Walker Buehler
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 185LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #24, Los Angeles Dodgers | Vanderbilt
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 16 4 2.47 33 33 0 207.2 212 0.97
2022 6 3 4.02 12 12 0 65 58 1.29
2024 1 6 5.38 16 16 0 75.1 64 1.55
7 Seasons 47 22 3.27 131 122 0 713.2 754 1.09
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 33 16-4 2.47 207.2 212 0.97
2022 12 6-3 4.02 65 58 1.29
2024 16 1-6 5.38 75.1 64 1.55
7 Seasons 131 47-22 3.27 713.2 754 1.09
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 22 192 24 2 8.3 4.5 90.2 110.7 -1.2 29.2 .246 .408 .397 .346 .418 33.3 27.3 18.2 7.71 5.27
2018 23 2173 347 15 4.3 2.8 87.9 111.4 9.5 25.9 .202 .311 .247 .260 .322 32.0 27.9 6.8 2.62 2.81
2019 24 2838 478 26 5.4 3.5 89.3 111.3 12.8 34.5 .228 .369 .270 .277 .364 36.4 29.2 5.0 3.26 3.33
2020 25 600 93 6 6.5 4.1 90.0 110.4 19.5 28.0 .213 .390 .261 .290 .370 36.6 28.6 7.5 3.44 3.53
2021 26 3152 545 37 6.8 4.5 88.2 114.4 11.1 29.2 .218 .344 .255 .272 .335 37.1 26.0 6.4 2.47 3.08
2022 27 1046 197 13 6.6 4.7 87.9 113.8 7.2 34.0 .258 .418 .318 .320 .379 41.6 21.2 6.2 4.01 4.28
2024 29 1336 246 17 6.9 4.9 88.3 111.0 10.8 36.2 .263 .428 .370 .335 .374 37.8 18.6 8.1 5.38 4.78
Player 11337 1930 116 6.0 4.0 88.5 114.4 11.0 31.2 .226 .364 .279 .285 .352 36.5 26.0 6.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Buehler relies on 7 pitches.
Four Seamer
(29.0%) ,
Cutter
(20.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(19.2%) ,
Sinker
(16.3%) ,
Sweeper
(8.2%) ,
Changeup
(5.2%) ,
Slider
(1.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 66.7 12.5 20.8 0.0 29.2 45.8 25.0 0.0 66.7 4.2 16.7 4.2 8.3 4.5
2018 50.4 21.6 21.3 6.6 31.4 41.5 27.1 2.0 38.0 23.1 23.6 5.5 4.3 2.8
2019 43.1 25.1 27.0 4.8 31.2 41.6 27.2 1.7 32.4 25.1 26.6 7.9 5.4 3.5
2020 36.6 28.0 24.7 10.8 34.4 34.4 31.2 1.1 28.0 34.4 19.4 7.5 6.5 4.1
2021 46.2 25.1 21.8 6.8 35.4 40.6 24.0 6.8 33.2 25.5 21.7 5.5 6.8 4.5
2022 48.2 20.3 24.9 6.6 37.6 36.0 26.4 5.6 31.0 20.3 28.4 6.1 6.6 4.7
2024 45.9 22.4 27.2 4.5 42.3 37.4 20.3 5.3 32.5 23.6 25.2 5.7 6.9 4.9
Player 46.2 23.6 24.1 6.1 34.6 39.9 25.5 4.0 33.7 24.4 24.2 6.3 6.0 4.0
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Sinker LAD R 218 94.8 19.2 -4.2 13.8ARM -1.7 11.1 -3.8 13.8ARM -1.0
2024 Changeup LAD R 69 90.0 26.6 -3.1 12.9ARM -2.0 7.0 -2.1 12.9ARM -1.3
2024 Cutter LAD R 278 91.2 23.2 1.0 4.6GLV 2.7 9.4 1.1 4.6GLV 1.9
2024 Sweeper LAD R 110 82.5 38.9 0.4 15.0GLV 1.1 1.3 0.3 15.0GLV 0.7
