Byron Buxton
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 190LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #2, Minnesota Twins | Appling County HS (GA)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 382 340 61 76 28 6 .224 .306 .526 .832
2023 347 304 49 63 17 9 .207 .294 .438 .732
2024 388 355 62 99 18 7 .279 .335 .524 .859
10 Seasons 2,875 2,614 426 639 133 93 .244 .304 .476 .780
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .224 28 6 .832
2023 .207 17 9 .732
2024 .279 18 7 .859
10 Seasons .244 133 93 .780
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting 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%
2015 21 513 87 3 3.4 2.2 86.4 106.6 12.5 24.1 .159 .243 .252 .203 .273 21.8 31.9 4.3
2016 22 1305 187 10 5.3 3.0 89.5 111.3 17.3 29.9 .189 .309 .304 .252 .356 31.6 35.6 6.9
2017 23 1991 319 18 5.6 3.5 88.1 110.9 15.2 32.3 .236 .387 .312 .298 .394 32.0 29.4 7.4
2018 24 355 63 1 1.6 1.1 87.8 109.1 13.9 20.6 .180 .233 .170 .196 .262 27.0 29.8 3.2
2019 25 1031 206 16 7.8 5.4 90.0 113.6 20.3 32.5 .244 .419 .340 .305 .369 38.7 23.1 6.4
2020 26 443 96 13 13.5 9.6 91.2 111.9 23.6 25.0 .249 .548 .345 .335 .450 47.9 26.7 1.5
2021 27 925 173 31 17.9 12.2 92.5 115.6 13.3 35.3 .300 .611 .419 .407 .521 53.8 24.4 5.1
2022 28 1529 225 37 16.4 9.7 92.9 113.5 21.4 34.2 .242 .509 .356 .358 .481 50.2 30.4 8.9
2023 29 1367 199 29 14.6 8.4 91.5 116.9 20.1 33.2 .212 .425 .311 .316 .418 45.7 31.4 10.1
2024 30 1458 258 34 13.2 8.8 91.7 113.2 19.8 39.5 .264 .502 .366 .353 .448 48.1 25.5 5.2
Player 10917 1813 192 10.6 6.7 90.5 116.9 18.1 32.5 .234 .434 .331 .315 .414 41.0 28.9 6.7
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.




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 44.8 24.1 20.7 10.3 36.8 41.4 21.8 1.1 32.2 35.6 16.1 1.1 3.4 2.2
2016 40.1 24.6 24.1 11.2 45.5 29.9 24.6 2.7 26.2 32.6 21.4 5.9 5.3 3.0
2017 42.6 22.3 25.7 9.4 42.9 39.5 17.6 6.3 26.6 24.5 27.0 5.0 5.6 3.5
2018 49.2 22.2 19.0 9.5 44.4 33.3 22.2 3.2 38.1 31.7 20.6 3.2 1.6 1.1
2019 29.6 27.2 28.6 14.6 44.7 35.9 19.4 2.4 23.8 38.8 18.9 6.3 7.8 5.4
2020 36.5 33.3 15.6 14.6 46.9 31.3 21.9 2.1 25.0 32.3 17.7 8.3 13.5 9.6
2021 39.3 31.8 23.1 5.8 47.4 34.1 18.5 3.5 31.8 22.0 19.7 5.2 17.9 12.2
2022 30.7 36.0 21.3 12.0 54.2 27.6 18.2 2.7 23.6 31.6 18.7 7.1 16.4 9.7
2023 31.7 32.2 24.1 12.1 49.2 33.7 17.1 2.5 24.6 34.7 15.1 8.5 14.6 8.4
2024 29.1 31.4 27.9 11.6 46.5 35.7 17.8 2.7 22.1 32.6 20.9 8.5 13.2 8.8
Player 36.0 28.7 24.2 11.1 46.4 34.4 19.2 3.3 26.1 31.1 20.4 6.3 10.6 6.7
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.

