Glossary
HitTrax stats explained
The bar across the bottom of the cage screen packs twelve abbreviations into one line. Here is what each one means, and which of them actually tell you whether the hitter is improving.
| On screen | What it means |
|---|---|
| PPitches | How many pitches were thrown during the session. This is the size of the sample — 48 pitches tells you far more than 12. |
| ABAt-bats | Pitches counted as a completed at-bat. Takes and fouls that HitTrax does not score are excluded, so AB is usually lower than P. |
| HHits | Batted balls the simulation scored as a hit, based on where and how hard the ball would have landed on a real field. |
| EBHExtra-base hits | Hits scored as a double, triple or home run. A rising EBH count usually means harder contact, not just more contact. |
| HRHome runs | Batted balls that would have cleared the fence on the simulated field. Fun, but the fence distance depends on the park setting the cage is using. |
| AVGBatting average | Hits divided by at-bats, printed as a decimal like .400. It swings wildly in short sessions, so treat it as flavour rather than evidence. |
| LD %Line drive percentage | The share of batted balls hit as line drives. Line drives are the most productive batted-ball type, so a higher percentage generally means better contact quality. |
| AvgVelAverage exit velocity | The average speed the ball left the bat, in mph. This is the single most reliable measure of hitting progress over time. |
| MaxVelMax exit velocity | The hardest-hit ball of the session, in mph. It shows the ceiling — what the hitter is physically capable of on their best swing. |
| MaxDistMax distance | How far the longest batted ball would have travelled, in feet. Driven by exit velocity and launch angle together. |
| MaxPointsMax points | The highest score awarded for a single batted ball in HitTrax's points game mode. A game feature, not a development metric. |
| TotalPtsTotal points | The session's combined points score in game mode. Great for competition between players, not comparable across sessions with different pitch counts. |
The four that matter
If you only follow four, follow AvgVel, MaxVel, LD % and H / AB together. The first two show how hard the ball is being hit, the third shows whether that contact is productive, and the fourth shows how often the bat finds the ball at all. Everything else on the bar is either a derivative of those or a game score.
What to ignore in a single session
AVG, HR and TotalPts move enormously from one visit to the next because the pitch count and the park settings change. They are not measurement errors — they are just too noisy to read as progress. Compare them only across a full month or more.
The number on the top left
The Pitch readout in the corner of the game screen is the live speed of the last pitch, not a session statistic. If you photograph the screen, Batting Report ignores it on purpose.
Turning the screen into a trend
A photo of that bar is enough. Batting Report reads the labels and values off the picture, shows you what it found so you can correct anything before it saves, and then plots the same stats session after session so you can see the direction of travel.
Keep reading
What is HitTrax? · Exit velocity by age · How to read your report
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