P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 230 lbs | Age: 38
Draft: 2005 | Rd. 33, No. 984, Washington Nationals | Highland Regional HS, NJ
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 1 2.98 64 0 0 45.1 50 1.43
2020 2 0 4.50 10 0 0 6 8 1.83
2021 0 2 6.61 18 0 0 16.1 16 1.78
7 Seasons 17 6 3.16 285 0 2 236.1 259 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 64 1-1 2.98 45.1 50 1.43
2020 10 2-0 4.50 6 8 1.83
2021 18 0-2 6.61 16.1 16 1.78
7 Seasons 285 17-6 3.16 236.1 259 1.22
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
2016 29 1127 136 8 5.9 3.2 88.5 112.1 28.4 36.8 .178 .296 .248 .263 .320 32.4 31.6 12.6 2.86 2.87
2017 30 1098 173 6 3.5 2.2 84.7 111.3 23.0 27.2 .179 .308 .277 .259 .283 29.5 24.3 9.7 2.89 2.83
2018 31 679 107 5 4.7 3.1 88.5 110.9 26.5 29.9 .213 .360 .282 .288 .346 37.4 25.2 9.2 2.75 3.47
2019 32 800 123 9 7.3 4.5 88.6 110.7 21.6 43.1 .262 .462 .334 .345 .425 33.3 25.3 11.6 2.98 5.37
2020 33 114 15 2 13.3 6.9 92.3 107.7 27.0 40.0 .260 .577 .385 .420 .532 53.3 27.6 20.7 4.50 8.33
2021 34 294 47 7 14.9 9.0 90.9 111.4 22.8 31.9 .238 .514 .406 .388 .428 46.8 20.5 16.7 6.61 6.86
Player 4112 601 37 6.2 3.8 87.7 112.1 24.7 33.8 .207 .367 .295 .297 .349 34.3 26.2 11.6
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

Buchter relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(51.4%) ,
Curveball
(37.4%) ,
Cutter
(11.2%) ,


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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 %
2016 21.3 78.7 29.4 27.9 21.3 30.9 38.2 30.9 9.6 10.3 1.5 21.3 27.9 29.4
2017 32.4 67.6 33.5 17.9 16.2 39.3 31.2 28.3 19.1 9.8 2.9 20.2 21.4 25.4
2018 28.0 72.0 28.0 23.4 20.6 37.4 34.6 25.2 11.2 11.2 4.7 26.2 23.4 20.6
2019 29.3 70.7 27.6 34.1 8.9 38.2 34.1 27.6 11.4 12.2 5.7 26.8 22.0 22.0
2020 13.3 86.7 40.0 33.3 13.3 46.7 40.0 13.3 13.3 0.0 0.0 33.3 40.0 13.3
2021 23.4 76.6 44.7 23.4 8.5 42.6 36.2 21.3 10.6 12.8 0.0 31.9 23.4 21.3
Player 27.3 72.7 31.4 25.3 16.0 37.3 34.6 27.3 13.1 10.6 3.2 24.1 24.0 24.1
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
2016 0.7 15.4 47.1 24.3 5.1 5.9 3.2
2017 7.5 20.2 42.8 20.8 4.6 3.5 2.2
2018 1.9 18.7 39.3 23.4 10.3 4.7 3.1
2019 4.1 18.7 30.1 26.8 8.1 7.3 4.5
2020 0.0 6.7 33.3 40.0 6.7 13.3 6.9
2021 2.1 14.9 38.3 21.3 8.5 14.9 9.0
Player 3.7 17.8 39.9 23.8 6.8 6.2 3.8
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
2021 4-Seam Fastball AZ L 151 90.5 15.7 1.4 9.5ARM 2.4 17.9 1.8 9.5ARM 1.9
2021 Cutter AZ L 33 86.7 27.3 1.7 2.0GLV -0.3 9.0 1.1 2.0GLV 0.3
2021 Curveball AZ L 110 76.2 47.5 -8.7 16.3GLV 4.0 -0.1 -8.9 16.3GLV 8.6
2020 Curveball LAA L 35 78.3 45.7 -7.3 15.7GLV 4.7 -1.1 -7.9 15.7GLV 7.7
2020 Cutter LAA L 9 87.2 26.8 1.8 1.8GLV -0.7 9.0 1.4 1.8GLV -0.1
2020 4-Seam Fastball LAA L 70 92.5 14.4 1.6 9.4ARM 1.9 17.5 1.5 9.4ARM 1.9
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.7 -4 151 51.4 41 .355 .774 .510 16.9 12.2 18.5 .277 .538 .428 59.3
