P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 190 lbs | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd. C-1, No. 42, Boston Red Sox | Angelina College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 0 1 12.27 2 2 0 7.1 5 2.59
2018 7 2 2.01 16 16 0 98.1 81 1.04
2019 2 5 6.56 12 12 0 59 39 1.49
13 Seasons 90 69 3.98 236 218 0 1,332.1 1,024 1.30
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 2 0-1 12.27 7.1 5 2.59
2018 16 7-2 2.01 98.1 81 1.04
2019 12 2-5 6.56 59 39 1.49
13 Seasons 236 90-69 3.98 1,332.1 1,024 1.30
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 30 1716 334 6 1.8 1.3 87.5 110.8 8.7 31.1 .241 .333 .292 .278 .335 32.0 22.8 4.9 3.26 3.17
2016 31 2226 435 29 6.7 4.9 88.2 112.9 16.2 29.9 .251 .421 .321 .328 .348 32.9 15.8 9.4 4.78 4.58
2017 32 144 32 1 3.1 2.5 83.0 105.2 22.2 46.9 .301 .458 .475 .348 .370 15.6 12.5 7.5 12.27 5.34
2018 33 1419 286 18 6.3 4.6 88.4 110.8 13.7 35.0 .248 .401 .269 .303 .357 36.7 20.6 5.6 2.01 3.87
2019 34 963 197 26 13.2 10.2 86.8 112.4 10.7 35.5 .294 .554 .378 .376 .424 36.5 15.4 6.3 6.56 6.57
Player 6468 1284 80 6.2 4.6 87.8 112.9 13.1 32.6 .255 .413 .313 .316 .359 33.6 18.6 6.8
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Buchholz relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(28.2%) ,
Sinker
(20.1%) ,
Changeup
(19.7%) ,
Curveball
(17.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(14.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 49.1 50.9 22.5 24.6 3.9 37.1 38.6 22.5 20.4 22.5 5.4 16.8 16.2 17.1
2016 42.5 57.5 28.5 18.2 10.8 43.2 35.9 20.9 22.8 15.4 4.4 20.5 20.5 16.6
2017 31.3 68.8 21.9 34.4 12.5 43.8 31.3 25.0 25.0 6.3 0.0 18.8 25.0 25.0
2018 43.4 56.6 22.4 26.6 7.7 34.3 40.6 25.2 19.6 19.9 3.8 14.7 20.6 21.3
2019 45.7 54.3 24.4 22.8 7.1 39.1 36.5 24.4 19.3 21.3 5.1 19.8 15.2 19.3
Player 44.6 55.4 24.8 22.8 7.8 39.0 37.6 22.9 21.0 18.9 4.5 18.1 18.7 18.4
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 3.0 38.9 21.3 24.9 5.7 1.8 1.3
2016 2.1 32.4 30.3 21.6 6.0 6.7 4.9
2017 6.3 21.9 34.4 28.1 6.3 3.1 2.5
2018 1.7 32.2 28.7 24.1 5.6 6.3 4.6
2019 6.1 30.5 21.8 23.9 4.6 13.2 10.2
Player 3.0 33.5 26.4 23.5 5.6 6.2 4.6
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2019 Cutter TOR R 272 84.4 30.8 1.0 2.6GLV -0.4 7.8 0.0 2.6GLV 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 139 89.7 18.0 -0.4 8.9ARM 2.1 16.1 0.5 8.9ARM 1.4
2019 Sinker TOR R 194 89.2 22.7 -1.8 14.2ARM 0.2 11.8 -2.7 14.2ARM -0.7
2019 Changeup TOR R 190 76.6 39.2 2.6 10.2ARM -1.9 7.4 -0.5 10.2ARM -3.3
2019 Curveball TOR R 168 75.1 61.1 0.0 13.7GLV 3.4 -11.1 1.4 13.7GLV 4.5
2018 Cutter AZ R 350 85.8 28.7 1.2 2.3GLV -0.5 8.5 0.2 2.3GLV -0.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 338 90.2 18.6 -1.1 9.6ARM 2.5 15.1 -0.6 9.6ARM 2.4
2018 Sinker AZ R 246 90.0 23.3 -0.6 14.3ARM 0.1 10.6 -1.3 14.3ARM -0.4