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 2.7 12 432 29.6 121 .324 .657 .446 21.8 18.2 16.9 .300 .638 .424 60.0
2024 Slider 3.0 8 264 18.1 77 .297 .554 .373 39.7 28.6 22.7 .264 .442 .318 42.3
2024 Sinker 0.8 2 225 15.4 60 .278 .481 .361 23.6 16.7 19.2 .272 .530 .376 47.7
2024 Changeup -1.6 -3 189 13.0 42 .175 .275 .239 47.5 42.9 27.3 .150 .239 .193 22.7
2024 Curveball -0.8 -1 120 8.2 27 .250 .417 .331 40.8 40.7 26.2 .190 .292 .267 30.8
2024 Cutter -1.5 -1 99 6.8 29 .214 .429 .284 36.5 31.0 32.1 .282 .566 .373 52.6
2024 Sweeper 1.8 2 84 5.8 25 .333 .542 .388 25.0 12.0 13.0 .337 .591 .408 42.9
2024 Split-Finger 1.8 1 40 2.7 5 .200 .800 .400 55.0 80.0 25.0 .157 .478 .264 100.0
2024 Slurve -4.8 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 397 29.0 109 .196 .370 .291 33.0 37.6 30.8 .184 .423 .321 57.4
2023 Sinker 1.1 3 235 17.2 58 .340 .720 .478 18.4 10.3 15.0 .330 .629 .443 56.8
2023 Slider -2.1 -5 220 16.1 54 .167 .292 .252 42.2 40.7 28.6 .196 .361 .286 30.8
2023 Changeup -1.6 -2 156 11.4 36 .097 .194 .208 36.0 38.9 23.7 .144 .299 .245 27.8
2023 Curveball 0.2 0 126 9.2 30 .148 .370 .293 31.1 26.7 20.5 .170 .301 .250 15.8
2023 Cutter 1.6 2 112 8.2 33 .281 .656 .398 20.6 21.2 22.6 .269 .493 .331 52.0
2023 Sweeper -0.3 0 74 5.4 16 .200 .533 .325 34.4 43.8 35.0 .196 .334 .250 62.5
2023 Split-Finger 0.1 0 40 2.9 8 .125 .500 .250 17.4 50.0 16.7 .125 .399 .215 25.0
2023 Slurve -8.3 -1 7 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .064 .071 .065 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 138 513 -7 -2 1 1 -7
2016 331 1,305 -1 -12 4 2 -7
2017 507 1,988 -10 -22 9 6 -18
2018 94 354 -5 -6 -1 1 -11
2019 290 1,010 -1 -8 5 6 3
2020 139 460 2 -4 1 1 0
2021 254 925 9 -1 6 5 19
2022 382 1,529 4 -12 6 9 7
2023 346 1,370 0 -17 8 5 -4
2024 387 1,458 5 -2 9 7 18
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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 513 54.6 58.2 76.7 32.6 39.5 47.6 21.7 46.6 32.6 8.6 72.7
2016 1,305 48.8 63.6 77.0 32.5 40.6 43.8 26.3 47.7 34.1 9.4 65.9
2017 1,991 50.6 66.7 74.9 32.0 49.5 42.2 33.9 49.6 31.1 6.6 76.3
2018 355 47.7 71.6 79.3 38.9 54.2 43.5 34.0 54.4 29.0 9.9 82.9
2019 1,031 48.2 75.8 79.9 34.2 50.3 41.8 39.7 54.4 29.1 6.1 85.5
2020 443 50.6 79.0 81.4 48.9 54.2 39.7 51.1 64.1 28.9 9.3 85.4
2021 925 48.2 77.6 78.3 30.1 52.1 41.0 39.8 53.0 29.4 7.5 81.2
2022 1,529 50.7 66.2 75.0 26.8 42.6 41.5 31.4 46.8 34.1 8.2 83.2
2023 1,367 49.4 72.7 79.4 27.9 44.0 41.0 38.3 50.0 30.6 7.4 83.2