2021 Curveball -1.3 -1 110 37.4 27 .200 .480 .313 34.9 33.3 31.0 .222 .581 .360 31.3
2021 Cutter 2.4 1 33 11.2 9 .000 .000 .233 14.3 22.2 33.3 .099 .112 .294 25.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 70 61.4 20 .176 .588 .368 28.6 40.0 33.3 .193 .526 .353 55.6
2020 Curveball 1.6 1 35 30.7 6 .000 .000 .233 21.4 0.0 0.0 .272 .567 .470 25.0
2020 Cutter -16.0 -1 9 7.9 3 1.000 1.000 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 .806 1.037 .766 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Curveball 110 76.2 57 17.4 3:45 3:15 30
2021 Cutter 33 86.7 51 8.3 11:30 12:30 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 151 90.5 98 19.8 10:45 11:00 -15
2020 Curveball 25 78.1 46 16.6 4:00 3:30 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 62 92.5 99 19.6 11:00 11:00 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 3 12 0 0 0 0 0
2016 244 1,115 8 22 -13 -4 14
2017 267 1,098 15 3 -8 -5 5
2018 162 678 0 12 -4 -3 5
2019 191 783 3 8 -9 -4 -2
2020 29 114 0 1 -2 0 -1
2021 77 294 1 -2 -2 -2 -5
Player 973 4,094 27 44 -38 27 16
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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 %
2016 1,127 48.0 66.2 77.4 23.1 67.9 43.3 55.1 43.3 25.2 6.5 76.7
2017 1,098 48.1 72.5 79.9 28.8 67.1 41.8 59.2 49.8 23.9 7.7 70.6
2018 679 48.1 69.9 78.5 27.8 65.3 44.2 56.2 48.0 25.5 6.6 84.4
2019 800 48.8 70.2 79.9 24.9 57.0 42.4 54.8 46.9 26.1 7.3 80.7
2020 114 55.3 73.0 76.1 9.8 60.0 36.8 62.1 44.7 25.5 10.5 75.0
2021 294 44.9 71.2 85.1 21.0 55.9 44.2 54.5 43.5 22.7 6.8 60.0
Player 4,112 48.2 69.8 79.2 25.3 64.3 42.8 56.5 46.6 24.9 7.2 75.7
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
2016 91 97 96 81 78 82 51 51 67 95 3 66 3 49 66 81
2017 93 97 92 77 91 88 91 96 78 67 28 48 63 45 64 13 87
2018 42 69 9 82
2019 35 56 7 83
2020 38 42 74
2021 11 48 3 86
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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 23.30 4 5.0 -1 3 6 1 25.0
2017 22.45 10 7.5 3 4 5 3 30.0
2018 23.88 4 4.9 -1 1 5 1 25.0
2019 23.43 8 7.4 1 2 7 2 25.0
2020 22.78 2 1.6 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 24.60 5 4.7 0 0 3 3 60.0
Player 23.26 33 31.1 2 11 27 11 33.3
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 4 7 5 7 5 4 7 6 4 3 5 6 5 4 6 5 1 2 6 5 5 2 7 8 4 5 5 8 6 3 3
2017 10 7 8 6 8 8 8 7 5 7 8 9 7 7 7 8 6 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 7 8 7 8 8 9 6
2018 4 6 3 4 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 6 6 4
2019 8 10 6 6 8 6 9 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 5 6 10 9 9 11 9 9 4 6 7 9 9 8 6
2020 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2021 5 6 4 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 3 6 6 4 4 6 5 4 4 5 3 4 6 4 4 3 6 6 5 4 3
Player 33 38 27 30 33 29 38 30 24 25 27 37 33 30 31 32 23 26 35 34 33 34 38 38 24 28 30 36 36 31 23
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

2021 +/-   2020 +/-   2019 +/-   2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016
