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Taijuan Walker
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 235LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2010 | Rd: C-A, #43, Seattle Mariners | Yucaipa HS
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 12 5 3.49 29 29 0 157.1 132 1.19
2023 15 6 4.38 31 31 0 172.2 138 1.31
2024 3 7 7.10 19 15 0 83.2 58 1.72
12 Seasons 72 63 4.19 217 209 0 1,154.1 1,002 1.27
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 29 12-5 3.49 157.1 132 1.19
2023 31 15-6 4.38 172.2 138 1.31
2024 19 3-7 7.10 83.2 58 1.72
12 Seasons 217 72-63 4.19 1,154.1 1,002 1.27
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value-35NOT QUALIFIED1Fastball Run Value-25NOT QUALIFIED1Breaking Run Value6NOT QUALIFIED87Offspeed Run Value-16NOT QUALIFIED1PitchingxERA7.09NOT QUALIFIED1xBA.295NOT QUALIFIED1Fastball Velo91.3NOT QUALIFIED12Avg Exit Velocity91.4NOT QUALIFIED1Chase %25.1NOT QUALIFIED13Whiff %16.7NOT QUALIFIED1K %15.2NOT QUALIFIED3BB %9.7NOT QUALIFIED25Barrel %13.4NOT QUALIFIED1Hard-Hit %46.3NOT QUALIFIED3GB %37.5NOT QUALIFIED21Extension6.0NOT QUALIFIED13
20242024 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.ARM ANGLE41°12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"0.1 INCHES BREAK14.7 INCHES RISEAVG7.2 INCHES BREAK10.4 INCHES DROPAVG9.3 INCHES TAIL17.0 INCHES RISEAVG5.5 INCHES BREAK8.5 INCHES RISEAVG10.7 INCHES TAIL2.8 INCHES RISEAVG14.9 INCHES TAIL12.1 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHRHP AVGSinker26%91.193.6Split21%86.786.5Sweeper17%85.182.34-Seam11%91.694.7Curve10%74.780.3Cutter9%87.490.0SAMPLE100 PITCH

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 22 2630 500 38 7.6 5.4 89.4 113.2 13.9 35.0 .251 .428 .311 .318 .384 33.8 22.3 5.5 4.56 4.22
2016 23 2311 409 37 9.0 6.5 89.4 111.5 12.7 34.0 .247 .436 .326 .321 .376 36.7 20.8 6.5 4.22 4.37
2017 24 2743 467 24 5.1 3.5 88.7 116.7 9.6 30.2 .244 .406 .311 .313 .360 34.5 21.4 8.9 3.49 4.21
2018 25 224 42 5 11.9 8.9 92.1 112.5 10.8 38.1 .307 .528 .331 .385 .433 42.9 16.1 8.9 3.46 6.69
2019 26 15 3 1 33.3 25.0 92.6 103.0 19.3 33.3 .263 .524 .304 .324 .431 33.3 25.0 0.0 0.00 4.66
2020 27 884 152 11 7.2 4.9 88.4 108.6 14.0 40.1 .254 .452 .291 .340 .397 32.9 22.2 8.4 2.70 5.00
2021 28 2547 449 45 10.0 6.9 89.1 115.9 12.4 30.5 .245 .442 .301 .328 .387 39.4 22.3 8.4 4.47 4.60
2022 29 2500 466 34 7.3 5.2 89.3 115.9 11.3 33.7 .245 .395 .293 .308 .354 40.6 20.3 6.9 3.49 3.94
2023 30 2837 516 35 6.8 4.8 89.1 111.3 11.1 33.1 .248 .405 .313 .321 .351 40.9 18.8 9.7 4.38 4.36
2024 31 1435 283 38 13.4 10.0 91.4 115.3 15.4 37.8 .295 .553 .413 .396 .435 46.3 15.2 9.7 7.10 7.09
Player 18126 3287 268 8.2 5.7 89.4 116.7 12.2 33.6 .252 .432 .317 .327 .376 38.3 20.5 7.9
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Walker relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(27.4%) ,
Split Finger
(22.1%) ,
Sweeper
(17.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(12.5%) ,
Curveball
(10.8%) ,
Cutter
(9.3%) ,

Sinker393 Pitches (27.4%)
Split Finger317 Pitches (22.1%)