2018 Changeup AZ R 240 77.3 39.3 3.2 9.2ARM -2.9 6.3 0.4 9.2ARM -4.1
2018 Curveball AZ R 244 75.8 60.7 0.8 13.3GLV 3.3 -11.5 1.9 13.3GLV 4.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2019 Cutter -0.2 0 272 28.2 73 .324 .574 .403 24.3 13.7 14.7 .309 .600 .400 36.2
2019 Sinker -4.5 -9 194 20.1 56 .396 .736 .491 10.9 14.3 13.3 .337 .635 .420 46.7
2019 Changeup -1.1 -2 190 19.7 59 .208 .434 .313 24.5 18.6 15.1 .213 .405 .301 16.7
2019 Curveball -1.0 -2 168 17.4 37 .324 .441 .369 17.2 5.4 4.4 .351 .552 .411 30.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 139 14.4 28 .259 .630 .379 24.0 28.6 29.6 .260 .572 .353 68.4
2018 Cutter 2.6 9 350 24.7 98 .244 .300 .270 31.3 25.5 22.5 .229 .335 .274 27.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 6 338 23.8 78 .181 .361 .249 7.4 15.4 14.5 .260 .500 .351 49.2
2018 Sinker 0.1 0 246 17.3 92 .227 .409 .299 8.9 15.2 16.3 .257 .431 .312 47.3
2018 Curveball -1.3 -3 244 17.2 57 .333 .529 .388 15.9 14.0 15.1 .325 .475 .359 24.4
2018 Changeup 2.1 5 240 16.9 67 .129 .194 .211 35.6 32.8 27.5 .185 .282 .239 27.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 350 1,355 0 2 -11 -5 -14
2009 397 1,510 12 10 -11 -7 5
2010 708 2,798 20 29 -16 -12 21
2011 352 1,347 3 13 -11 -6 0
2012 799 2,891 0 24 -24 -12 -12
2013 416 1,629 18 18 -10 -4 21
2014 734 2,734 3 15 -19 -11 -13
2015 469 1,716 5 14 -5 -4 9
2016 587 2,225 6 23 -19 -10 0
2017 40 144 -2 -2 -1 0 -5
2018 392 1,418 3 25 -6 -4 18
2019 253 963 -5 6 -9 -4 -12
Player 5,497 20,730 63 177 -141 63 18
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,716 52.6 65.9 85.0 31.9 58.3 42.2 65.0 49.8 23.1 7.9 75.7
2016 2,226 50.2 63.9 85.7 27.3 59.7 45.1 62.6 45.7 22.0 6.3 71.6
2017 144 54.2 66.7 88.5 28.8 78.9 53.5 72.5 49.3 14.1 6.9 70.0
2018 1,419 50.7 66.9 85.9 29.8 61.1 43.4 67.7 48.6 21.5 7.3 71.2
2019 963 47.9 65.5 85.8 30.7 66.2 44.2 63.4 47.4 20.6 7.5 69.4
Player 6,468 50.7 65.4 85.6 29.6 61.1 44.0 64.7 47.7 21.8 7.2 72.4
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 79 52 83 94 75 85 99 66 58 67 90 53 74 50 65 88 89
2016 29 44 36 33 33 21 32 61 64 13 27 39 29 46 54 89 66
2017 16 34 76
2018 56 36 44 45 68 44 51 46 37 40 88 27 71 14 26 82 61
2019 3 4 2 2 19 30 1 91 50 6 76 14 68 7 22 75 65
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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 22.85 21 22.4 -1 14 10 14 66.7
2017 -- 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
2018 21.97 9 10.7 -2 11 11 2 22.2
2019 23.47 13 15.6 -3 5 11 7 53.8
Player 22.82 44 49.6 -6 31 33 23 52.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 21 23 20 24 23 21 24 22 22 19 20 31 19 20 22 22 18 21 23 25 21 22 28 27 19 20 23 28 22 23 20
2017 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1
2018 9 17 7 10 10 8 12 10 9 4 9 17 13 9 8 13 9 8 12 12 12 12 16 15 7 5 10 12 16 11 7
2019 13 18 13 17 19 16 18 15 15 11 14 18 17 15 15 14 15 14 15 16 14 16 18 17 15 12 16 20 17 16 11