Results
BA .258 +.041 .217 -.034 .251 +.032 .219 +.032 .187 +.027 .160
xBA .238 -.022 .260 -.002 .262 +.049 .213 +.034 .179 +.001 .178
OBP .397 +.018 .379 +.035 .344 +.054 .290 +.014 .276 +.005 .271
xOBP .386 -.027 .413 +.057 .356 +.066 .290 +.019 .271 -.020 .291
SLG .581 +.059 .522 +.067 .455 +.099 .356 -.010 .366 +.078 .288
xSLG .514 -.063 .577 +.115 .462 +.102 .360 +.052 .308 +.012 .296
ISO .323 +.019 .304 +.100 .204 +.067 .137 -.042 .179 +.052 .127
xISO .276 -.041 .317 +.117 .200 +.052 .148 +.019 .129 +.011 .118
BABIP .262 +.031 .231 -.073 .304 +.029 .275 +.066 .209 -.018 .227
wOBA .406 +.021 .385 +.051 .334 +.052 .282 +.005 .277 +.029 .248
xwOBA .388 -.032 .420 +.075 .345 +.057 .288 +.029 .259 -.004 .263
wOBACON .458 -.006 .464 +.060 .404 +.067 .337 +.026 .311 +.018 .293
xwOBACON .428 -.104 .532 +.107 .425 +.079 .346 +.063 .283 -.037 .320
BACON .340 +.007 .333 -.017 .350 +.048 .302 +.048 .254 +.004 .250
xBACON .321 -.078 .399 +.028 .371 +.069 .302 +.055 .247 -.038 .285
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 46.8 -6.5 53.3 +20.0 33.3 -4.1 37.4 +7.9 29.5 -2.9 32.4
Avg Exit Velocity 90.9 -1.4 92.3 +3.7 88.6 +0.1 88.5 +3.8 84.7 -3.8 88.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.9 -8.1 40.0 -3.1 43.1 +13.2 29.9 +2.7 27.2 -9.6 36.8
Barrel % 14.9 +1.6 13.3 +6.0 7.3 +2.6 4.7 +1.2 3.5 -2.4 5.9
Avg Launch Angle 22.8 -4.2 27.0 +5.4 21.6 -4.9 26.5 +3.5 23.0 -5.4 28.4
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 89.8 -2.1 91.9 0.0 91.9 0.0 91.9 -0.2 92.1 -0.6 92.7
Breaking Velocity 76.2 -2.1 78.3 +0.7 77.6 -1.9 79.5 +0.6 78.9 -6.6 85.5
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 7 +5 2 -7 9 +4 5 -1 6 -2 8
Popup % 8.5 -4.8 13.3 +4.4 8.9 -11.7 20.6 +4.4 16.2 -5.1 21.3
Flyball % 44.7 +4.7 40.0 +12.4 27.6 -0.4 28.0 -5.5 33.5 +4.1 29.4
Line Drive % 23.4 -9.9 33.3 -0.8 34.1 +10.7 23.4 +5.5 17.9 -10.0 27.9
Groundball % 23.4 +10.1 13.3 -16.0 29.3 +1.3 28.0 -4.4 32.4 +11.1 21.3
Pull % 42.6 -4.1 46.7 +8.5 38.2 +0.8 37.4 -1.9 39.3 +8.4 30.9
Straight Away % 36.2 -3.8 40.0 +5.9 34.1 -0.5 34.6 +3.4 31.2 -7.0 38.2
Opposite Field % 21.3 +8.0 13.3 -14.3 27.6 +2.4 25.2 -3.1 28.3 -2.6 30.9
Weak Contact % 2.1 +2.1 0.0 -4.1 4.1 +2.2 1.9 -5.6 7.5 +6.8 0.7
Pull Airball % 31.9 -1.4 33.3 +6.5 26.8 +0.6 26.2 +6.0 20.2 -1.1 21.3
Topped Contact % 14.9 +8.2 6.7 -12.0 18.7 0.0 18.7 -1.5 20.2 +4.8 15.4
Under Contact % 38.3 +5.0 33.3 +3.2 30.1 -9.2 39.3 -3.5 42.8 -4.3 47.1
Flare/Burner Contact % 21.3 -18.7 40.0 +13.2 26.8 +3.4 23.4 +2.6 20.8 -3.5 24.3
Solid Contact % 8.5 +1.8 6.7 -1.4 8.1 -2.2 10.3 +5.7 4.6 -0.5 5.1
HR/FB % 23.8 -9.5 33.3 +9.8 23.5 +10.2 13.3 -3.9 17.2 +7.2 10.0
Popups 4 +2 2 -9 11 -11 22 -6 28 -1 29
Flyballs 21 +15 6 -28 34 +4 30 -28 58 +18 40
Line Drives 11 +6 5 -37 42 +17 25 -6 31 -7 38
Groundballs 11 +9 2 -34 36 +6 30 -26 56 +27 29
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 44.9 -10.4 55.3 +6.5 48.8 +0.7 48.1 0.0 48.1 +0.1 48.0
Out of Zone % 55.1 +10.4 44.7 -6.5 51.2 -0.7 51.9 0.0 51.9 -0.1 52.0
