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Walker Buehler
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 185LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #24, Los Angeles Dodgers | Vanderbilt
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Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 16 4 2.47 33 33 0 207.2 212 0.97
5 Seasons 40 13 2.90 103 94 0 573.1 632 1.01
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 33 16-4 2.47 207.2 212 0.97
5 Seasons 103 40-13 2.90 573.1 632 1.01

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 23 192 24 2 8.3 90.2 110.7 -1.2 29.2 .246 .408 .397 .346 .418 33.3 27.3 18.2 7.71 5.38
2018 24 2173 347 15 4.3 87.9 111.4 9.5 25.9 .198 .303 .247 .254 .312 32 27.9 6.8 2.62 2.72
2019 25 2838 478 26 5.4 89.3 111.3 12.8 34.5 .227 .368 .270 .277 .363 36.4 29.2 5 3.26 3.40
2020 26 600 93 6 6.5 90 110.4 19.5 28 .209 .382 .261 .285 .360 36.6 28.6 7.5 3.44 3.43
2021 27 3152 545 37 6.8 88.2 114.4 11.1 29.2 .218 .344 .255 .272 .334 37.1 26 6.4 2.47 3.10
8955 1487 86 5.8 88.6 114.4 11.6 30.1 .216 .346 .261 .271 .341 35.6 27.7 6.3
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .243 .403 .317 .313 .364 35.4 22 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Buehler relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(44.5%) ,
Cutter
(16.3%) ,
Slider
(13.8%) ,
Curveball
(13.2%) ,
Sinker
(7.4%) ,
Changeup
(4.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1403 730 673 44.5 95.3 336 287 58 31 17 0 10 80 216 .202 .241 .366 .424 .292 .330 89.3 17 2472 6.4 20.3 19.3
2021 Cutter 514 102 412 16.3 91.6 132 122 28 17 5 2 4 21 101 .230 .242 .402 .353 .298 .291 80.3 7 2619 6.4 29.3 18.9
2021 Slider 434 431 3 13.8 84.9 137 137 26 18 6 0 2 48 89 .190 .172 .277 .243 .199 .179 84.7 15 2798 6.4 34.2 25.9
2021 Curveball 416 107 309 13.2 80.1 100 97 17 11 3 0 3 43 55 .175 .193 .299 .318 .208 .226 89.6 1 2861 6.4 35.4 28.3
2021 Sinker 234 102 132 7.4 95.3 62 58 14 10 4 0 0 3 55 .241 .251 .310 .348 .268 .289 90.4 0 2341 6.3 15.0 8.8
2021 Changeup 151 11 140 4.8 91.5 46 46 6 5 1 0 0 17 29 .130 .150 .152 .173 .123 .143 88.6 -8 1522 6.3 33.3 25.4
2020 4-Seam Fastball 323 152 171 53.8 96.8 67 59 6 5 1 0 0 23 36 .102 .124 .119 .183 .168 .198 89.3 26 2546 6.3 26.1 24.0
2020 Curveball 96 28 68 16.0 81.9 20 20 5 1 1 0 3 8 12 .250 .311 .750 .755 .403 .438 94.2 8 3042 6.3 50.0 23.5
2020 Cutter 85 50 35 14.2 92.7 31 30 8 6 1 0 1 6 24 .267 .281 .400 .447 .297 .324 87.8 19 2828 6.4 34.6 26.1