2024 Slider LAD R 17 85.1 36.0 -0.2 8.4GLV 3.0 1.6 0.0 8.4GLV 3.3
2024 Curveball LAD R 256 78.0 60.1 5.1 10.7GLV 0.7 -14.7 4.8 10.7GLV 1.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 388 95.0 13.6 1.3 4.3ARM -3.6 16.6 0.8 4.3ARM -3.2
2022 Sinker LAD R 48 95.0 18.4 -4.0 13.4ARM -2.4 11.9 -3.6 13.4ARM -1.4
2022 Curveball LAD R 176 79.2 57.7 4.7 11.5GLV 1.4 -13.7 3.8 11.5GLV 2.4
2022 Cutter LAD R 262 91.5 23.5 0.0 4.5GLV 2.6 8.9 0.6 4.5GLV 1.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 358 95.2 13.3 1.2 5.9ARM -2.1 16.9 0.7 5.9ARM -1.4
2022 Changeup LAD R 82 90.5 28.3 -0.4 13.7ARM -1.2 4.9 1.0 13.7ARM -0.5
2022 Sweeper LAD R 120 83.5 37.3 -0.3 14.0GLV 0.2 2.0 -0.4 14.0GLV 0.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -8 388 29.0 90 .342 .696 .481 16.9 10.0 9.8 .336 .654 .452 50.7
2024 Cutter 2.4 7 278 20.8 69 .238 .397 .326 21.5 20.3 19.4 .213 .318 .269 28.6
2024 Curveball -1.9 -5 256 19.2 60 .278 .481 .382 26.7 30.0 18.8 .284 .453 .358 45.9
2024 Sinker -2.5 -5 218 16.3 64 .291 .327 .391 11.5 10.9 13.0 .228 .279 .288 22.9
2024 Sweeper 1.4 2 110 8.2 35 .121 .303 .206 29.4 37.1 24.5 .147 .242 .199 15.0
2024 Changeup -6.6 -5 69 5.2 23 .455 .773 .530 8.8 13.0 13.6 .324 .466 .356 52.6
2024 Slider -16.5 -3 17 1.3 3 1.000 2.500 1.200 25.0 0.0 0.0 .493 .993 .650 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -11 358 34.2 88 .368 .618 .460 13.2 9.1 9.3 .308 .583 .423 51.5
2022 Cutter 2.4 6 262 25.0 67 .234 .281 .266 26.6 19.4 23.2 .274 .359 .297 31.4
2022 Curveball 2.3 4 176 16.8 44 .171 .268 .229 30.2 22.7 18.2 .206 .316 .259 35.5
2022 Sweeper 0.6 1 120 11.5 31 .194 .419 .256 39.1 45.2 24.1 .169 .336 .215 29.4
2022 Changeup 3.3 3 82 7.8 29 .138 .241 .166 31.3 34.5 22.2 .184 .288 .205 42.1
2022 Sinker -3.1 -1 48 4.6 15 .500 .643 .486 13.6 20.0 42.9 .415 .533 .432 63.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 68 90.0 94 15.2 1:45 2:15 -30
2024 Curveball 255 77.9 92 21.0 7:00 7:00 0
2024 Cutter 277 91.2 54 10.2 11:45 11:00 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 388 95.0 90 16.7 12:45 12:30 15
2024 Sinker 218 94.8 87 17.8 1:00 1:45 -45
2024 Slider 17 85.1 47 9.1 9:15 9:00 15
2024 Sweeper 110 82.5 58 16.0 8:15 9:00 -45
2022 Changeup 80 90.5 94 15.2 1:45 2:30 -45
2022 Curveball 175 79.2 85 20.6 7:15 7:15 0
2022 Cutter 261 91.5 54 9.8 11:45 11:00 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 357 95.2 92 17.5 12:45 12:45 0
2022 Sinker 48 95.0 90 17.9 1:00 1:45 -45