Edge % 44.2 +7.4 36.8 -5.6 42.4 -1.8 44.2 +2.4 41.8 -1.5 43.3
Zone Swing % 71.2 -1.8 73.0 +2.8 70.2 +0.3 69.9 -2.6 72.5 +6.3 66.2
Out of Zone Swing % 21.0 +11.2 9.8 -15.1 24.9 -2.9 27.8 -1.0 28.8 +5.7 23.1
In Zone Contact % 85.1 +9.0 76.1 -3.8 79.9 +1.4 78.5 -1.4 79.9 +2.5 77.4
Out of Zone Contact % 55.9 -4.1 60.0 +3.0 57.0 -8.3 65.3 -1.8 67.1 -0.8 67.9
Whiff % 22.7 -2.8 25.5 -0.6 26.1 +0.6 25.5 +1.6 23.9 -1.3 25.2
First Strike % 54.5 -7.6 62.1 +7.3 54.8 -1.4 56.2 -3.0 59.2 +4.1 55.1
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 -9.3 37.9 +4.9 33.0 -1.0 34.0 +1.8 32.2 +6.7 25.5
Swing % 43.5 -1.2 44.7 -2.2 46.9 -1.1 48.0 -1.8 49.8 +6.5 43.3
Meatball Swing % 60.0 -15.0 75.0 -5.7 80.7 -3.7 84.4 +13.8 70.6 -6.1 76.7
Meatball % 6.8 -3.7 10.5 +3.2 7.3 +0.7 6.6 -1.1 7.7 +1.2 6.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 14.9 -9.0 23.9 +3.8 20.1 -1.4 21.5 +1.4 20.1 -2.5 22.6
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 44.1 +4.1 40.0 -3.0 43.0 +8.3 34.7 +1.8 32.9 +0.8 32.1
In Zone 132 +69 63 -319 382 +56 326 -202 528 -7 535
Out of Zone 162 +111 51 -350 401 +49 352 -218 570 -10 580
Edge 130 +88 42 -290 332 +32 300 -159 459 -24 483
In Zone Swings 94 +48 46 -222 268 +40 228 -155 383 +29 354
Out of Zone Swings 34 +29 5 -95 100 +2 98 -66 164 +30 134
In Zone Swing & Misses 14 +3 11 -43 54 +5 49 -28 77 -3 80
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 15 +13 2 -41 43 +9 34 -20 54 +11 43
Basic
Pitches 294 +180 114 -686 800 +121 679 -419 1,098 -29 1,127
PA 78 +49 29 -169 198 +35 163 -105 268 +21 247
AB 62 +39 23 -144 167 +21 146 -89 235 +23 212
Hits 16 +11 5 -37 42 +10 32 -12 44 +10 34
Singles 6 +4 2 -23 25 +5 20 -3 23 +7 16
Doubles 5 +4 1 -7 8 0 8 -2 10 -3 13
Triples 0 0 0 -1 1 +1 0 -1 1 0 1
Home Runs 5 +3 2 -6 8 +4 4 -6 10 +6 4
Walks 13 +7 6 -17 23 +8 15 -11 26 -5 31
Strikeouts 16 +8 8 -42 50 +9 41 -24 65 -13 78
K% 20.5 -7.1 27.6 +2.3 25.3 +0.1 25.2 +0.9 24.3 -7.3 31.6
BB% 16.7 -4.0 20.7 +9.1 11.6 +2.4 9.2 -0.5 9.7 -2.9 12.6
HBP 2 +2 0 -2 2 +2 0 -4 4 +2 2
Batted Balls 47 +32 15 -108 123 +16 107 -66 173 +37 136
Number of Fastballs 184 +105 79 -528 607 +46 561 -449 1,010 +8 1,002
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 110 +75 35 -141 176 +59 117 +30 87 -25 112
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 242 .250 158 9 5.7 84 32 38.1
2017 Shifts 267 .277 169 4 2.4 98 27 27.6
2018 Shifts 162 .282 70 3 4.3 92 21 22.8
2019 Shifts 191 .331 80 2 2.5 111 14 12.6
2020 Shifts 29 .385 13 4 30.8 16 5 31.3
2021 Shifts 77 .406 47 12 25.5 30 12 40.0
! 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 %
2014 4 16.0 25.0% 0.0% 3 24.3 0.0% 33.3%
2016 369 20.5 9.8% 3.5% 178 25.7 1.7% 20.8%
2017 327 19.3 6.4% 0.3% 154 24.8 0.6% 16.2%
2018 210 20.7 0.0% 4.8% 99 28.2 0.0% 31.3%
2019 206 19.1 5.3% 3.9% 153 28.0 0.0% 35.3%
2020 24 21.3 0.0% 4.2% 26 24.1 0.0% 11.5%
2021 84 19.0 6.0% 2.4% 57 26.0 0.0% 12.3%

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Pitch Distribution