Donovan Walton
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 190LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 5, #147, Seattle Mariners | Oklahoma State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 69 63 6 13 2 1 .206 .254 .365 .619
2022 78 76 8 12 1 0 .158 .179 .303 .482
2024 25 22 3 3 1 0 .136 .240 .273 .513
5 Seasons 205 190 20 33 4 1 .174 .227 .305 .532
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .206 2 1 .619
2022 .158 1 0 .482
2024 .136 1 0 .513
5 Seasons .174 4 1 .532
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%
2019 25 85 11 0 0.0 0.0 87.6 103.2 8.7 27.3 .179 .231 .246 .265 .270 18.2 26.3 15.8
2020 26 50 8 1 12.5 7.1 81.2 101.7 4.1 37.5 .149 .289 .201 .220 .297 12.5 35.7 7.1
2021 27 244 50 4 8.0 5.8 88.0 107.2 9.4 34.0 .226 .335 .267 .269 .317 22.0 21.7 5.8
2022 28 298 60 3 5.0 3.8 86.1 107.2 7.7 33.3 .191 .310 .208 .228 .273 31.7 20.5 1.3
2024 30 96 15 1 6.7 4.0 84.1 102.3 10.4 33.3 .183 .276 .236 .260 .293 20.0 28.0 8.0
Player 773 144 9 6.3 4.4 86.4 107.2 8.4 33.3 .198 .307 .234 .248 .291 25.0 23.4 5.4
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
2019 45.5 27.3 18.2 9.1 45.5 18.2 36.4 0.0 45.5 27.3 18.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
2020 62.5 25.0 0.0 12.5 25.0 75.0 0.0 12.5 37.5 25.0 12.5 0.0 12.5 7.1
2021 52.0 22.0 22.0 4.0 38.0 34.0 28.0 6.0 38.0 26.0 18.0 4.0 8.0 5.8
2022 48.3 26.7 20.0 5.0 36.7 38.3 25.0 3.3 41.7 30.0 16.7 3.3 5.0 3.8
2024 46.7 20.0 20.0 13.3 46.7 46.7 6.7 6.7 33.3 26.7 20.0 6.7 6.7 4.0
Player 50.0 24.3 19.4 6.3 38.2 38.2 23.6 4.9 39.6 27.8 17.4 3.5 6.3 4.4
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 2.4 1 32 33.3 7 .000 .000 .300 0.0 28.6 15.4 .109 .203 .374 50.0
2024 Slider -8.5 -2 18 18.8 6 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 40.0 .032 .040 .032 0.0
2024 Sinker -6.8 -1 14 14.6 4 .250 .250 .225 14.3 25.0 33.3 .264 .296 .249 0.0
2024 Curveball 5.2 1 12 12.5 3 .333 1.333 .667 50.0 0.0 0.0 .403 .868 .548 33.3
2024 Changeup 0.7 0 8 8.3 3 .333 .333 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .154 .154 .140 0.0
2024 Cutter -1.6 0 6 6.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .017 .050 .027 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -8.0 0 6 6.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .657 .711 .602 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 0 81 27.2 22 .227 .409 .268 10.2 22.7 17.9 .204 .434 .268 47.1
2022 Slider 2.1 1 69 23.2 12 .091 .364 .225 44.8 41.7 25.0 .105 .330 .226 16.7
2022 Sinker -3.7 -2 51 17.1 18 .118 .235 .178 0.0 5.6 16.7 .218 .251 .231 31.3
2022 Changeup -2.5 -1 46 15.4 11 .182 .364 .227 29.2 27.3 20.0 .164 .182 .154 12.5
2022 Curveball -6.1 -2 30 10.1 8 .125 .125 .113 16.7 12.5 7.7 .233 .282 .223 42.9
2022 Cutter -6.5 -1 19 6.4 5 .000 .000 .000 8.3 20.0 33.3 .082 .108 .087 25.0
2022 Split-Finger 27.0 0 1 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .874 .946 .817 0.0
2022 Sweeper -42.1 0 1 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .237 .365 .254 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 69 244 0 -5 1 2 -2
2022 78 298 1 -7 0 2 -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 %
2019 85 45.9 76.9 66.7 34.8 62.5 47.1 47.4 54.1 34.8 9.4 100.0
2020 50 46.0 73.9 82.4 40.7 18.2 54.0 50.0 56.0 42.9 4.0 50.0
2021 244 50.0 73.8 80.0 31.1 57.9 46.3 37.7 52.5 26.6 4.1 90.0
2022 298 51.0 67.8 91.3 37.0 61.1 43.3 39.7 52.7 17.8 8.4 88.0
2024 96 53.1 70.6 69.4 22.2 60.0 45.8 40.0 47.9 28.3 9.4 77.8
Player 773 50.1 71.3 81.5 33.4 56.6 45.7 40.5 52.4 25.4 7.0 87.0
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
2019 30 23
2020 11 18
2021 47 47
2022 30 57 12
2024 7 10
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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 %
2019 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
2021 21.0 2 1.0 1 1 0 1 50.0
2022 23.1 1 1.6 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2024 20.4 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 21.4 4 3.5 1 3 2 2 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2022 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
2024 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 4 4 3 5 2 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.6 81.2 -6.4 88.0 6.8 86.1 -1.9
Launch Angle 8.7 4.1 -4.6 9.4 5.3 7.7 -1.7
Barrel % 0.0 12.5 12.5 8.0 -4.5 5.0 -3.0
Hard Hit % 18.2 12.5 -5.7 22.0 9.5 31.7 9.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.3 37.5 10.2 34.0 -3.5 33.3 -0.7
xBA .179 .149 -0.030 .226 0.077 .191 -0.035
BA .188 .154 -0.034 .206 0.052 .158 -0.048
xwOBA .265 .220 -0.045 .269 0.049 .228 -0.041
wOBA .246 .201 -0.045 .267 0.066 .208 -0.059
xSLG .231 .289 0.058 .335 0.046 .310 -0.025
SLG .188 .231 0.043 .365 0.134 .303 -0.062
K% 26.3 35.7 9.4 21.7 -14.0 20.5 -1.2
BB% 15.8 7.1 -8.7 5.8 -1.3 1.3 -4.5
Swing % 54.1 56.0 1.9 52.5 -3.5 52.7 0.2
Whiff% 34.8 42.9 8.1 26.6 -16.3 17.8 -8.8
In Zone % 45.9 46.0 0.1 50.0 4.0 51.0 1.0
Out of Zone % 54.1 54.0 -0.1 50.0 -4.0 49.0 -1.0
Out of Zone Swing % 34.8 40.7 5.9 31.1 -9.6 37.0 5.9
First Pitch Swing % 47.4 50.0 2.6 37.7 -12.3 39.7 2.0
First Pitch Strike % 68.4 78.6 10.2 60.9 -17.7 69.2 8.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts L 19 0 0.0 .246
2020 Shifts L 14 0 0.0 .201
2021 Shifts L 69 9 13.0 .281 .175
2022 Shifts L 78 6 7.7 .208 .210
2024 Shades L 25 4 16.0 .240 .220
! 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 %
2019 24 17.5 16.7% 0.0% 8 20.6 0.0% 12.5%
2020 12 13.5 58.3% 0.0% 7 24.7 0.0% 14.3%
2021 60 17.4 23.3% 5.0% 38 23.6 0.0% 10.5%
2022 71 17.6 26.8% 2.8% 51 22.9 0.0% 21.6%
2024 20 14.6 60.0% 0.0% 14 17.7 0.0% 0.0%
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