MLB · NL Central

Michael Busch

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Chicago Cubs1BBats: L · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerAbove avg

At a glance

This season

.245

OBP

.372

SLG

.396

OPS

.768

8 HR · 47 RBI · 74 K (22%) · 50 BB · 333 PA

MLB avg · .247 / .318 / .404 · .722 OPS

Last 10 games

.257

RBI

9-for-35

Quality of contact

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season (≥80 AB pool). The dot is this player — further right is better on every metric. Based on 333 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.384

Avg Exit V

88.1 mph

Barrel %

11.5%

Hard-Hit %

48.0%

Chase %

24.7%

Whiff %

24.4%

K %

22.2%

BB %

15.0%

Spray distribution

Where this hitter puts the ball in play. The greener (more saturated) a sector, the larger his share of batted balls there; the pull/center/oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below.

41%

Pull

31%

Center

29%

Oppo

Pull-air 20% of BIP · 95.2 mph · 33° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Fri Jun 19

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.328

xSLG

.585

Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above

Max EV

108.7

EV90

102.2

Launch angle

14.5°

Sweet-spot%

36.5%

Avg distance

276 ft

EV on barrels

102.7

EV on hard-hit

100.4

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

60.9%

O-Contact%

53.8%

Z-Contact%

86.4%

Contact%

75.6%

SwStr%

10.0%

CSW%

26.7%

In-zone%

44.9%

1st-pitch swing%

31.5%

2-strike K%

43.3%

Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%

7d xwOBA(con)

.317

7d K%

14.3%

7d Barrel%

11.8%

7d Whiff%

23.8%

14d xwOBA(con)

.418

14d K%

20.0%

14d Barrel%

12.1%

30d xwOBA(con)

.401

30d K%

22.0%

30d Barrel%

11.4%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.441

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.432

Behind xwOBA(con)

.322

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.383

Ahead Whiff%

22.0%

2-strike Whiff%

25.7%

By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning

Bases empty

.351

RISP

.397

Loaded

.465

High leverage

.401

Clutch

.401

Innings 1-3

.352

Innings 4-6

.430

Innings 7+

.369

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

Split by opposing hand

Slightly better against righties than lefties.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.237	.249
OBP	.318	.370	.373
SLG	.404	.362	.409
OPS	.722	.733	.783
Sample	—	100 PA	233 PA

Pitch-by-pitch breakdown

How he performs against each pitch. Filter by pitch type, opposing pitcher hand, or recency. Color signal: green beats league average, red falls short.

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

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5 pitches · this season · vs right-handed pitchers

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Curveball	19	.357	.357	.411	38.2%	36.8%	42.9%	14.3%	92.5 mph	10.3°
Sinker	28	.350	.650	.558	21.9%	3.6%	50.0%	18.2%	89.9 mph	3.1°
Slider	34	.269	.308	.293	41.4%	38.2%	37.5%	6.3%	80.6 mph	0.3°
Changeup	42	.206	.294	.271	45.3%	33.3%	26.1%	4.3%	83.4 mph	0.5°
Four-seam	88	.235	.432	.337	12.2%	14.8%	45.1%	12.7%	91.7 mph	25.6°

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