Sweeper256 Pitches (17.8%)
Four Seamer180 Pitches (12.5%)
Curveball155 Pitches (10.8%)
Cutter134 Pitches (9.3%)

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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 40.6 59.4 21.2 29.6 8.6 38.6 36.4 24.8 20.6 14.4 5.4 18.0 22.0 19.4
2016 45.0 55.0 19.3 27.4 8.3 38.1 36.4 25.4 21.3 18.8 4.9 16.9 17.6 20.5
2017 50.1 49.9 22.1 23.3 4.5 31.9 36.8 31.3 20.8 20.6 8.8 11.1 16.3 22.5
2018 45.2 54.8 23.8 31.0 0.0 28.6 47.6 23.8 11.9 28.6 4.8 16.7 19.0 19.0
2019 33.3 66.7 33.3 33.3 0.0 33.3 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 0.0 33.3
2020 38.2 61.8 27.0 26.3 8.6 38.8 36.8 24.3 20.4 15.8 2.0 18.4 21.1 22.4
2021 43.2 56.8 28.1 21.8 6.9 31.6 36.3 32.1 19.6 15.8 7.8 12.0 20.5 24.3
2022 46.1 53.9 23.2 23.6 7.1 38.2 40.1 21.7 22.3 19.7 4.1 15.9 20.4 17.6
2023 45.3 54.7 25.0 23.4 6.2 38.6 38.8 22.7 22.5 17.6 5.2 16.1 21.1 17.4
2024 37.5 62.5 27.2 28.3 7.1 44.2 38.5 17.3 19.8 14.8 2.8 24.4 23.7 14.5
Player 44.1 55.9 23.7 25.3 6.9 36.9 37.7 25.4 20.9 17.6 5.6 16.0 20.1 19.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 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 2.2 30.4 26.6 25.4 5.6 7.6 5.4
2016 2.4 35.2 24.2 24.7 3.7 9.0 6.5
2017 3.4 37.0 22.7 23.6 6.6 5.1 3.5
2018 2.4 33.3 19.0 23.8 7.1 11.9 8.9
2019 0.0 33.3 33.3 0.0 0.0 33.3 25.0
2020 3.3 28.3 28.3 23.0 9.9 7.2 4.9
2021 5.1 30.7 24.9 23.4 5.3 10.0 6.9
2022 3.4 35.4 23.0 24.5 5.4 7.3 5.2
2023 5.2 33.5 24.6 22.9 6.6 6.8 4.8
2024 3.5 26.1 25.1 24.7 6.7 13.4 10.0
Player 3.6 32.8 24.6 24.0 5.9 8.2 5.7
MLB 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.

Pitch Movement

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuTaijuan Walker Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comSplit FingerSweeperCurveballSinkerFour SeamerCutterSlider2015201620172018201920202021202220232024-10-50510

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)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Split-Finger PHI R 302 86.7 33.4 0.7 10.7ARM 0.9 2.9 -0.2 10.7ARM 0.1
2024 Sweeper PHI R 242 85.1 29.0 -9.0 5.4GLV -6.7 8.5 -6.9 5.4GLV -8.7
2024 Curveball PHI R 141 74.7 59.3 -1.6 7.2GLV -2.5 -10.2 0.5 7.2GLV -2.2
2024 Sinker PHI R 375 91.1 20.9 -1.5 14.9ARM 1.5 12.1 -4.9 14.9ARM 0.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 165 91.6 15.8 -0.3 9.3ARM 3.2 16.9 1.2 9.3ARM 1.8
2024 Cutter PHI R 131 87.4 21.0 6.8 0.1GLV -3.5 14.7 6.4 0.1GLV -2.6
2023 Cutter PHI R 487 87.2 25.3 3.2 2.8GLV -0.3 10.5 2.6 2.8GLV 0.2
2023 Sinker PHI R 658 92.4 20.7 -0.7 15.4ARM 1.6 11.4 -3.7 15.4ARM 0.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 500 92.8 15.2 -0.1 9.1ARM 3.1 16.7 0.9 9.1ARM 1.7
2023 Curveball PHI R 162 74.8 60.3 -0.2 7.8GLV -1.1 -11.2 1.3 7.8GLV -1.1
2023 Sweeper PHI R 87 82.9 32.3 -8.5 9.6GLV -3.6 7.5 -6.1 9.6GLV -4.5
2023 Split-Finger PHI R 943 87.9 33.0 0.6 11.8ARM 0.9 2.4 0.9 11.8ARM 0.7
! 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 %
2024 Sinker -2.7 -11 393 27.4 116 .367 .663 .479 8.2 17.2 24.1 .326 .604 .442 46.2
2024 Split-Finger -4.9 -16 317 22.1 100 .380 .652 .456 16.3 12.0 9.5 .297 .564 .388 53.7
