner | 0.198 | 0.198 | 0.178 | Chris Roycroft |
| 2026-09-17 | Strikeout swinging | 0-2 | FF | 96.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.000 | Geoff Hartlieb |
| 2026-09-17 | Walk | 3-0 | FF | 91.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.699 | Jeffrey Springs |
| 2026-09-16 | Out ground ball | 1-1 | FC | 90.6 | 59.6 | -4° | 22 | Infield | 0.062 | 0.065 | 0.056 | Scott Blewett |
| 2026-09-15 | Walk | 3-1 | FC | 92.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.699 | Jack Perkins |
| 2026-09-15 | Strikeout looking | 2-2 | FF | 94.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.000 | Jack Perkins |
| 2026-09-15 | Out fly ball | 1-0 | SI | 95.6 | 91.2 | 28° | 312 | LF | 0.071 | 0.141 | 0.085 | Jack Perkins |
| 2026-09-12 | Double line drive | 3-2 | FF | 94.6 | 80.6 | 22° | 253 | RF corner | 0.689 | 0.757 | 0.620 | Peter Lambert |
| 2026-09-12 | Out ground ball | 1-0 | FC | 91.4 | 39.8 | 29° | 89 | Infield | 0.179 | 0.179 | 0.161 | Peter Lambert |
| 2026-09-12 | Out fly ball | 1-0 | FF | 93.7 | 92.1 | 43° | 312 | CF | 0.006 | 0.015 | 0.007 | Peter Lambert |
| 2026-09-11 | Out ground ball | 2-2 | FF | 93.5 | 100.9 | 1° | 53 | Infield | 0.483 | 0.550 | 0.453 | Ethan Pecko |
| 2026-09-11 | Out popup | 3-2 | ST | 83.1 | 70.8 | 59° | 164 | LF | 0.011 | 0.011 | 0.010 | Ethan Pecko |
| 2026-09-11 | Out ground ball | 2-2 | SI | 91.5 | 95.1 | 0° | 48 | Infield | 0.323 | 0.376 | 0.304 | Bryan King |
| 2026-09-10 | Strikeout looking | 2-2 | FF | 94.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.000 | Raisel Iglesias |
| 2026-09-09 | Out ground ball | 3-1 | FF | 94.0 | 78.0 | -40° | 2 | Infield | 0.065 | 0.065 | 0.058 | Reynaldo López |
| 2026-09-09 | Out ground ball | 0-1 | FF | 94.3 | 75.0 | 11° | 151 | CF | 0.343 | 0.383 | 0.323 | Reynaldo López |
| 2026-09-08 | Walk | 3-2 | ST | 79.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.699 | Elieser Hernández |
| 2026-09-08 | Out ground ball | 1-2 | SI | 91.3 | 92.7 | -27° | 6 | Infield | 0.105 | 0.114 | 0.106 | Brent Suter |
| 2026-09-08 | Out ground ball | 2-1 | FF | 88.5 | 91.4 | -21° | 6 | Infield | 0.075 | 0.084 | 0.080 | Brent Suter |
| 2026-09-08 | Home Run fly ball | 2-2 | FF | 95.6 | 100.8 | 31° | 407 | RF gap | 0.526 | 1.952 | 1.019 | AJ Smith-Shawver |
| 2026-09-06 | Out line drive | 2-1 | FF | 92.2 | 65.1 | 16° | 140 | Infield | 0.300 | 0.322 | 0.270 | Jakob Junis |
| 2026-09-05 | Single line drive | 3-2 | SI | 93.2 | 67.9 | 22° | 192 | LF gap | 0.909 | 0.967 | 0.833 | Jakob Junis |
| 2026-09-05 | Out ground ball | 0-1 | SI | 91.0 | 41.2 | 7° | 38 | Infield | 0.211 | 0.211 | 0.192 | Tyler Alexander |
| 2026-09-04 | Out popup | 1-0 | FC | 90.3 | 72.2 | 62° | 153 | Infield | 0.006 | 0.009 | 0.007 | Kumar Rocker |
| 2026-09-04 | Single line drive | 3-1 | SI | 96.1 | 101.0 | 12° | 279 | CF | 0.957 | 1.178 | 0.927 | Kumar Rocker |
| 2026-09-04 | Out ground ball | 0-0 | FF | 93.2 | 90.6 | -16° | 9 | RF corner | 0.091 | 0.105 | 0.089 | Robby Ahlstrom |
| 2026-09-02 | Out fly ball | 0-2 | SI | 92.5 | 87.8 | 48° | 273 | LF gap | 0.006 | 0.011 | 0.008 | Daniel Duarte |
| 2026-09-02 | Strikeout swinging | 1-2 | FF | 98.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.000 | Dedniel Núñez |
| 2026-08-31 | Single line drive | 0-0 | SI | 93.9 | 92.0 | 13° | 218 | LF gap | 0.966 | 1.113 | 0.921 | Robert Stock |
| 2026-08-30 | Single fly ball | 0-2 | SI | 97.6 | 69.6 | 32° | 229 | CF | 0.820 | 0.878 | 0.750 | David Morgan |
| 2026-08-29 | Out ground ball | 0-0 | SI | 92.1 | 94.7 | -5° | 21 | RF gap | 0.245 | 0.276 | 0.220 | Kyle Hart |
| 2026-08-29 | Single ground ball | 1-0 | FF | 93.4 | 102.6 | -1° | 41 | RF gap | 0.460 | 0.500 | 0.421 | Walker Buehler |
| 2026-08-29 | Single line drive | 2-0 | FC | 91.6 | 72.3 | 12° | 154 | CF | 0.323 | 0.355 | 0.299 | Walker Buehler |
| 2026-08-28 | Out fly ball | 0-0 | FF | 89.6 | 90.1 | 30° | 344 | RF | 0.069 | 0.155 | 0.094 | Casey Mize |
| 2026-08-26 | Single line drive | 3-1 | FF | 94.8 | 89.3 | 13° | 198 | RF gap | 0.914 | 1.070 | 0.876 | Kyle Finnegan |
| 2026-08-26 | Grounded Into DP ground ball | 2-2 | FC | 92.3 | 96.9 | -1° | 49 | RF corner | 0.340 | 0.380 | 0.309 | Troy Melton |