Neil Walker
2B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 2" 214LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 1, #11, Pittsburgh Pirates | Pine Richland HS (PA)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 398 347 48 76 11 0 .219 .309 .354 .663
2019 381 337 37 88 8 3 .261 .344 .395 .739
2020 41 39 5 9 0 0 .231 .244 .308 .552
12 Seasons 5,152 4,583 611 1,224 149 32 .267 .338 .426 .764
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .219 11 0 .663
2019 .261 8 3 .739
2020 .231 0 0 .552
12 Seasons .267 149 32 .764
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 29 2336 441 21 4.8 3.5 88.9 107.4 14.0 33.3 .249 .412 .325 .315 .353 37.6 18.2 7.3
2016 30 1838 331 24 7.3 5.2 89.1 108.2 18.0 36.6 .270 .487 .351 .353 .402 37.5 18.3 9.2
2017 31 1708 311 15 4.8 3.3 85.9 109.8 17.0 35.4 .259 .418 .346 .340 .358 31.3 17.2 12.3
2018 32 1585 264 16 6.1 4.0 88.1 107.0 13.7 42.8 .247 .425 .291 .331 .380 33.3 21.9 10.6
2019 33 1502 261 17 6.5 4.5 86.2 106.2 11.7 40.6 .267 .429 .319 .339 .383 31.0 20.2 11.0
2020 34 172 27 1 3.7 2.4 86.9 103.1 22.0 51.9 .234 .306 .237 .241 .340 11.1 31.7 2.4
Player 9141 1635 94 5.7 4.0 87.8 109.8 15.1 37.4 .258 .431 .326 .333 .373 34.2 19.2 9.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 42.6 24.0 27.2 6.1 37.0 38.5 24.5 1.8 32.4 27.0 25.6 7.7 4.8 3.5
2016 36.9 27.8 27.8 7.6 38.4 39.0 22.1 3.3 23.3 32.0 26.6 6.9 7.3 5.2
2017 38.3 28.0 24.8 9.0 38.6 37.6 23.8 5.1 25.4 32.5 24.8 6.8 4.8 3.3
2018 39.4 29.5 25.8 5.3 39.8 33.3 26.1 2.7 27.7 26.5 26.9 9.5 6.1 4.0
2019 42.5 23.8 29.5 4.2 36.8 37.5 25.7 2.7 33.0 20.7 31.4 5.7 6.5 4.5
2020 29.6 22.2 37.0 11.1 40.7 25.9 33.3 0.0 22.2 40.7 33.3 0.0 3.7 2.4
Player 39.9 26.4 27.2 6.6 38.0 37.2 24.5 3.0 28.4 28.2 26.9 7.2 5.7 4.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -2 52 30.2 12 .182 .273 .179 31.8 41.7 31.3 .208 .244 .188 14.3
2020 Cutter -6.1 -2 30 17.4 8 .143 .143 .200 37.5 37.5 25.0 .041 .043 .120 0.0
2020 Changeup 6.4 2 26 15.1 8 .500 .625 .494 21.4 0.0 0.0 .457 .656 .476 12.5
2020 Slider 1.6 0 22 12.8 5 .400 .600 .430 25.0 40.0 22.2 .349 .412 .336 0.0
2020 Sinker -3.2 -1 20 11.6 4 .000 .000 .000 14.3 25.0 16.7 .229 .334 .236 33.3
2020 Curveball -7.0 -1 19 11.0 3 .000 .000 .000 20.0 33.3 25.0 .081 .102 .075 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -19.0 -1 3 1.7 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -1 513 34.2 121 .295 .438 .375 17.2 12.4 10.8 .310 .503 .388 33.3
2019 Sinker -1.1 -3 270 18.0 54 .250 .364 .346 17.5 9.3 11.6 .298 .474 .396 41.0
2019 Changeup -1.7 -4 231 15.4 64 .267 .417 .308 30.8 12.5 14.0 .244 .358 .291 24.5
2019 Slider -1.2 -2 188 12.5 53 .125 .208 .195 38.6 45.3 27.3 .174 .319 .252 20.8
2019 Curveball 1.3 2 167 11.1 38 .265 .529 .372 42.9 34.2 24.1 .235 .405 .312 33.3
2019 Cutter 3.3 2 74 4.9 31 .379 .448 .387 24.4 22.6 38.9 .357 .548 .403 27.3
2019 Split-Finger 1.7 1 43 2.9 15 .231 .308 .357 38.5 13.3 11.8 .177 .283 .260 36.4
2019 Sweeper -3.4 0 13 0.9 4 .250 .250 .225 66.7 75.0 100.0 .187 .194 .168 0.0