2022 Sweeper 120 83.5 52 15.2 8:30 9:00 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 43 192 0 0 -3 -1 -3
2018 608 2,438 21 22 -8 -8 27
2019 786 3,048 18 30 -11 -10 28
2020 251 1,050 9 10 -5 -3 10
2021 896 3,475 28 43 -17 -10 44
2022 274 1,046 -1 9 -3 -3 2
2024 406 1,595 -1 4 -11 -9 -17
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 192 53.6 60.2 82.3 24.7 50.0 43.8 60.5 43.8 26.2 8.9 58.8
2018 2,173 52.2 67.1 80.7 30.0 56.0 41.4 63.6 49.1 25.5 9.0 76.5
2019 2,838 53.0 66.3 79.9 32.5 56.3 43.1 65.8 50.3 26.8 7.9 78.6
2020 600 52.0 63.5 78.3 27.8 55.0 43.0 58.5 46.3 28.4 8.5 72.5
2021 3,152 51.3 67.2 82.1 30.2 51.3 43.9 65.4 49.2 26.5 7.6 78.2
2022 1,046 46.7 69.9 85.1 32.0 56.2 42.4 62.0 49.7 24.8 6.8 77.5
2024 1,336 50.9 65.6 87.0 24.5 60.9 43.9 60.5 45.4 19.4 7.2 76.0
Player 11,337 51.5 66.7 81.9 30.0 55.1 43.1 63.8 48.8 25.5 7.9 76.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2017 98 93 62
2018 92 88 90 89 92 53 88 63 76 82 74 54 74 91 86 84 55
2019 85 68 73 76 89 30 80 31 52 82 93 60 83 91 89 94 66
2020 71 76 54 38 82 46 57 20 53 74 63 62 52 94 96 96 48
2021 87 76 81 79 88 10 63 64 63 65 78 51 71 77 93 90 55
2022 31 21 25 30 44 62 63 63 18 39 77 43 75 72 58 75 61
2024 16 16 21 27 19 47 68 65 58 16 48 7 9 65 45 56 51
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.2 2 1.1 1 0 2 0 0.0
2018 22.2 15 10.5 5 9 9 4 26.7
2019 22.1 20 17.2 3 16 13 7 35.0
2020 24.1 9 7.7 1 3 6 4 44.4
2021 22.6 22 21.5 1 8 18 9 40.9
2022 24.1 8 7.3 1 1 4 4 50.0
2024 23.1 17 13.5 4 5 8 7 41.2
Player 22.8 93 78.9 14 42 60 35 37.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 0
2018 15 16 6 12 10 8 14 9 8 6 9 14 14 8 8 15 10 9 11 14 12 11 17 15 8 6 7 10 12 8 8
2019 20 23 15 17 18 17 20 16 15 9 14 22 19 14 18 13 13 12 19 20 16 21 25 18 13 17 16 23 24 15 15
2020 9 10 8 8 9 8 10 6 8 5 7 10 7 6 8 8 6 6 8 9 8 8 10 6 6 5 10 8 9 8 5
2021 22 23 20 24 21 17 23 25 15 15 16 22 27 20 22 27 19 19 24 22 23 20 30 26 21 20 23 24 23 17 18
2022 8 7 8 7 6 6 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 6 6
2024 17 11 11 12 14 14 16 14 12 11 13 15 14 13 14 14 12 11 14 17 15 10 17 14 13 12 14 15 15 15 14
Player 93 91 69 81 79 70 93 78 63 52 66 91 91 70 79 87 69 65 86 90 84 79 109 89 70 69 77 90 93 70 66
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.7 95.7 -2.0 ↓ 95.9 0.2 ↑ 96.2 0.3 ↑ 94.5 -1.7 ↓ 93.7 -0.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 90.1 0.0 91.6 1.5 ↑ 0.0 0.0 91.5 0.0 90.5 -1.0 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.6 83.9 0.3 ↑ 84.0 0.1 ↑ 84.0 0.0 82.6 -1.4 ↓ 80.9 -1.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.2 87.9 -2.3 ↓ 89.3 1.4 ↑ 90.0 0.7 ↑ 88.2 -1.8 ↓ 87.9 -0.3 ↓
