
PIT · RF
High-variance power bat: 39.8% barrel rate but 7.5% HR rate, 42.5% K rate.
Everything you need to know about Billy Cook before you bet. He's gone over his hits line 60% of the time across 5 tracked games. Compare home run, hits, and total bases odds across 8 sportsbooks below.
Highest Barrel Rate among power hitters this season. Top 10.
| # | Player | Team | Barrel Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli White | ATL | 52.1% |
| 2 | Mike Trout | LAA | 50.0% |
| 3 | Colton Cowser | BAL | 41.7% |
| 4 | Kerry Carpenter | DET | 40.7% |
| 5 | Billy Cookyou are here | PIT | 39.8% |
| 6 | Dominic Canzone | SEA | 36.5% |
| 7 | Wyatt Langford | TEX | 35.0% |
| 8 | Pete Alonso | BAL | 34.2% |
| 9 | James Wood | WSH | 34.2% |
| 10 | Spencer Torkelson | DET | 33.3% |
Billy Cook remains a high-variance power profile through 22 games. His 39.8% barrel rate shows elite contact quality, but a 7.5% home-run rate and .075 ISO reveal a disconnect—he's barreling the ball without translating it into power. A 42.5% strikeout rate and 41.1% whiff rate indicate aggressive chasing and frequent misses, which limits consistency. With a 2.3% stolen-base rate, the profile hinges entirely on power that hasn't yet materialized.
Performance summary as of week of July 13, 2026
Hits Over Rate
60%
3 of 5 games
HR Over Rate
—
No data yet
TB Over Rate
75%
Top 1%3 of 4 games
Hits Over Rate — How often he goes over his hits line. Shows how reliable he is for hits props.
HR Over Rate — How often he goes over his home run line. Higher = he hits for power consistently.
TB Over Rate — How often he goes over his total bases line. Combines hits + extra-base power.
These are the prop bets available for Billy Cook. Each card shows the over rate and game count. Click any market to compare odds across 8 sportsbooks.
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These are Billy Cook's Statcast numbers — the advanced metrics behind hits, home runs, and total bases. Green values are above league average.
K Rate
42.5%
Strikeout rate · league avg ~22%
Whiff %
41.1%
Swing-and-miss rate · league avg ~25%
Hard Hit %
57.4%
Pct of balls hit ≥95 mph · league avg ~36%
Barrel %
39.8%
Top 1%Highest-quality contact · league avg ~7%
HR Rate
7.5%
Home runs per AB · league avg ~3%
SLG
.433
Slugging percentage · league avg ~.420
Stats as of 2026-07-12 · extended sample through 2024-09-29
Each bar shows hits per start. The gold dashed line is the most recent posted hits line (0.5). He went over 3 of 5 times against this line.
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Sign up freeBilly Cook (PIT) typically has three batter prop markets posted: hits, home runs, and total bases. Each prop page on OddsGuy compares the live line and price across 8 sportsbooks (DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics, Bovada, and Pinnacle) and highlights the best available price.
Over his last 5 tracked games, Billy Cook has gone over his hits line 60% of the time, and over his total-bases line 75% of the time. The prop pages above show every settled game with the line, actual outcome, and book context.
Billy Cook props are posted at the major US sportsbooks — DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics — and offshore at Pinnacle and Bovada. The prop pages above compare live pricing across all 8 books so you can find the best number.
Billy Cook — PIT RF Hits over rate: 60% (last 5 games) TB over rate: 75% (last 4 games) K rate: 42.5% (league avg ~22%) Whiff rate: 41.1% (league avg ~25%) Hard-hit rate: 57.4% (league avg ~36%) Barrel rate: 39.8% (league avg ~7%) HR rate: 7.5% (league avg ~3%) SLG: 0.433 (league avg ~.420) Stats as of: 2026-07-12