2024 Sweeper 1.2 3 256 17.8 75 .157 .314 .235 28.0 14.7 18.3 .230 .429 .304 31.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 -7 180 12.5 32 .385 .692 .503 23.2 28.1 18.0 .363 .606 .468 76.5
2024 Curveball 1.8 3 155 10.8 30 .172 .310 .222 14.9 13.3 12.1 .243 .402 .290 28.0
2024 Cutter -5.4 -7 134 9.3 28 .435 1.087 .665 9.3 7.1 10.0 .344 .813 .525 57.1
2023 Split-Finger 0.7 7 943 33.2 295 .205 .295 .269 24.4 21.7 18.2 .233 .342 .289 44.9
2023 Sinker 0.6 4 658 23.2 173 .270 .428 .351 9.9 15.0 20.6 .285 .461 .361 40.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -7 500 17.6 98 .263 .539 .419 25.3 20.4 13.3 .245 .515 .403 51.8
2023 Cutter -0.2 -1 487 17.2 106 .276 .418 .333 16.0 10.4 11.7 .262 .364 .289 29.2
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 162 5.7 36 .212 .485 .324 36.0 30.6 32.4 .173 .380 .268 18.2
2023 Sweeper -5.9 -5 87 3.1 24 .217 .696 .383 29.8 25.0 18.8 .231 .617 .364 47.1
! 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
2024 Curveball 140 74.8 68 15.0 7:30 7:00 30
2024 Cutter 130 87.4 68 14.0 12:30 12:00 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 163 91.6 98 18.9 1:15 1:00 15
2024 Split-Finger 258 86.7 77 11.6 1:30 2:45 -75
2024 Sinker 370 91.1 97 19.2 1:15 1:45 -30
2024 Sweeper 237 85.1 47 9.6 11:45 10:45 60
2023 Curveball 161 74.8 73 16.3 7:30 7:00 30
2023 Cutter 482 87.2 52 10.5 12:15 11:15 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 496 92.8 97 18.6 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Split-Finger 754 87.9 80 12.8 1:30 2:45 -75
2023 Sinker 655 92.4 95 19.2 1:15 2:00 -45
2023 Sweeper 84 83.0 36 12.6 9:30 10:00 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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ARM ANGLE48°2020 ARM ANGLE45°2021 ARM ANGLE43°2022 ARM ANGLE40°2023 ARM ANGLE41°2024
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2013 60 233 3 3 -2 -1 2
2014 159 622 6 5 -6 -3 1
2015 704 2,625 6 14 -12 -10 -2
2016 571 2,303 0 13 -11 -10 -8
2017 675 2,741 9 25 -20 -13 2
2018 56 224 3 0 -3 -1 -1
2019 4 15 -1 1 0 0 0
2020 225 881 3 11 -5 -5 4
2021 654 2,547 12 21 -22 -12 -2
2022 648 2,499 9 28 -15 -11 11
2023 732 2,837 9 20 -17 -14 -2
2024 381 1,435 -2 -7 -19 -6 -35
Player 4,869 18,962 57 133 -133 57 -28
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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 2,630 50.4 65.0 82.0 30.3 61.8 43.9 63.0 47.8 23.5 7.6 73.4
2016 2,311 50.5 65.3 83.1 30.8 64.2 43.1 63.7 48.2 22.5 7.3 79.8
2017 2,743 49.8 65.1 82.4 25.1 65.6 43.4 58.9 45.0 21.7 7.5 72.9
2018 224 57.1 56.3 81.9 15.6 66.7 41.1 67.9 38.8 18.4 8.9 80.0
2019 15 60.0 88.9 87.5 33.3 50.0 53.3 75.0 66.7 20.0 0.0 --
2020 884 50.8 63.2 86.6 21.2 57.6 42.2 56.9 42.4 20.5 7.7 73.5
2021 2,547 52.0 64.8 79.9 26.0 64.2 43.0 64.1 46.2 23.6 7.5 69.3
2022 2,500 47.5 66.4 84.6 30.1 59.0 43.1 62.7 47.3 23.6 6.6 70.7
2023 2,837 46.0 63.7 86.0 27.4 64.8 41.5 60.7 44.1 20.5 6.7 69.6
2024 1,435 48.7 64.1 89.1 25.1 67.0 41.0 62.2 44.1 16.7 7.2 73.1