2020 Sinker 52 18 34 8.7 97.2 16 15 4 2 0 0 2 4 11 .267 .202 .667 .342 .403 .258 92.7 10 2451 6.3 15.4 40.0
2020 Slider 44 30 14 7.3 87.5 13 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 .091 .294 .364 .652 .260 .440 89.2 23 2949 6.4 4.5 4.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2017 66.7 12.5 20.8 0 29.2 45.8 25 0 66.7 4.2 16.7 4.2 8.3
2018 50.4 21.6 21.3 6.6 31.4 41.5 27.1 2 38 23.1 23.6 5.5 4.3
2019 43.1 25.1 27 4.8 31.2 41.6 27.2 1.7 32.4 25.1 26.6 7.9 5.4
2020 36.6 29 23.7 10.8 34.4 34.4 31.2 1.1 28 34.4 19.4 7.5 6.5
2021 46.2 25.1 21.8 6.8 35.4 40.6 24 6.8 33.2 25.5 21.7 5.5 6.8
45.9 24.3 23.5 6.3 33 40.8 26.2 3.6 34.3 25 23.5 6.4 5.8
45.1 22.5 25.4 7.1 36.6 37.8 25.4 3.7 33.2 24.4 24.4 5.7 6.6

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2021 Curveball LAD R 415 80.1 57.7 5.5 11 10.7 1.4 15
2021 4-Seamer LAD R 1400 95.3 12 2.3 16 3 -4.6 -60
2021 Slider LAD R 433 84.9 37.1 0.8 2 14.2 8.1 135
2021 Sinker LAD R 234 95.3 16.6 -4.4 -21 13.3 -1.9 -12
2021 Cutter LAD R 514 91.6 24 -0.8 -3 6 4.5 309
2021 Changeup LAD R 151 91.5 27.1 -0.1 0 13 -1.8 -12
2020 Sinker LAD R 52 97.2 14.1 -5.5 -28 13.8 -1.6 -11
2020 Slider LAD R 44 87.5 37 3.6 11 10.7 6.7 167
2020 4-Seamer LAD R 323 96.8 9.9 3.5 26 5.2 -2.5 -33
2020 Cutter LAD R 85 92.7 21.3 1.2 5 5.5 3.7 204
2020 Curveball LAD R 96 81.9 54.5 5.1 10 11.9 3.2 37
2019 Slider LAD R 402 86.8 38 3.5 10 11.1 6.6 150
2019 Cutter LAD R 369 92.8 22.7 0.1 1 5.4 3.5 192
2019 4-Seamer LAD R 1504 96.5 11.7 2.4 17 4.8 -3 -38
2019 Curveball LAD R 340 80.7 59.2 7 13 10.3 1.6 19
2019 Sinker LAD R 202 96.6 16.2 -3.9 -20 13.4 -1.8 -12
2019 Changeup LAD R 13 91.6 26.1 -0.4 -2 12.9 -1.7 -12
2018 Curveball LAD R 282 80.2 59.2 6 11 8.2 -0.2 -2
2018 4-Seamer LAD R 848 96.2 11.8 2.6 18 3.7 -3.9 -51
2018 Changeup LAD R 81 90.1 23.7 -3.9 -14 12.4 -1.9 -14
2018 Slider LAD R 316 87.1 36.1 1.7 5 8.9 4.6 106
2018 Cutter LAD R 161 92.3 23.6 0.2 1 5.9 3.8 180
2018 Sinker LAD R 391 96.1 15.5 -4.3 -22 12.4 -2.4 -16
2017 Slider LAD R 13 92.1 24.4 -1.2 -5 8.5 6.3 287
2017 Sinker LAD R 8 98 14.1 -3.2 -18 7.8 -7.4 -49
2017 Curveball LAD R 45 83.6 51.2 4.5 10 10 2.9 41
2017 4-Seamer LAD R 126 98.2 7.7 3.5 31 2.2 -6 -73
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 Changeup -3.5 -5 151 4.8 46 .13 .152 .125 33.3 37 25.4 .15 .173 .143 31
2021 Sinker -1.3 -3 234 7.4 62 .241 .31 .3 15 4.8 8.8 .251 .348 .288 43.6
2021 Curveball -1.1 -4 416 13.2 100 .175 .299 .218 35.4 43 28.3 .193 .318 .233 45.5
2021 Cutter -1.6 -8 514 16.3 132 .23 .402 .308 29.3 15.9 18.9 .242 .353 .291 17.8
