Z-Contact%

Share of swings at pitches in the zone that made contact.

What Z-Contact% means

The purest bat-to-ball measure, because it holds pitch location roughly constant. League average is about 85%; under 78% is where swing-and-miss starts capping a hitter's floor.

What counts as a good Z-Contact%

Higher is better — roughly 80 is poor, 85 average, 89 good, and 92 or better elite.

Also written

z_contact · zone_contact_pct

Source

Statcast

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