2019 Slurve -4.5 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -4 576 36.3 130 .189 .292 .291 15.4 17.7 15.6 .253 .422 .351 34.9
2018 Sinker -0.2 -1 331 20.9 77 .275 .435 .351 12.1 11.7 15.8 .307 .562 .407 38.3
2018 Changeup -0.5 -1 217 13.7 68 .274 .387 .326 29.0 16.2 18.6 .248 .374 .300 25.0
2018 Slider -0.6 -1 189 11.9 44 .143 .238 .208 37.4 43.2 21.1 .192 .339 .248 43.5
2018 Curveball 1.5 2 154 9.7 40 .189 .405 .300 28.8 30.0 21.1 .158 .317 .256 24.0
2018 Cutter 1.1 1 75 4.7 21 .176 .353 .314 34.2 33.3 31.8 .274 .422 .375 20.0
2018 Split-Finger 2.3 1 31 2.0 9 .333 .667 .422 26.7 22.2 15.4 .385 .820 .504 42.9
2018 Slurve 9.9 1 7 0.4 4 .250 .250 .400 50.0 75.0 50.0 .078 .089 .245 100.0
2018 Sweeper 8.6 0 5 0.3 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 8 566 33.1 143 .275 .477 .404 15.3 9.8 9.5 .235 .375 .358 25.8
2017 Sinker 1.0 4 435 25.5 114 .304 .549 .404 14.6 14.0 20.3 .308 .527 .393 41.9
2017 Changeup -0.6 -1 220 12.9 74 .200 .286 .252 26.2 18.9 28.6 .255 .383 .291 31.6
2017 Slider 0.1 0 172 10.1 42 .211 .342 .281 33.8 38.1 24.2 .187 .300 .253 18.2
2017 Curveball 1.9 3 157 9.2 37 .324 .486 .351 18.6 29.7 22.4 .304 .492 .338 26.9
2017 Cutter -1.0 -1 96 5.6 22 .176 .235 .298 26.2 18.2 12.1 .216 .374 .350 38.5
2017 Split-Finger -0.8 0 36 2.1 8 .167 .333 .331 53.3 25.0 12.5 .121 .147 .264 25.0
2017 Knuckleball 10.4 1 11 0.6 5 .600 .800 .610 0.0 0.0 0.0 .398 .422 .360 20.0
2017 Sweeper -2.0 0 8 0.5 -- -- -- 40.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 39 164 -1 -3 0 1 -4
2010 468 1,787 -3 6 6 8 18
2011 656 2,615 -10 -6 12 10 7
2012 524 2,023 3 -10 6 10 9
2013 573 2,130 -1 -17 12 12 6
2014 571 2,177 8 -14 12 11 18
2015 601 2,327 -1 -17 10 9 1
2016 455 1,827 5 -15 14 7 11
2017 445 1,702 1 -9 14 8 13
2018 400 1,601 -9 -14 14 8 -1
2019 380 1,502 -13 -13 15 6 -5
2020 41 172 -3 -2 0 1 -4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,336 45.9 72.0 86.9 30.8 66.8 41.9 32.8 49.7 19.5 6.6 79.7
2016 1,838 46.1 67.3 87.5 29.1 64.2 43.0 28.8 46.7 19.9 5.5 77.2
2017 1,708 46.9 62.5 85.6 23.6 65.3 46.2 22.1 41.8 20.6 6.6 71.4
2018 1,585 47.6 67.4 84.4 26.0 59.3 42.7 26.7 45.7 22.8 6.4 73.5
2019 1,502 44.3 67.3 82.8 30.0 56.6 44.3 27.4 46.5 26.5 5.9 76.1
2020 172 48.8 60.7 82.4 30.7 51.9 44.2 19.5 45.3 28.2 5.8 70.0
Player 9,141 46.2 67.5 85.6 28.2 62.7 43.5 27.8 46.3 21.6 6.2 75.8
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 49 40 58 60 45 57 45 55 56 62 54 49 61 40 37
2016 81 72 83 78 68 49 55 51 61 54 58 65 63 48 37 7
2017 62 49 43 38 79 25 33 15 74 25 69 87 67 76 35 36
2018 56 41 54 56 63 24 39 37 53 29 42 75 58 62 42 5
2019 57 67 39 29 76 22 35 9 44 15 61 76 36 39 24 48
2020 14 11
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.1 23 22.1 1 9 21 5 21.7
2017 21.8 14 12.8 1 6 11 3 21.4
2018 21.9 11 11.7 -1 13 10 2 18.2
2019 22.8 8 9.0 -1 9 10 1 12.5
Player 22.1 56 55.5 1 37 52 11 19.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 23 25 20 24 21 20 25 23 19 17 21 27 23 22 23 24 10 19 25 23 25 16 29 27 20 23 22 28 26 21 14
2017 14 14 10 16 12 12 14 13 8 11 11 16 13 13 13 13 14 13 14 12 15 12 17 12 13 12 10 15 15 13 8
