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 .269 .516 .366 .358 .456 48.1 25.5 5.2
Player 10917 1813 192 10.6 6.7 90.5 116.9 18.1 32.5 .235 .436 .331 .316 .416 41.0 28.9 6.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 .307 .659 .432 60.0
2024 Slider 2.6 7 272 18.7 80 .286 .532 .359 40.6 30.0 23.8 .259 .437 .310 41.5
2024 Sinker 0.8 2 225 15.4 60 .278 .481 .361 23.6 16.7 19.2 .276 .544 .381 47.7
2024 Changeup -1.6 -3 189 13.0 42 .175 .275 .239 47.5 42.9 27.3 .154 .252 .198 22.7
2024 Curveball -0.8 -1 120 8.2 27 .250 .417 .331 40.8 40.7 26.2 .194 .295 .264 30.8
2024 Cutter -0.6 -1 91 6.2 26 .240 .480 .317 33.3 26.9 29.2 .325 .645 .419 55.6
2024 Sweeper 1.8 2 84 5.8 25 .333 .542 .388 25.0 12.0 13.0 .340 .606 .413 42.9
2024 Split-Finger 1.8 1 40 2.7 5 .200 .800 .400 55.0 80.0 25.0 .169 .474 .262 100.0
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 -2.2 -5 223 16.3 55 .163 .286 .247 42.3 40.0 28.2 .195 .359 .284 29.6
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 1.9 2 109 8.0 32 .290 .677 .411 19.7 21.9 23.3 .273 .499 .336 54.2
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
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 8 493 32.2 116 .252 .670 .431 29.3 29.3 24.3 .262 .669 .422 60.9
2022 Slider 0.4 1 288 18.8 69 .265 .588 .371 43.1 40.6 30.1 .234 .463 .315 40.0
2022 Sinker -1.5 -3 227 14.8 62 .176 .392 .307 21.7 22.6 26.9 .234 .372 .328 42.1
2022 Changeup -2.0 -4 184 12.0 42 .081 .108 .177 37.6 31.0 24.1 .220 .309 .286 45.8
2022 Cutter 1.1 2 140 9.2 37 .226 .387 .357 38.0 29.7 26.8 .201 .405 .330 50.0
2022 Curveball 1.3 2 121 7.9 37 .273 .545 .384 38.6 32.4 29.3 .266 .525 .378 52.4
2022 Sweeper 1.3 1 60 3.9 14 .214 .857 .429 35.1 21.4 13.0 .230 .588 .346 45.5
2022 Split-Finger 21.3 1 7 0.5 2 1.000 4.000 1.350 50.0 0.0 0.0 1.000 4.000 1.350 100.0
2022 Slurve -8.9 0 5 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .015 .049 .025 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 7 279 30.2 73 .323 .800 .490 29.3 28.8 25.0 .300 .734 .457 70.5
2021 Slider 2.0 4 207 22.4 63 .281 .474 .358 36.8 33.3 29.6 .258 .469 .346 41.7
2021 Sinker 1.8 3 173 18.7 49 .319 .617 .427 14.4 6.1 8.8 .343 .681 .443 50.0
2021 Changeup -1.0 -1 120 13.0 29 .222 .370 .283 36.2 31.0 20.0 .280 .419 .330 38.9
2021 Curveball 4.7 3 66 7.1 17 .375 .938 .550 32.3 29.4 21.7 .295 .595 .392 72.7
2021 Cutter 4.1 2 57 6.2 17 .412 .882 .541 25.8 17.6 42.9 .355 .702 .450 64.3
2021 Split-Finger -7.6 -1 11 1.2 3 .000 .000 .000 42.9 0.0 0.0 .205 .218 .186 0.0
2021 Sweeper -5.4 0 7 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .143 .152 .153 0.0
2021 Slurve 27.0 1 5 0.5 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .937 3.310 1.717 100.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -3 175 39.5 50 .174 .370 .238 24.1 28.0 29.2 .215 .451 .283 44.1
2020 Slider 9.2 8 87 19.6 31 .419 1.129 .666 21.1 12.9 15.4 .359 .946 .536 63.0
2020 Sinker -2.1 -2 76 17.2 17 .188 .375 .318 14.9 11.8 10.5 .306 .542 .375 42.9
2020 Curveball -2.3 -1 43 9.7 13 .231 .231 .208 54.8 46.2 37.5 .128 .141 .125 28.6
2020 Changeup -2.7 -1 37 8.4 15 .200 .467 .296 60.7 60.0 47.4 .142 .238 .161 50.0
2020 Cutter -4.1 -1 22 5.0 7 .286 .857 .464 27.3 14.3 50.0 .303 .897 .489 50.0
