Christian Walker
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 208LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 4, #132, Baltimore Orioles | South Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 667 583 84 141 36 2 .242 .327 .477 .804
2023 661 582 86 150 33 11 .258 .333 .497 .830
2024 552 479 72 120 26 2 .251 .335 .468 .803
10 Seasons 3,270 2,880 427 720 147 25 .250 .330 .463 .793
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .242 36 2 .804
2023 .258 33 11 .830
2024 .251 26 2 .803
10 Seasons .250 147 25 .793
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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 24 48 5 0 0.0 0.0 88.0 113.1 2.4 0.0 .201 .220 .245 .313 .339 60.0 33.3 25.0
2017 26 66 7 3 42.9 20.0 95.2 109.1 16.3 42.9 .283 .786 .489 .490 .745 42.9 33.3 6.7
2018 27 224 27 4 14.8 7.5 86.2 114.4 18.7 44.4 .184 .457 .264 .300 .485 29.6 41.5 5.7
2019 28 2413 375 49 13.1 8.1 91.1 112.4 14.8 34.1 .262 .516 .346 .364 .456 48.8 25.7 11.1
2020 29 962 171 11 6.4 4.5 90.4 110.4 11.5 34.5 .266 .454 .339 .339 .392 48.5 20.6 7.8
2021 30 1774 297 19 6.4 4.3 88.8 111.1 15.6 34.0 .249 .386 .304 .311 .369 41.1 23.8 8.5
2022 31 2543 459 53 11.5 7.9 90.0 112.6 17.0 33.3 .257 .484 .346 .359 .407 44.0 19.6 10.3
2023 32 2671 463 53 11.4 8.0 88.0 114.3 15.8 32.6 .251 .460 .351 .339 .380 40.4 19.2 9.4
2024 33 2315 354 47 13.3 8.5 91.2 113.9 16.6 35.0 .246 .457 .343 .351 .424 48.0 24.1 10.0
Player 13016 2158 239 11.1 7.4 89.8 114.4 15.7 33.9 .253 .464 .339 .346 .408 44.5 22.5 9.8
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 80.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 40.0 40.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 28.6 42.9 28.6 0.0 28.6 28.6 42.9 0.0 28.6 14.3 14.3 0.0 42.9 20.0
2018 37.0 22.2 25.9 14.8 33.3 29.6 37.0 3.7 29.6 33.3 14.8 3.7 14.8 7.5
2019 42.4 27.5 22.9 7.2 36.3 40.0 23.7 2.7 30.1 23.7 23.5 6.9 13.1 8.1
2020 42.7 22.8 28.1 6.4 40.4 34.5 25.1 4.7 28.1 24.0 25.7 10.5 6.4 4.5
2021 39.4 28.3 24.2 8.1 38.4 33.3 28.3 3.4 27.3 28.3 26.3 8.4 6.4 4.3
2022 39.2 30.9 21.4 8.5 38.8 37.0 24.2 3.7 26.4 29.4 22.0 6.5 11.5 7.9
2023 38.7 32.6 19.4 9.3 40.6 35.0 24.4 5.2 28.9 29.2 19.2 6.0 11.4 8.0
2024 37.9 31.9 22.3 7.9 41.0 34.7 24.3 3.1 25.1 28.0 23.2 7.1 13.3 8.5
Player 39.8 29.7 22.4 8.2 39.1 35.9 25.0 3.8 27.7 27.5 22.7 7.1 11.1 7.4
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 0.0 0 765 33.0 151 .230 .500 .364 28.7 31.1 18.9 .243 .486 .375 51.9