2021 Slider -1.5 -7 434 13.8 137 .19 .277 .215 34.2 35 25.9 .172 .243 .179 30.3
2021 4-Seamer -1.3 -18 1403 44.5 336 .202 .366 .295 20.3 23.8 19.3 .241 .424 .331 45.8
2020 Slider 0.7 0 44 7.3 13 .091 .364 .331 4.5 7.7 4.2 .294 .652 .44 30
2020 Sinker 5.3 3 52 8.7 16 .267 .667 .463 15.4 25 40 .202 .342 .257 63.6
2020 Curveball 3.7 4 96 16 20 .25 .75 .408 50 40 23.5 .311 .754 .438 50
2020 Cutter 2.1 2 85 14.2 31 .267 .4 .324 34.6 19.4 26.1 .281 .447 .346 29.2
2020 4-Seamer -3.2 -10 323 53.8 67 .102 .119 .169 26.1 34.3 24 .124 .183 .198 30.6
2019 Changeup 7.8 1 13 0.5 2 1 1 .9 0 0 0 .514 .581 .465 0
2019 Sinker -2.6 -5 202 7.1 64 .204 .296 .28 13.7 10.9 14.9 .284 .425 .356 47.9
2019 Curveball 0.5 2 340 12 90 .292 .416 .311 37 38.9 25.5 .227 .359 .251 33.3
2019 Cutter 0.1 0 369 13 112 .231 .404 .332 26.2 20.5 34.8 .239 .337 .278 29.6
2019 Slider -0.7 -3 402 14.2 135 .209 .326 .246 32.2 34.8 24.4 .218 .322 .246 30.1
2019 4-Seamer -1.4 -21 1505 53 334 .205 .368 .275 24.5 30.8 24.9 .215 .389 .28 40
2018 Changeup 3.2 3 81 3.7 28 .346 .538 .404 7.1 7.1 7.7 .324 .488 .379 25
2018 Cutter -1.9 -3 161 7.4 48 .195 .293 .305 18 12.5 13.6 .274 .427 .354 47.2
2018 Curveball -0.7 -2 282 13 49 .196 .217 .215 27.2 32.7 16.8 .216 .283 .249 43.3
2018 Sinker -1.4 -5 391 18 96 .217 .265 .284 16.7 17.7 17 .19 .247 .258 26.9
2018 Slider -2.4 -8 316 14.5 106 .194 .282 .214 30.2 27.4 29.9 .16 .241 .183 30.7
2018 4-Seamer -1.1 -9 848 39 192 .176 .347 .264 30.4 38 23 .202 .345 .269 29.5
2017 Slider 7 1 13 6.8 2 .5 1 .625 20 0 0 .259 .28 .236 100
2017 Sinker -14.6 -1 8 4.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .104 .115 .094 0
2017 Curveball -3.6 -2 45 23.4 12 .182 .182 .208 16.7 33.3 21.1 .247 .291 .276 0
2017 4-Seamer 4.2 5 126 65.6 27 .381 .667 .504 31.6 29.6 20.5 .258 .51 .406 46.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Curveball 80 81.9 82 21.4 7:00 7:15 -15
2020 Cutter 64 92.9 49 11.2 11:45 11:00 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 277 96.9 92 19.6 12:30 12:30 0
2020 Sinker 48 97.3 90 20.4 12:45 1:30 -45
2020 Slider 14 87.3 45 12.3 9:15 8:30 45
2021 Changeup 145 91.5 93 14.6 1:45 2:30 -45
2021 Curveball 406 80.1 86 21 7:00 7:00 0
2021 Cutter 509 91.6 46 10.2 11:30 10:30 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1395 95.3 87 17.8 12:30 12:15 15
2021 Sinker 234 95.3 83 19 1:00 1:30 -30
2021 Slider 423 84.8 52 15.2 8:30 9:00 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 43 192 0 0 3 1 3
2018 608 2438 -21 -22 8 8 -26
2019 786 3048 -18 -33 10 10 -31
2020 251 1050 -9 -9 5 3 -9
