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
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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