2024 Slider -1.0 -4 404 17.5 103 .206 .351 .258 31.7 29.1 22.6 .212 .403 .280 39.7
2024 Sinker -0.2 -1 368 15.9 102 .271 .459 .363 10.1 8.8 10.1 .328 .543 .425 53.8
2024 Changeup 3.5 8 227 9.8 67 .328 .656 .429 24.4 20.9 16.3 .295 .601 .424 54.2
2024 Curveball 2.1 4 171 7.4 41 .297 .378 .335 34.3 36.6 23.8 .210 .298 .265 50.0
2024 Sweeper 1.9 3 166 7.2 43 .211 .474 .317 24.7 18.6 14.5 .161 .310 .252 38.7
2024 Cutter 1.8 3 137 5.9 26 .318 .636 .421 18.2 19.2 15.2 .255 .471 .416 44.4
2024 Split-Finger -3.5 -2 45 1.9 9 .111 .111 .100 37.9 33.3 13.6 .093 .119 .093 16.7
2024 Slurve 2.2 0 15 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball 7.7 1 14 0.6 5 .333 .333 .460 42.9 40.0 25.0 .082 .107 .324 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 7 786 29.4 168 .282 .592 .409 25.4 23.8 16.4 .236 .480 .354 43.3
2023 Sinker -0.1 -1 526 19.7 151 .326 .459 .385 10.9 8.6 10.2 .316 .484 .379 39.3
2023 Slider 0.4 2 454 17.0 107 .213 .457 .314 36.0 22.4 17.3 .222 .435 .307 39.2
2023 Changeup 0.3 1 261 9.8 82 .278 .468 .333 30.9 15.9 13.1 .270 .425 .311 39.4
2023 Curveball 0.7 1 206 7.7 45 .154 .538 .320 33.7 33.3 18.1 .198 .474 .327 56.0
2023 Cutter 1.9 4 191 7.2 49 .311 .756 .462 21.1 10.2 10.9 .298 .679 .428 45.0
2023 Sweeper -1.1 -2 177 6.6 39 .125 .250 .237 35.5 23.1 14.8 .146 .276 .265 20.8
2023 Split-Finger -5.1 -3 57 2.1 15 .000 .000 .047 41.7 46.7 23.3 .122 .134 .150 28.6
2023 Slurve -3.1 0 11 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .154 .175 .141 0.0
2023 Knuckleball -8.5 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 53 224 -3 -3 0 1 -5
2019 597 2,413 3 -25 19 11 8
2020 243 962 -1 -4 7 3 5
2021 444 1,774 -4 -16 8 9 -2
2022 665 2,543 3 -21 23 13 19
2023 732 2,966 5 -31 22 14 9
2024 548 2,314 3 -22 19 12 11
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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 48 45.8 59.1 38.5 42.3 81.8 43.8 50.0 50.0 41.7 4.2 50.0
2017 66 48.5 75.0 54.2 32.4 36.4 36.4 40.0 53.0 51.4 12.1 100.0
2018 224 45.1 86.1 77.0 35.0 44.2 44.6 39.6 58.0 33.8 4.5 100.0
2019 2,413 48.5 74.9 78.0 24.0 51.3 40.6 33.8 48.7 28.8 7.1 85.4
2020 962 49.3 74.3 82.1 29.9 50.7 46.8 31.7 51.8 27.1 5.7 83.6
2021 1,774 48.4 80.9 79.3 28.0 54.7 42.8 41.7 53.6 27.3 8.0 89.4
2022 2,543 48.2 67.9 84.4 23.1 50.8 42.4 30.3 44.7 24.6 7.8 79.8
2023 2,671 49.6 71.3 81.1 26.1 53.3 42.9 29.4 48.6 26.4 7.7 77.6