Player 44 59 40 52 53 46 55 48 46 35 44 68 50 45 46 50 43 44 51 54 48 51 63 60 42 38 49 62 56 51 39
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed 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

2019 +/-   2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .306 +.086 .220 -.237 .457 +.207 .250 -.010 .260
xBA .294 +.046 .248 -.053 .301 +.050 .251 +.010 .241
OBP .352 +.084 .268 -.207 .475 +.151 .324 +.021 .303
xOBP .342 +.047 .295 -.051 .346 +.017 .329 +.042 .287
SLG .566 +.213 .353 -.333 .686 +.269 .417 +.056 .361
xSLG .554 +.153 .401 -.057 .458 +.037 .421 +.088 .333
ISO .260 +.128 .132 -.097 .229 +.062 .167 +.067 .100
xISO .260 +.106 .154 -.003 .157 -.013 .170 +.078 .092
BABIP .321 +.065 .256 -.228 .484 +.219 .265 -.065 .330
wOBA .378 +.109 .269 -.206 .475 +.154 .321 +.029 .292
xwOBA .376 +.073 .303 -.045 .348 +.020 .328 +.050 .278
wOBACON .427 +.118 .309 -.219 .528 +.189 .339 -.013 .352
xwOBACON .424 +.067 .357 -.013 .370 +.022 .348 +.013 .335
BACON .365 +.085 .280 -.220 .500 +.200 .300 -.042 .342
xBACON .353 +.036 .317 -.022 .339 +.033 .306 -.015 .321
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 36.5 -0.2 36.7 +21.1 15.6 -17.3 32.9 +0.9 32.0
Avg Exit Velocity 86.8 -1.6 88.4 +5.4 83.0 -5.2 88.2 +0.7 87.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 35.5 +0.5 35.0 -11.9 46.9 +17.0 29.9 -1.2 31.1
Barrel % 13.2 +6.9 6.3 +3.2 3.1 -3.6 6.7 +4.9 1.8
Avg Launch Angle 10.7 -3.0 13.7 -8.5 22.2 +6.0 16.2 +7.5 8.7
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 87.1 -1.4 88.5 -0.2 88.7 -2.8 91.5 +0.3 91.2
Breaking Velocity 75.1 -0.7 75.8 +0.2 75.6 -2.9 78.5 0.0 78.5
Offspeed Velocity 76.6 -0.7 77.3 -0.1 77.4 -4.4 81.8 +1.1 80.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 26 +8 18 +17 1 -28 29 +23 6
Popup % 7.1 -0.6 7.7 -4.8 12.5 +1.7 10.8 +6.9 3.9
Flyball % 24.4 +2.0 22.4 +0.5 21.9 -6.6 28.5 +6.0 22.5
Line Drive % 22.8 -3.8 26.6 -7.8 34.4 +16.2 18.2 -6.4 24.6
Groundball % 45.7 +2.3 43.4 +12.1 31.3 -11.2 42.5 -6.6 49.1
Pull % 39.1 +4.8 34.3 -9.5 43.8 +0.6 43.2 +6.1 37.1
Straight Away % 36.5 -4.1 40.6 +9.3 31.3 -4.6 35.9 -2.7 38.6
Opposite Field % 24.4 -0.8 25.2 +0.2 25.0 +4.1 20.9 -1.6 22.5
Weak Contact % 6.1 +4.4 1.7 -4.6 6.3 +4.2 2.1 -0.9 3.0
Pull Airball % 19.8 +5.1 14.7 -4.1 18.8 -1.7 20.5 +3.7 16.8
Topped Contact % 30.5 -1.7 32.2 +10.3 21.9 -10.5 32.4 -6.5 38.9
Under Contact % 21.8 -6.9 28.7 -5.7 34.4 +4.1 30.3 +9.0 21.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 23.9 -0.2 24.1 -4.0 28.1 +6.5 21.6 -3.3 24.9
Solid Contact % 4.6 -1.0 5.6 -0.7 6.3 +0.3 6.0 +0.3 5.7
HR/FB % 27.1 +13.0 14.1 -0.2 14.3 -2.6 16.9 +8.9 8.0
Popups 14 -8 22 +18 4 -43 47 +34 13
Flyballs 48 -16 64 +57 7 -117 124 +49 75
Line Drives 45 -31 76 +65 11 -68 79 -3 82
Groundballs 90 -34 124 +114 10 -175 185 +21 164