Launch Angle -1.2 9.5 10.7 ↑ 12.8 3.3 ↑ 19.5 6.7 ↑ 11.1 -8.4 ↓ 7.2 -3.9 ↓
Barrel % 8.3 4.3 -4.0 ↓ 5.4 1.1 ↑ 6.5 1.1 ↑ 6.8 0.3 ↑ 6.6 -0.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.3 32.0 -1.3 ↓ 36.4 4.4 ↑ 36.6 0.2 ↑ 37.1 0.5 ↑ 41.6 4.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.2 25.9 -3.3 ↓ 34.5 8.6 ↑ 28.0 -6.5 ↓ 29.2 1.2 ↑ 34.0 4.8 ↑
xBA .246 .202 -0.044 ↓ .228 0.026 ↑ .213 -0.015 ↓ .218 0.005 ↑ .258 0.040 ↑
BA .306 .193 -0.113 ↓ .223 0.030 ↑ .178 -0.045 ↓ .199 0.021 ↑ .263 0.064 ↑
xwOBA .346 .260 -0.086 ↓ .277 0.017 ↑ .290 0.013 ↑ .272 -0.018 ↓ .320 0.048 ↑
wOBA .397 .247 -0.150 ↓ .270 0.023 ↑ .261 -0.009 ↓ .255 -0.006 ↓ .318 0.063 ↑
xSLG .408 .311 -0.097 ↓ .369 0.058 ↑ .390 0.021 ↑ .344 -0.046 ↓ .418 0.074 ↑
SLG .500 .300 -0.200 ↓ .368 0.068 ↑ .356 -0.012 ↓ .329 -0.027 ↓ .412 0.083 ↑
K% 27.3 27.9 0.6 ↑ 29.2 1.3 ↑ 28.6 -0.6 ↓ 26.0 -2.6 ↓ 21.2 -4.8 ↓
BB% 18.2 6.8 -11.4 ↓ 5.0 -1.8 ↓ 7.5 2.5 ↑ 6.4 -1.1 ↓ 6.2 -0.2 ↓
Swing % 43.8 49.1 5.3 ↑ 50.3 1.2 ↑ 46.3 -4.0 ↓ 49.2 2.9 ↑ 49.7 0.5 ↑
Whiff% 26.2 25.5 -0.7 ↓ 26.8 1.3 ↑ 28.4 1.6 ↑ 26.5 -1.9 ↓ 24.8 -1.7 ↓
In Zone % 53.6 52.2 -1.4 ↓ 53.0 0.8 ↑ 52.0 -1.0 ↓ 51.3 -0.7 ↓ 46.7 -4.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 46.4 47.8 1.4 ↑ 47.0 -0.8 ↓ 48.0 1.0 ↑ 48.7 0.7 ↑ 53.3 4.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.7 30.0 5.3 ↑ 32.5 2.5 ↑ 27.8 -4.7 ↓ 30.2 2.4 ↑ 32.0 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.6 26.6 1.0 ↑ 33.5 6.9 ↑ 25.2 -8.3 ↓ 33.3 8.1 ↑ 32.8 -0.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.5 63.6 3.1 ↑ 65.8 2.2 ↑ 58.5 -7.3 ↓ 65.4 6.9 ↑ 62.0 -3.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 43 .397 24 0 0.0 19 0 0.0
2018 Shifts 520 .252 272 28 10.3 248 73 29.4
2019 Shifts 737 .270 355 95 26.8 382 204 53.4
2020 Shifts 147 .261 68 21 30.9 79 56 70.9
2021 Shifts 813 .255 391 73 18.7 422 279 66.1
2022 Shifts 274 .318 118 36 30.5 156 113 72.4
2024 Shades 344 .370 167 1 0.6 177 104 58.8
! 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 %
2017 46 18.6 13.0% 2.2% 44 22.0 0.0% 13.6%
2018 640 17.1 25.3% 0.9% 277 22.7 0.0% 7.2%
2019 865 16.0 38.4% 1.0% 377 22.5 0.3% 5.0%
2020 206 16.3 36.9% 1.5% 68 22.4 0.0% 1.5%
2021 942 16.1 35.4% 0.4% 469 22.6 0.2% 6.0%
2022 293 16.0 39.2% 0.3% 156 22.0 0.6% 3.8%
2024 361 14.2 67.0% 0.6% 242 17.3 6.6% 0.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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