Statcast · 2026 MLB season

Samy Natera Jr. Whiff Rate 2026

Samy Natera Jr.'s 2026 whiff rate is 35.7%. That ranks in the top ten leaguewide, ranked #9 of 517 pitchers with 100+ batters faced. Source: Baseball Savant Statcast, refreshed nightly by Legends Deck.

Source Baseball Savant · StatcastThrough Oct 10, 2026Refreshed nightly

Samy Natera Jr.

Angels · 2026 · B:L T:L

ERA3.13

K48

WHIP1.11

Gold

Whiff Rate35.7%

Rank#9

Of pitchers with 100+ batters faced517

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Around Natera on the Whiff Rate board2026 · #7 to #11

Whiff Rate: the players ranked next to Samy Natera Jr..
#	Player	Pos	Whiff Rate %	Card OVR
7	Cam Sanders	RP	37.0%	70	View card ›
8	Hagen Smith	RP	36.2%	79	View card ›
9	Samy Natera Jr.	RP	35.7%	80	View card ›
10	Dylan Lee	RP	35.7%	87	View card ›
11	Jhoan Duran	CL	35.7%	95	View card ›

What is whiff rate?

Whiff rate is the percentage of swings that a pitcher generates without contact (swinging strikes divided by total swings, not total pitches). It isolates a pitcher's pure "miss-bats" ability independent of whether hitters chase out of the zone. League average hovers around 24-25%; elite swing-and-miss pitchers clear 30%, and the unicorns exceed 35%. Pitchers need at least 100 batters faced.

Whiff rate is highly predictive of strikeout rate and tends to stabilize early in a season. Pitchers with elite whiff rates but modest strikeout totals are often called-ball-dependent arms about to break out once command catches up to their stuff.