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Jake Cave — Statcast batting

Season: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 · 1,351 pitches seen · 469 batted balls · 20% hard-hit (95+)

Percentile rankings — season, vs qualified players

Percentile

poor · elite

Avg exit velocity

80.7 mph 20

Hard-hit %

20% 21

xwOBA on contact

.37 58

Pitches seen (by type)

Pitch	Code	#	Usage	Velo	Spin
4-Seam Fastball	FF	404	29.9%	94.51	2324
Slider	SL	190	14.1%	85.87	2495
Changeup	CH	160	11.8%	86.82	1820
Sinker	SI	145	10.7%	92.08	2140
Cutter	FC	128	9.5%	89.72	2382
Curveball	CU	119	8.8%	80.23	2621
Sweeper	ST	102	7.5%	81.13	2549
Knuckle Curve	KC	51	3.8%	81.65	2515
Split-Finger	FS	36	2.7%	85.35	1287
Knuckleball	KN	8	0.6%	77.03	189
?	?	6	0.4%
Slurve	SV	2	0.1%	83.05	2548

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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Jake Cave — Statcast batting

Percentile rankings — season, vs qualified players

Pitches seen (by type)