Player 18,126 49.4 64.8 83.6 27.5 63.3 42.8 61.9 45.9 22.0 7.2 72.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 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 34 37 19 12 60 1 10 15 43 63 81 57 58 79 33 13 78
2016 36 49 28 16 60 8 5 26 31 50 72 42 74 75 24 28 69
2017 50 52 46 45 45 26 67 14 37 48 38 30 22 61 24 26 45
2018 66 42 67
2020 28 34 25 23 37 19 48 50 74 43 52 13 7 46 19 39 36
2021 30 41 25 19 50 3 14 41 42 39 47 28 29 63 15 33 26
2022 45 40 38 40 52 13 48 28 26 32 61 29 55 43 22 16 23
2023 41 43 48 53 35 16 71 47 38 18 31 9 30 27 7 31 11
2024 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 3 3 25 1 13 12 4 35 13
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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 22.3 27 24.3 3 10 20 9 33.3
2017 22.8 18 20.7 -3 7 19 7 38.9
2018 22.5 1 0.9 0 1 1 0 0.0
2019 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
2020 24.1 8 7.2 1 5 4 4 50.0
2021 23.4 26 24.0 2 10 17 11 42.3
2022 24.0 15 15.4 0 8 16 3 20.0
2023 23.1 20 18.8 1 8 17 5 25.0
2024 24.8 24 24.7 -1 3 13 16 66.7
Player 23.5 139 136.2 3 52 108 55 39.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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 27 26 19 26 23 21 25 24 20 18 25 29 26 19 26 26 15 21 28 26 26 23 33 32 23 24 22 30 31 24 17
2017 18 18 19 28 23 21 26 18 15 14 17 27 21 20 20 25 17 19 21 21 21 20 28 24 18 16 20 28 25 20 12
2018 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0
2019 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2020 8 7 8 9 8 7 9 6 6 5 8 8 7 7 8 6 7 6 8 9 7 9 9 6 6 6 6 10 6 8 5
2021 26 26 25 22 26 25 29 22 16 18 19 29 23 19 22 27 25 23 23 25 24 24 31 26 23 22 25 30 24 25 21
2022 15 14 13 15 19 16 20 12 10 11 13 16 15 14 14 20 13 12 14 17 16 15 24 17 13 12 21 20 16 17 14
2023 20 18 19 14 23 18 20 16 15 17 17 19 17 18 20 20 21 18 20 22 20 22 23 23 15 16 20 15 21 18 18
2024 24 24 23 25 21 25 28 22 20 21 25 25 27 24 24 23 27 21 27 27 27 25 31 28 24 25 23 26 27 24 21
Player 139 136 128 140 144 133 159 121 102 104 124 154 138 122 134 148 125 121 144 148 143 141 180 159 123 121 138 160 153 136 108
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

Metric
2015
2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2021
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2022
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Fastball Velocity 94.3 93.9 -0.4 92.2 -1.7 93.2 1.0 92.9 -0.3 93.1 0.2 94.2 1.1 92.8 -1.4 91.0 -1.8 90.5 -0.5
Offspeed Velocity 89.4 88.9 -0.5 88.1 -0.8 89.1 1.0 88.3 -0.8 89.0 0.7 89.4 0.4 88.8 -0.6 87.9 -0.9 86.7 -1.2
Breaking Velocity 74.7 76.5 1.8 75.6 -0.9 76.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 81.8 0.0 83.6 1.8 81.4 -2.2 77.7 -3.7 81.2 3.5
Exit Velocity 89.4 89.4 0.0 88.7 -0.7 92.1 3.4 92.6 0.5 88.4 -4.2 89.1 0.7 89.3 0.2 89.1 -0.2 91.4 2.3
Launch Angle 13.9 12.7 -1.2 9.6 -3.1 10.8 1.2 19.3 8.5 14.0 -5.3 12.4 -1.6 11.3 -1.1 11.1 -0.2 15.4 4.3
Barrel % 7.6 9.0 1.4 5.1 -3.9 11.9 6.8 33.3 21.4 7.2 -26.1 10.0 2.8 7.3 -2.7 6.8 -0.5 13.4 6.6
Hard Hit % 33.8 36.7 2.9 34.5 -2.2 42.9 8.4 33.3 -9.6 32.9 -0.4 39.4 6.5 40.6 1.2 40.9 0.3 46.3 5.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.0 34.0 -1.0 30.2 -3.8 38.1 7.9 33.3 -4.8 40.1 6.8 30.5 -9.6 33.7 3.2 33.1 -0.6 37.8 4.7
xBA .251 .247 -0.004 .244 -0.003 .307 0.063 .263 -0.044 .254 -0.009 .245 -0.009 .245 0.000 .248 0.003 .295 0.047
BA .252 .247 -0.005 .247 0.000 .294 0.047 .250 -0.044 .214 -0.036 .225 0.011 .240 0.015 .238 -0.002 .317 0.079
xwOBA .318 .321 0.003 .313 -0.008 .385 0.072 .324 -0.061 .340 0.016 .328 -0.012 .308 -0.020 .321 0.013 .396 0.075
wOBA .311 .326 0.015 .311 -0.015 .331 0.020 .304 -0.027 .291 -0.013 .301 0.010 .293 -0.008 .313 0.020 .413 0.100
xSLG .428 .436 0.008 .406 -0.030 .528 0.122 .524 -0.004 .452 -0.072 .442 -0.010 .395 -0.047 .405 0.010 .553 0.148
SLG .415 .462 0.047 .410 -0.052 .392 -0.018 .500 0.108 .368 -0.132 .400 0.032 .364 -0.036 .397 0.033 .589 0.192
K% 22.3 20.8 -1.5 21.4 0.6 16.1 -5.3 25.0 8.9 22.2 -2.8 22.3 0.1 20.3 -2.0 18.8 -1.5 15.2 -3.6
BB% 5.5 6.5 1.0 8.9 2.4 8.9 0.0 0.0 -8.9 8.4 8.4 8.4 0.0 6.9 -1.5 9.7 2.8 9.7 0.0
Swing % 47.8 48.2 0.4 45.0 -3.2 38.8 -6.2 66.7 27.9 42.4 -24.3 46.2 3.8 47.3 1.1 44.1 -3.2 44.1 0.0
Whiff% 23.5 22.5 -1.0 21.7 -0.8 18.4 -3.3 20.0 1.6 20.5 0.5 23.6 3.1 23.6 0.0 20.5 -3.1 16.7 -3.8
In Zone % 50.4 50.5 0.1 49.8 -0.7 57.1 7.3 60.0 2.9 50.8 -9.2 52.0 1.2 47.5 -4.5 46.0 -1.5 48.7 2.7
Out of Zone % 49.6 49.5 -0.1 50.2 0.7 42.9 -7.3 40.0 -2.9 49.2 9.2 48.0 -1.2 52.5 4.5 54.0 1.5 51.3 -2.7
Out of Zone Swing % 30.3 30.8 0.5 25.1 -5.7 15.6 -9.5 33.3 17.7 21.2 -12.1 26.0 4.8 30.1 4.1 27.4 -2.7 25.1 -2.3
First Pitch Swing % 27.9 29.7 1.8 25.7 -4.0 19.6 -6.1 50.0 30.4 24.9 -25.1 30.7 5.8 30.8 0.1 28.2 -2.6 29.1 0.9
First Pitch Strike % 63.0 63.7 0.7 58.9 -4.8 67.9 9.0 75.0 7.1 56.9 -18.1 64.1 7.2 62.7 -1.4 60.7 -2.0 62.2 1.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2016 Shifts 559 .326 293 35 11.9 266 129 48.5
2017 Shifts 671 .310 343 0 0.0 328 77 23.5
2018 Shifts 56 .331 28 0 0.0 28 17 60.7
2019 Shifts 4 .304 2 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
2020 Shifts 225 .291 131 22 16.8 94 70 74.5
2021 Shifts 654 .301 369 164 44.4 285 160 56.1
2022 Shifts 648 .293 386 109 28.2 262 113 43.1
2023 Shades 732 .313 360 18 5.0 372 106 28.5
2024 Shades 361 .429 186 7 3.8 175 27 15.4
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2013 85 16.0 34.1% 1.2% 33 23.5 0.0% 15.2%
2014 175 14.4 59.4% 1.1% 100 21.5 2.0% 8.0%
2015 894 14.9 51.0% 2.0% 339 21.0 8.6% 13.6%
2016 717 14.9 50.6% 1.3% 315 22.2 6.3% 16.2%
2017 845 14.7 53.7% 0.4% 446 22.0 0.7% 8.1%
2018 78 16.6 28.2% 1.3% 44 25.7 0.0% 15.9%
2019 2 11.0 100.0% 0.0% 3 19.4 0.0% 0.0%
2020 302 15.2 49.0% 0.0% 133 21.5 0.8% 4.5%
2021 818 14.1 61.9% 0.9% 346 22.3 0.3% 8.4%
2022 801 15.1 49.3% 1.0% 332 20.6 6.0% 6.9%
2023 900 12.7 80.6% 0.0% 410 17.5 14.9% 0.2%
2024 419 13.0 81.1% 0.5% 216 17.4 14.4% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

Taijuan Walker - 2024 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballCurveballCutterSinkerSplit-FingerSweeperAll Pitches70 MPH75 MPH80 MPH85 MPH90 MPH95 MPHPitch Speed0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%Frequency of Speed