2024 1,458 49.1 76.3 77.5 32.6 46.3 44.3 45.1 54.0 32.1 7.6 84.7
Player 10,917 49.7 70.2 77.4 31.9 46.9 42.5 36.1 51.0 31.4 7.7 79.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 51 100
2016 82 100 95
2017 18 17 25 34 16 38 41 50 81 30 8 35 11 21 100 100
2018 67 100
2019 91 100 97
2020 56 49 93 95 4 66 87 85 85 89 28 1 35 1 99 94 96
2021 96 99 94 96
2022 91 41 96 98 56 74 97 97 92 93 7 58 7 64 93 91
2023 35 5 48 78 20 50 90 84 98 74 8 71 19 53 94
2024 88 77 92 92 57 65 89 87 88 86 27 12 10 22 97 82 88 84 19 2
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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 %
2016 19.3 10 9.2 1 5 5 5 50.0
2017 19.2 16 13.1 3 5 5 8 50.0
2019 21.4 10 10.1 0 7 3 8 80.0
2020 21.9 13 10.8 2 4 6 6 46.2
2021 23.0 19 17.6 1 4 10 10 52.6
2022 23.3 28 26.3 2 6 15 13 46.4
2023 22.7 17 17.2 0 5 10 9 52.9
2024 21.7 18 18.2 0 3 17 7 38.9
Player 21.9 131 122.4 9 39 71 66 50.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 10 9 8 10 9 8 10 11 7 8 9 9 11 9 9 10 6 9 9 10 9 7 11 10 7 9 9 12 11 10 9
2017 16 14 12 13 13 14 14 12 11 13 13 15 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 14 13 14 13 14 13 13 13 14 13 11
2019 10 11 10 10 11 10 11 10 8 9 9 12 14 10 9 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 11 11 10 9 9 11 12 10 9
2020 13 11 13 9 11 11 13 10 8 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 12 13 13 12 9 10 10 11 13 12 11
2021 19 19 17 16 17 16 20 19 13 16 17 17 17 16 19 21 18 17 19 17 19 19 19 20 16 16 20 16 18 14 19
2022 28 24 21 27 26 25 28 22 21 24 25 27 29 27 27 28 28 26 29 26 29 25 31 29 22 24 29 29 29 26 26
2023 17 14 16 14 18 18 19 16 16 15 18 18 17 16 20 18 19 16 17 19 16 17 21 19 17 16 15 19 18 18 16
2024 18 14 18 15 20 20 21 15 15 15 18 19 17 16 18 16 16 16 20 23 21 19 23 21 16 16 17 21 21 21 19
Player 131 116 115 114 125 122 136 115 99 109 119 128 129 117 125 125 119 116 128 127 130 123 143 135 111 113 122 132 136 124 120
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.4 89.5 3.1 88.1 -1.4 87.8 -0.3 90.0 2.2 91.2 1.2 92.5 1.3 92.9 0.4 91.5 -1.4 91.7 0.2
Launch Angle 12.5 17.3 4.8 15.2 -2.1 13.9 -1.3 20.3 6.4 23.6 3.3 13.3 -10.3 21.4 8.1 20.1 -1.3 19.8 -0.3
Barrel % 3.4 5.3 1.9 5.6 0.3 1.6 -4.0 7.8 6.2 13.5 5.7 17.9 4.4 16.4 -1.5 14.6 -1.8 13.2 -1.4
Hard Hit % 21.8 31.6 9.8 32.0 0.4 27.0 -5.0 38.7 11.7 47.9 9.2 53.8 5.9 50.2 -3.6 45.7 -4.5 48.1 2.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.1 29.9 5.8 32.3 2.4 20.6 -11.7 32.5 11.9 25.0 -7.5 35.3 10.3 34.2 -1.1 33.2 -1.0 39.5 6.3
