MLB hitters are late on fastballs and early on everything else

League-wide swing timing by pitch type during the 2026 MLB season.

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Percentages are weighted by swings. Knuckleballs, forkballs and screwballs are omitted because of their small sample sizes. Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

Chart: Neil GreenbergSource: Baseball SavantGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper