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Austin Riley — Statcast batting

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 · 2,334 pitches seen · 707 batted balls · 27% hard-hit (95+)

Percentile rankings — season, vs qualified players

Percentile

poor · elite

Avg exit velocity

84.2 mph 83

Hard-hit %

27% 73

xwOBA on contact

.39 76

Pitches seen (by type)

Pitch	Code	#	Usage	Velo	Spin
4-Seam Fastball	FF	724	31.0%	94.95	2321
Sinker	SI	378	16.2%	94.37	2220
Slider	SL	276	11.8%	86.77	2436
Sweeper	ST	275	11.8%	82.84	2552
Changeup	CH	234	10.0%	85.60	1745
Cutter	FC	202	8.7%	89.13	2387
Curveball	CU	114	4.9%	80.13	2565
Split-Finger	FS	53	2.3%	86.07	1295
Knuckle Curve	KC	44	1.9%	82.52	2548
Slurve	SV	22	0.9%	82.29	2620
?	?	4	0.2%
Forkball	FO	2	0.1%	84.60	1156
Other	FA	2	0.1%	60.65	1742
Slow Curve	CS	2	0.1%	73.50	2428
Knuckleball	KN	1	0.0%	78.50	198
Eephus	EP	1	0.0%	40.50	1134

Pitch locations seen

Batted balls — exit velo × launch angle (red = 95+ mph)

Spray chart — hit location (red HR · green hit · gray out)

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Austin Riley — Statcast batting

Percentile rankings — season, vs qualified players

Pitches seen (by type)