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.9 -2.8 50.7 -3.5 54.2 +4.0 50.2 -2.4 52.6
Out of Zone % 52.1 +2.8 49.3 +3.5 45.8 -4.0 49.8 +2.4 47.4
Edge % 44.2 +0.8 43.4 -10.1 53.5 +8.4 45.1 +2.9 42.2
Zone Swing % 65.5 -1.4 66.9 +0.2 66.7 +2.8 63.9 -2.0 65.9
Out of Zone Swing % 30.7 +0.9 29.8 +1.0 28.8 +1.5 27.3 -4.6 31.9
In Zone Contact % 85.8 -0.1 85.9 -2.6 88.5 +2.8 85.7 +0.7 85.0
Out of Zone Contact % 66.2 +5.1 61.1 -17.8 78.9 +19.2 59.7 +1.4 58.3
Whiff % 20.6 -0.9 21.5 +7.4 14.1 -7.9 22.0 -1.1 23.1
First Strike % 63.4 -4.3 67.7 -4.8 72.5 +9.9 62.6 -2.4 65.0
First Pitch Swing % 27.2 -2.3 29.5 -5.5 35.0 +5.9 29.1 +0.1 29.0
Swing % 47.4 -1.2 48.6 -0.7 49.3 +3.6 45.7 -4.1 49.8
Meatball Swing % 69.4 -1.8 71.2 +1.2 70.0 -1.6 71.6 -4.1 75.7
Meatball % 7.5 +0.2 7.3 +0.4 6.9 +0.6 6.3 -1.6 7.9
Zone Swing & Miss % 13.9 0.0 13.9 +2.4 11.5 -2.8 14.3 -0.7 15.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 33.8 -5.1 38.9 +17.8 21.1 -19.2 40.3 -1.4 41.7
In Zone 461 -258 719 +641 78 -1,039 1,117 +214 903
Out of Zone 502 -197 699 +633 66 -1,043 1,109 +296 813
Edge 426 -190 616 +539 77 -927 1,004 +280 724
In Zone Swings 302 -179 481 +429 52 -662 714 +119 595
Out of Zone Swings 154 -54 208 +189 19 -284 303 +44 259
In Zone Swing & Misses 42 -25 67 +61 6 -96 102 +13 89
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 52 -29 81 +77 4 -118 122 +14 108
Basic
Pitches 963 -456 1,419 +1,275 144 -2,082 2,226 +510 1,716
PA 254 -139 393 +353 40 -548 588 +119 469
AB 235 -128 363 +328 35 -485 520 +82 438
Hits 72 -8 80 +64 16 -114 130 +16 114
Singles 37 -14 51 +41 10 -76 86 +4 82
Doubles 22 +3 19 +14 5 -17 22 -4 26
Triples 0 -1 1 +1 0 -1 1 +1 0
Home Runs 13 +4 9 +8 1 -20 21 +15 6
Walks 16 -6 22 +19 3 -52 55 +32 23
Strikeouts 39 -42 81 +76 5 -88 93 -14 107
K% 15.4 -5.2 20.6 +8.1 12.5 -3.3 15.8 -7.0 22.8
BB% 6.3 +0.7 5.6 -1.9 7.5 -1.9 9.4 +4.5 4.9
HBP 1 -2 3 +3 0 -5 5 0 5
Batted Balls 197 -89 286 +254 32 -403 435 +101 334
Number of Fastballs 605 -329 934 +840 94 -1,303 1,397 +245 1,152
Number of Offspeed 190 -50 240 +219 21 -387 408 +103 305
Number of Breaking 168 -76 244 +215 29 -391 420 +161 259
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 583 .321 292 3 1.0 291 112 38.5
2017 Shifts 39 .464 18 3 16.7 21 6 28.6
2018 Shifts 392 .269 199 37 18.6 193 74 38.3
2019 Shifts 253 .378 114 33 28.9 139 107 77.0
! 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 %
2010 849 19.0 7.9% 4.1% 412 27.0 0.2% 25.5%
2011 423 21.3 1.4% 6.6% 177 27.6 0.0% 34.5%
2012 854 20.0 4.7% 5.0% 400 27.7 0.0% 32.0%
2013 519 18.7 11.0% 3.5% 256 26.8 0.0% 27.7%
2014 784 19.7 4.8% 2.9% 471 27.1 0.0% 28.2%
2015 487 20.5 10.9% 9.2% 242 27.1 5.4% 35.5%
2016 666 21.4 8.7% 10.2% 357 27.5 6.4% 35.0%
2017 28 20.0 0.0% 0.0% 26 24.2 0.0% 3.8%
2018 433 19.4 2.5% 1.2% 199 26.9 0.0% 24.1%
2019 282 20.1 0.4% 0.7% 160 26.6 0.0% 16.3%

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Pitch Distribution