2018 11 16 8 11 13 10 12 10 7 9 11 17 15 10 12 11 10 10 11 15 12 14 14 14 10 10 11 13 14 12 8
2019 8 10 10 7 10 9 10 9 5 6 7 11 13 8 7 9 8 7 8 11 9 11 12 10 8 8 6 12 14 10 4
Player 56 65 48 58 56 51 61 55 39 43 50 71 64 53 55 57 42 49 58 61 61 53 72 63 51 53 49 68 69 56 34
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.9 89.1 0.2 ↑ 85.9 -3.2 ↓ 88.1 2.2 ↑ 86.2 -1.9 ↓ 86.9 0.7 ↑
Launch Angle 14.0 18.0 4.0 ↑ 17.0 -1.0 ↓ 13.7 -3.3 ↓ 11.7 -2.0 ↓ 22.0 10.3 ↑
Barrel % 4.8 7.3 2.5 ↑ 4.8 -2.5 ↓ 6.1 1.3 ↑ 6.5 0.4 ↑ 3.7 -2.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 37.6 37.5 -0.1 ↓ 31.3 -6.2 ↓ 33.3 2.0 ↑ 31.0 -2.3 ↓ 11.1 -19.9 ↓
Sweet Spot % 33.3 36.6 3.3 ↑ 35.4 -1.2 ↓ 42.8 7.4 ↑ 40.6 -2.2 ↓ 51.9 11.3 ↑
xBA .249 .270 0.021 ↑ .259 -0.011 ↓ .247 -0.012 ↓ .267 0.020 ↑ .234 -0.033 ↓
BA .269 .282 0.013 ↑ .265 -0.017 ↓ .219 -0.046 ↓ .261 0.042 ↑ .231 -0.030 ↓
xwOBA .315 .353 0.038 ↑ .340 -0.013 ↓ .331 -0.009 ↓ .339 0.008 ↑ .241 -0.098 ↓
wOBA .325 .351 0.026 ↑ .346 -0.005 ↓ .291 -0.055 ↓ .319 0.028 ↑ .237 -0.082 ↓
xSLG .412 .487 0.075 ↑ .418 -0.069 ↓ .425 0.007 ↑ .429 0.004 ↑ .306 -0.123 ↓
SLG .427 .476 0.049 ↑ .439 -0.037 ↓ .354 -0.085 ↓ .395 0.041 ↑ .308 -0.087 ↓
K% 18.2 18.3 0.1 ↑ 17.2 -1.1 ↓ 21.9 4.7 ↑ 20.2 -1.7 ↓ 31.7 11.5 ↑
BB% 7.3 9.2 1.9 ↑ 12.3 3.1 ↑ 10.6 -1.7 ↓ 11.0 0.4 ↑ 2.4 -8.6 ↓
Swing % 49.7 46.7 -3.0 ↓ 41.8 -4.9 ↓ 45.7 3.9 ↑ 46.5 0.8 ↑ 45.3 -1.2 ↓
Whiff% 19.5 19.9 0.4 ↑ 20.6 0.7 ↑ 22.8 2.2 ↑ 26.5 3.7 ↑ 28.2 1.7 ↑
In Zone % 45.9 46.1 0.2 ↑ 46.9 0.8 ↑ 47.6 0.7 ↑ 44.3 -3.3 ↓ 48.8 4.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.1 53.9 -0.2 ↓ 53.1 -0.8 ↓ 52.4 -0.7 ↓ 55.7 3.3 ↑ 51.2 -4.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 29.1 -1.7 ↓ 23.6 -5.5 ↓ 26.0 2.4 ↑ 30.0 4.0 ↑ 30.7 0.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 28.8 -4.0 ↓ 22.1 -6.7 ↓ 26.7 4.6 ↑ 27.4 0.7 ↑ 19.5 -7.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.0 56.6 -6.4 ↓ 57.5 0.9 ↑ 59.2 1.7 ↑ 60.5 1.3 ↑ 68.3 7.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 339 131 38.6 .302 .383
2016 Shifts R 109 3 2.8 .423 .293
2017 Shifts L 349 125 35.8 .398 .312
2017 Shifts R 96 0 0.0 .273
2018 Shifts L 313 204 65.2 .278 .328
2018 Shifts R 82 3 3.7 .219 .240
2019 Shifts L 322 231 71.7 .337 .318
2019 Shifts R 57 4 7.0 .298 .390
2020 Shifts L 33 19 57.6 .327 .270
2020 Shifts R 8 1 12.5 .000 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 543 17.0 26.9% 2.2% 306 24.0 2.0% 14.1%
2011 772 17.1 21.0% 2.5% 427 23.3 0.2% 11.5%
2012 641 18.7 13.4% 2.5% 296 25.3 0.3% 16.6%
2013 600 18.6 14.7% 4.0% 301 24.9 0.7% 16.6%
2014 578 18.2 15.4% 1.0% 354 25.1 0.8% 20.1%
2015 624 18.6 23.9% 7.4% 364 25.6 4.1% 31.0%
2016 537 19.1 18.1% 6.0% 310 25.5 2.9% 26.8%
2017 562 17.7 17.3% 1.8% 294 24.0 0.0% 16.0%
2018 454 18.7 12.1% 1.3% 296 24.6 0.0% 10.8%
2019 434 18.5 14.1% 2.5% 262 24.1 0.0% 11.8%
2020 72 18.6 12.5% 1.4% 14 26.0 0.0% 7.1%
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Statcast Rankings

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