2020 Sweeper -8.4 0 2 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .000 .000 .000 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 17.2 0 1 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .451 .502 .410 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -5 309 30.0 93 .221 .419 .308 25.1 21.5 24.7 .247 .441 .309 38.8
2019 Slider -0.9 -2 257 24.9 71 .200 .446 .299 43.0 31.0 27.2 .198 .368 .267 29.5
2019 Sinker 2.3 4 188 18.2 49 .349 .651 .492 9.8 4.1 5.9 .368 .550 .428 53.7
2019 Changeup -0.5 0 90 8.7 26 .292 .417 .337 32.1 30.8 22.9 .189 .276 .239 25.0
2019 Curveball 2.7 2 85 8.2 22 .318 .682 .416 19.4 22.7 21.7 .230 .374 .256 47.1
2019 Cutter 10.0 5 51 4.9 19 .389 .778 .503 32.3 26.3 35.7 .290 .629 .397 30.8
2019 Sweeper -5.0 -1 19 1.8 5 .000 .000 .000 44.4 20.0 25.0 .059 .071 .055 50.0
2019 Split-Finger -8.8 -1 10 1.0 4 .250 .250 .225 50.0 75.0 50.0 .227 .242 .204 0.0
2019 Slurve 73.8 1 1 0.1 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .040 .076 .041 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -5.0 -7 131 36.9 42 .146 .171 .175 26.9 35.7 31.9 .149 .188 .161 23.1
2018 Slider -0.9 -1 80 22.5 19 .278 .389 .289 47.8 36.8 33.3 .263 .319 .253 33.3
2018 Sinker -0.2 0 50 14.1 11 .300 .400 .285 3.8 9.1 8.3 .168 .199 .214 33.3
2018 Curveball -2.6 -1 43 12.1 9 .000 .000 .078 35.3 33.3 17.6 .205 .363 .290 60.0
2018 Cutter -5.4 -1 27 7.6 9 .000 .000 .000 16.7 11.1 11.1 .139 .196 .147 12.5
2018 Changeup -2.6 -1 19 5.4 3 .000 .000 .000 36.4 33.3 12.5 .247 .266 .222 0.0
2018 Split-Finger -1.8 0 3 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .013 .013 .012 0.0
2018 Sweeper 0.0 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -5 692 34.8 163 .248 .438 .342 25.9 25.2 21.1 .261 .456 .359 43.4
2017 Slider -1.2 -5 415 20.8 107 .228 .327 .250 40.4 39.3 27.6 .181 .266 .216 16.7
2017 Sinker -0.4 -2 367 18.4 95 .302 .465 .359 19.8 23.2 21.4 .294 .492 .356 37.9
2017 Curveball -0.6 -1 207 10.4 50 .271 .542 .349 30.0 36.0 25.4 .218 .396 .267 32.3
2017 Changeup 0.1 0 143 7.2 43 .220 .366 .292 40.9 27.9 27.3 .227 .327 .256 13.8
2017 Cutter -0.6 -1 125 6.3 33 .281 .375 .319 34.3 24.2 26.7 .244 .350 .266 33.3
2017 Split-Finger -7.3 -2 22 1.1 11 .182 .182 .164 41.2 45.5 41.7 .145 .241 .166 16.7
2017 Sweeper -15.7 -1 5 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Slurve -11.9 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 33.8 9.4 65.9
2017 1,991 50.6 66.7 74.9 32.0 49.5 42.2 33.9 49.6 30.4 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 28.5 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 31.2 7.7 79.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 13 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 6 64 93 91
2023 35 5 48 78 20 50 90 84 98 74 8 71 19 53 94
2024 89 78 92 92 60 65 89 87 88 87 27 12 10 22 97 82 88 83 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 9.8 0 5 6 5 50.0
2017 19.2 16 14.5 2 3 6 9 56.3
2019 21.4 10 10.2 0 7 3 8 80.0
2020 21.9 13 12.8 0 2 6 8 61.5
2021 23.0 19 18.5 1 3 11 10 52.6
2022 23.3 28 26.4 2 7 15 13 46.4
2023 22.7 17 17.5 -1 5 11 9 52.9
2024 21.7 18 19.2 -1 2 18 7 38.9
Player 21.9 131 128.8 2 34 76 69 52.7