MLB · NL Central

Nathan Church

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

St. Louis CardinalsOFBats: L · Throws: L

FormHotPowerAverage

At a glance

This season

.257

OBP

.298

SLG

.389

OPS

.686

5 HR · 19 RBI · 42 K (22%) · 9 BB · 188 PA

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

Last 10 games

.313

RBI

10-for-32

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 188 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.349

Avg Exit V

84.6 mph

Barrel %

9.0%

Hard-Hit %

37.3%

Chase %

45.1%

Whiff %

22.4%

K %

22.3%

BB %

4.8%

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.

43%

Pull

28%

Center

28%

Oppo

Pull-air 20% of BIP · 95.1 mph · 30° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Advanced — Statcast profilethrough Wed Jun 17

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.320

xSLG

.505

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

Max EV

110.1

EV90

102.1

Launch angle

8.7°

Sweet-spot%

34.3%

Avg distance

323 ft

EV on barrels

102.9

EV on hard-hit

101.0

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

70.4%

O-Contact%

70.3%

Z-Contact%

83.0%

Contact%

77.6%

SwStr%

12.7%

CSW%

26.7%

In-zone%

46.7%

1st-pitch swing%

34.6%

2-strike K%

39.6%

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

7d xwOBA(con)

.375

7d K%

34.8%

7d Barrel%

8.3%

7d Whiff%

29.6%

14d xwOBA(con)

.320

14d K%

29.0%

14d Barrel%

5.3%

30d xwOBA(con)

.306

30d K%

30.8%

30d Barrel%

4.2%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.325

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.418

Behind xwOBA(con)

.266

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.302

Ahead Whiff%

23.2%

2-strike Whiff%

18.9%

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

Bases empty

.257

RISP

.258

Loaded

.000

High leverage

.310

Clutch

.425

Innings 1-3

.324

Innings 4-6

.321

Innings 7+

.402

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

Hits righties much harder than lefties.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.262	.256
OBP	.318	.273	.306
SLG	.404	.286	.421
OPS	.722	.558	.727
Sample	—	44 PA	144 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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4 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Curveball	8	.250	.375	.347	11.8%	12.5%	44.4%	0.0%	87.3 mph	10.2°
Sinker	19	.274	.463	.367	8.0%	0.0%	24.2%	18.9%	83.6 mph	-20.2°
Slider	46	.210	.327	.237	26.9%	26.1%	25.6%	8.7%	81.7 mph	18.8°
Four-seam	53	.255	.299	.317	19.0%	30.2%	34.3%	8.8%	86.9 mph	13.0°