2024 2,315 48.6 73.1 82.5 24.3 51.2 41.6 25.0 48.0 25.6 7.9 78.0
Player 13,016 48.7 73.4 80.8 25.6 52.0 42.4 31.8 48.9 26.9 7.5 81.9
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
2017 68 56
2018 95 79
2019 83 59 85 87 76 89 90 83 86 94 23 77 19 80 59 98
2020 62 69 65 56 53 55 38 76 75 89 60 34 44 36 53 60
2021 28 43 26 26 42 26 29 38 79 49 32 43 33 46 60 84 2
2022 92 66 92 92 82 94 82 69 86 72 58 76 50 82 31 99 7
2023 67 43 74 76 54 91 75 23 92 47 67 61 42 68 27 97 5
2024 86 47 80 86 79 86 90 82 91 86 36 73 44 77 21 97 3 89 8 29
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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 23.4 2 1.5 1 0 2 0 0.0
2018 23.1 3 3.0 0 0 0 3 100.0
2019 23.3 29 28.1 1 13 20 11 37.9
2020 24.6 7 8.5 -2 6 6 4 57.1
2021 24.5 10 10.1 0 5 10 3 30.0
2022 25.7 36 35.3 1 15 18 21 58.3
2023 25.5 34 28.6 5 11 28 11 32.4
2024 25.2 26 25.2 1 9 15 13 50.0
Player 24.9 147 140.2 7 59 99 66 44.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1
2018 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 29 33 22 30 27 29 32 28 19 23 25 29 30 28 29 27 28 27 29 27 29 30 35 34 28 28 25 32 31 26 22
2020 7 9 7 9 9 9 12 6 9 5 7 8 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 11 8 11 12 9 6 6 7 12 10 12 8
2021 10 12 9 11 10 8 11 11 6 5 8 9 10 9 10 15 10 8 14 12 10 10 15 13 7 8 15 11 9 8 9
2022 36 29 37 35 38 33 38 32 28 29 33 38 35 36 37 41 33 35 36 37 36 39 42 38 27 32 38 39 39 33 35
2023 34 24 21 32 28 23 31 27 27 21 27 30 30 21 35 32 34 26 32 35 27 26 45 35 27 22 30 32 33 26 20
2024 26 18 22 25 24 26 27 26 24 21 27 28 25 21 25 25 24 24 27 27 27 25 31 28 23 25 25 26 27 25 27
Player 147 129 123 147 140 132 156 135 116 108 131 147 141 125 148 153 141 132 151 153 142 145 185 162 123 125 145 157 154 134 125
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 95.2 86.2 -9.0 ↓ 91.1 4.9 ↑ 90.4 -0.7 ↓ 88.8 -1.6 ↓ 90.0 1.2 ↑ 88.0 -2.0 ↓ 91.2 3.2 ↑
Launch Angle 16.3 18.7 2.4 ↑ 14.8 -3.9 ↓ 11.5 -3.3 ↓ 15.6 4.1 ↑ 17.0 1.4 ↑ 15.8 -1.2 ↓ 16.6 0.8 ↑
Barrel % 42.9 14.8 -28.1 ↓ 13.1 -1.7 ↓ 6.4 -6.7 ↓ 6.4 0.0 11.5 5.1 ↑ 11.4 -0.1 ↓ 13.3 1.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 42.9 29.6 -13.3 ↓ 48.8 19.2 ↑ 48.5 -0.3 ↓ 41.1 -7.4 ↓ 44.0 2.9 ↑ 40.4 -3.6 ↓ 48.0 7.6 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 42.9 44.4 1.5 ↑ 34.1 -10.3 ↓ 34.5 0.4 ↑ 34.0 -0.5 ↓ 33.3 -0.7 ↓ 32.6 -0.7 ↓ 35.0 2.4 ↑
xBA .283 .184 -0.099 ↓ .262 0.078 ↑ .266 0.004 ↑ .249 -0.017 ↓ .257 0.008 ↑ .251 -0.006 ↓ .246 -0.005 ↓