xBA .159 .189 0.030 .236 0.047 .180 -0.056 .244 0.064 .249 0.005 .300 0.051 .242 -0.058 .212 -0.030 .264 0.052
BA .209 .225 0.016 .253 0.028 .156 -0.097 .262 0.106 .254 -0.008 .306 0.052 .224 -0.082 .207 -0.017 .279 0.072
xwOBA .203 .252 0.049 .298 0.046 .196 -0.102 .305 0.109 .335 0.030 .407 0.072 .358 -0.049 .316 -0.042 .353 0.037
wOBA .252 .304 0.052 .312 0.008 .170 -0.142 .340 0.170 .345 0.005 .419 0.074 .356 -0.063 .311 -0.045 .366 0.055
xSLG .243 .309 0.066 .387 0.078 .233 -0.154 .419 0.186 .548 0.129 .611 0.063 .509 -0.102 .425 -0.084 .502 0.077
SLG .326 .430 0.104 .413 -0.017 .200 -0.213 .513 0.313 .577 0.064 .647 0.070 .526 -0.121 .438 -0.088 .524 0.086
K% 31.9 35.6 3.7 29.4 -6.2 29.8 0.4 23.1 -6.7 26.7 3.6 24.4 -2.3 30.4 6.0 31.4 1.0 25.5 -5.9
BB% 4.3 6.9 2.6 7.4 0.5 3.2 -4.2 6.4 3.2 1.5 -4.9 5.1 3.6 8.9 3.8 10.1 1.2 5.2 -4.9
Swing % 46.6 47.7 1.1 49.6 1.9 54.4 4.8 54.4 0.0 64.1 9.7 53.0 -11.1 46.8 -6.2 50.0 3.2 54.0 4.0
Whiff% 32.6 34.1 1.5 31.1 -3.0 29.0 -2.1 29.1 0.1 28.9 -0.2 29.4 0.5 34.1 4.7 30.6 -3.5 32.1 1.5
In Zone % 54.6 48.8 -5.8 50.6 1.8 47.7 -2.9 48.2 0.5 50.6 2.4 48.2 -2.4 50.7 2.5 49.4 -1.3 49.1 -0.3
Out of Zone % 45.4 51.2 5.8 49.4 -1.8 52.3 2.9 51.8 -0.5 49.4 -2.4 51.8 2.4 49.3 -2.5 50.6 1.3 50.9 0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 32.6 32.5 -0.1 32.0 -0.5 38.9 6.9 34.2 -4.7 48.9 14.7 30.1 -18.8 26.8 -3.3 27.9 1.1 32.6 4.7
First Pitch Swing % 21.7 26.3 4.6 33.9 7.6 34.0 0.1 39.7 5.7 51.1 11.4 39.8 -11.3 31.4 -8.4 38.3 6.9 45.1 6.8
First Pitch Strike % 63.8 58.9 -4.9 62.2 3.3 62.8 0.6 61.7 -1.1 70.4 8.7 65.4 -5.0 56.0 -9.4 59.4 3.4 66.2 6.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 330 15 4.5 .303 .292
2017 Shifts R 506 9 1.8 .311 .174
2018 Shifts R 94 7 7.4 .152 .402
2019 Shifts R 294 73 24.8 .325 .386
2020 Shifts R 135 53 39.3 .353 .332
2021 Shifts R 254 154 60.6 .446 .401
2022 Shifts R 382 301 78.8 .517 .312
2023 Shades R 345 50 14.5 .299 .386
2024 Shades R 387 72 18.6 .355 .414
! 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 %
2015 174 16.1 39.7% 4.6% 74 24.1 10.8% 21.6%
2016 379 17.3 31.4% 5.0% 215 23.7 5.1% 20.9%
2017 547 16.9 26.3% 1.6% 303 21.9 0.7% 8.6%
2018 85 16.6 27.1% 1.2% 54 21.6 0.0% 5.6%
2019 254 17.3 25.6% 2.0% 140 22.8 0.7% 6.4%
2020 76 18.0 25.0% 2.6% 55 24.1 0.0% 14.5%
2021 273 18.4 14.3% 2.2% 106 23.5 0.0% 9.4%
2022 483 17.4 23.8% 2.3% 230 23.2 1.7% 9.1%
2023 392 15.4 42.6% 0.5% 181 19.0 3.9% 0.6%
2024 318 15.6 39.0% 0.9% 236 18.6 3.0% 0.8%
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Statcast Rankings