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

.246

OBP

.373

SLG

.399

OPS

.772

8 HR · 47 RBI · 74 K (23%) · 49 BB · 327 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 327 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.388

Avg Exit V

88.3 mph

Barrel %

11.8%

Hard-Hit %

48.7%

Chase %

24.4%

Whiff %

24.3%

K %

22.6%

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

30%

Center

29%

Oppo

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

Advanced (Statcast)

Advanced — Statcast profilethrough Wed Jun 17

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.331

xSLG

.592

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

Max EV

108.7

EV90

102.3

Launch angle

15.1°

Sweet-spot%

36.9%

Avg distance

279 ft

EV on barrels

102.7

EV on hard-hit

100.4

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

61.1%

O-Contact%

53.7%

Z-Contact%

86.3%

Contact%

75.7%

SwStr%

9.9%

CSW%

26.7%

In-zone%

45.2%

1st-pitch swing%

31.5%

2-strike K%

44.0%

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

7d xwOBA(con)

.434

7d K%

16.1%

7d Barrel%

16.7%

7d Whiff%

20.0%

14d xwOBA(con)

.440

14d K%

24.6%

14d Barrel%

12.9%

30d xwOBA(con)

.407

30d K%

24.4%

30d Barrel%

11.8%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.438

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.439

Behind xwOBA(con)

.332

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.396

Ahead Whiff%

22.3%

2-strike Whiff%

26.3%

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

Bases empty

.351

RISP

.416

Loaded

.465

High leverage

.403

Clutch

.401

Innings 1-3

.360

Innings 4-6

.437

Innings 7+

.366

Statcast-derived from our 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	.240	.249
OBP	.318	.374	.373
SLG	.404	.367	.413
OPS	.722	.741	.785
Sample	—	99 PA	228 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 · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↓	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Four-seam	113	.216	.370	.336	11.9%	16.8%	44.6%	13.0%	91.0 mph	24.9°
Sinker	64	.289	.511	.487	16.6%	10.9%	48.1%	19.6%	87.3 mph	2.4°
Changeup	41	.212	.303	.275	43.7%	34.2%	27.3%	4.5%	83.3 mph	0.8°
Curveball	19	.357	.357	.411	38.2%	36.8%	42.9%	14.3%	92.5 mph	10.3°
Cutter	17	.231	.615	.350	3.9%	11.8%	38.5%	7.7%	91.5 mph	24.0°