BA .250 .163 -0.087 ↓ .259 0.096 ↑ .271 0.012 ↑ .244 -0.027 ↓ .242 -0.002 ↓ .258 0.016 ↑ .251 -0.007 ↓
xwOBA .490 .300 -0.190 ↓ .364 0.064 ↑ .339 -0.025 ↓ .311 -0.028 ↓ .359 0.048 ↑ .339 -0.020 ↓ .351 0.012 ↑
wOBA .489 .264 -0.225 ↓ .346 0.082 ↑ .339 -0.007 ↓ .304 -0.035 ↓ .346 0.042 ↑ .351 0.005 ↑ .343 -0.008 ↓
xSLG .785 .457 -0.328 ↓ .516 0.059 ↑ .454 -0.062 ↓ .386 -0.068 ↓ .484 0.098 ↑ .460 -0.024 ↓ .457 -0.003 ↓
SLG .833 .388 -0.445 ↓ .476 0.088 ↑ .459 -0.017 ↓ .382 -0.077 ↓ .477 0.095 ↑ .497 0.020 ↑ .468 -0.029 ↓
K% 33.3 41.5 8.2 ↑ 25.7 -15.8 ↓ 20.6 -5.1 ↓ 23.8 3.2 ↑ 19.6 -4.2 ↓ 19.2 -0.4 ↓ 24.1 4.9 ↑
BB% 6.7 5.7 -1.0 ↓ 11.1 5.4 ↑ 7.8 -3.3 ↓ 8.5 0.7 ↑ 10.3 1.8 ↑ 9.4 -0.9 ↓ 10.0 0.6 ↑
Swing % 53.0 58.0 5.0 ↑ 48.7 -9.3 ↓ 51.8 3.1 ↑ 53.6 1.8 ↑ 44.7 -8.9 ↓ 48.6 3.9 ↑ 48.0 -0.6 ↓
Whiff% 51.4 33.8 -17.6 ↓ 28.8 -5.0 ↓ 27.1 -1.7 ↓ 27.3 0.2 ↑ 24.6 -2.7 ↓ 26.4 1.8 ↑ 25.6 -0.8 ↓
In Zone % 48.5 45.1 -3.4 ↓ 48.5 3.4 ↑ 49.3 0.8 ↑ 48.4 -0.9 ↓ 48.2 -0.2 ↓ 49.6 1.4 ↑ 48.6 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.5 54.9 3.4 ↑ 51.5 -3.4 ↓ 50.7 -0.8 ↓ 51.6 0.9 ↑ 51.8 0.2 ↑ 50.4 -1.4 ↓ 51.4 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.4 35.0 2.6 ↑ 24.0 -11.0 ↓ 29.9 5.9 ↑ 28.0 -1.9 ↓ 23.1 -4.9 ↓ 26.1 3.0 ↑ 24.3 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 40.0 39.6 -0.4 ↓ 33.8 -5.8 ↓ 31.7 -2.1 ↓ 41.7 10.0 ↑ 30.3 -11.4 ↓ 29.4 -0.9 ↓ 25.0 -4.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 53.3 56.6 3.3 ↑ 59.2 2.6 ↑ 60.5 1.3 ↑ 64.6 4.1 ↑ 61.4 -3.2 ↓ 60.4 -1.0 ↓ 57.4 -3.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 15 0 0.0 .489
2018 Shifts R 53 3 5.7 .255 .416
2019 Shifts R 594 83 14.0 .349 .322
2020 Shifts R 243 48 19.8 .324 .398
2021 Shifts R 444 58 13.1 .291 .387
2022 Shifts R 665 243 36.5 .345 .347
2023 Shades R 657 74 11.3 .337 .438
2024 Shades R 548 68 12.4 .349 .305
! 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 %
2014 29 16.8 13.8% 0.0% 8 25.2 0.0% 25.0%
2015 8 9.7 50.0% 0.0% 9 25.2 0.0% 0.0%
2017 19 19.0 10.5% 10.5% 5 32.6 0.0% 60.0%
2018 47 20.1 4.3% 6.4% 32 25.4 0.0% 18.8%
2019 655 19.4 6.7% 2.9% 392 24.3 0.3% 14.8%
2020 219 18.8 10.0% 1.8% 166 24.2 0.0% 12.7%
2021 449 20.7 5.6% 4.5% 265 25.7 0.0% 18.9%
2022 689 20.2 3.9% 4.2% 492 25.6 0.0% 17.7%
2023 635 15.9 36.7% 0.3% 465 20.0 2.8% 1.9%
2024 562 16.4 27.9% 0.7% 433 19.3 0.7% 1.2%
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