2021 896 3475 -27 -42 18 10 -42
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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 %
2017 192 53.6 60.2 82.3 24.7 50 43.2 59.1 43.8 26.2 8.9 58.8
2018 2173 52.3 67.2 80.5 29.9 56.2 41.4 63.6 49.1 25.5 9 76.6
2019 2838 53 66.3 79.9 32.5 56.3 43.1 65.8 50.3 26.7 7.9 78.2
2020 600 52 63.5 78.3 27.8 55 43 58.5 46.3 28.4 8.3 72
2021 3152 51.3 67.2 82.1 30.2 51.3 44 65.4 49.2 26.3 7.6 78.2
8955 52.2 66.5 80.8 30.6 54.3 43 64.5 49.2 26.4 8.1 76.9
48.5 66.8 82 28.3 58.5 42.6 60.6 47 24.6 7.2 76

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2017
2018 94 90 93 90 94 53 88 65 75 82 74 55 94 88 87 86
2019 84 66 72 75 88 30 80 31 51 82 93 60 84 87 92 95
2020 74 78 56 40 86 46 57 20 53 74 63 62 74 88 98 98
2021 87 76 81 81 88 10 63 64 63 65 78 51 87 69 94 91
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.1 20 18.8 1 16 20 5 25
2020 24.1 9 8.8 0 4 7 4 44.4
2021 22.6 22 23.5 -2 13 22 7 31.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 20 18 28 15 24 12 21 25 15 23 22 17 7 20 18 27 13 23 19 24 8 13 12 21 17 24 16 14 24 13 30
2020 9 8 13 8 11 8 0 11 9 10 8 8 5 9 8 10 8 11 8 10 6 7 8 10 8 11 8 7 9 7 11
2021 22 29 24 27 29 19 20 28 19 23 30 29 16 18 18 28 16 31 19 22 12 22 25 27 29 24 25 21 22 20 32
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 98.2 95.7 -2.5 ↓ 95.9 0.2 ↑ 96.1 0.2 ↑ 94.4 -1.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0 90.1 0 91.6 1.5 ↑ 0 0 91.5 0
Breaking Velocity 85.5 83.9 -1.6 ↓ 84 0.1 ↑ 83.7 -0.3 ↓ 82.5 -1.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.2 87.9 -2.3 ↓ 89.3 1.4 ↑ 90 0.7 ↑ 88.2 -1.8 ↓
Launch Angle -1.2 9.5 10.7 ↑ 12.8 3.3 ↑ 19.5 6.7 ↑ 11.1 -8.4 ↓
Barrel % 8.3 4.3 -4 ↓ 5.4 1.1 ↑ 6.5 1.1 ↑ 6.8 0.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.3 32 -1.3 ↓ 36.4 4.4 ↑ 36.6 0.2 ↑ 37.1 0.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 29.2 25.9 -3.3 ↓ 34.5 8.6 ↑ 28 -6.5 ↓ 29.2 1.2 ↑
xBA .246 .198 -0.048 ↓ .227 0.029 ↑ .209 -0.018 ↓ .218 0.009 ↑
BA .306 .193 -0.113 ↓ .223 0.03 ↑ .178 -0.045 ↓ .199 0.021 ↑
xwOBA .346 .254 -0.092 ↓ .277 0.023 ↑ .285 0.008 ↑ .272 -0.013 ↓
wOBA .397 .247 -0.15 ↓ .27 0.023 ↑ .261 -0.009 ↓ .255 -0.006 ↓
xSLG .408 .303 -0.105 ↓ .368 0.065 ↑ .382 0.014 ↑ .344 -0.038 ↓
SLG .5 .3 -0.2 ↓ .368 0.068 ↑ .356 -0.012 ↓ .329 -0.027 ↓
K% 27.3 27.9 0.6 ↑ 29.2 1.3 ↑ 28.6 -0.6 ↓ 26 -2.6 ↓
BB% 18.2 6.8 -11.4 ↓ 5 -1.8 ↓ 7.5 2.5 ↑ 6.4 -1.1 ↓
Swing % 43.8 49.1 5.3 ↑ 50.3 1.2 ↑ 46.3 -4 ↓ 49.2 2.9 ↑
Whiff% 26.2 25.5 -0.7 ↓ 26.7 1.2 ↑ 28.4 1.7 ↑ 26.3 -2.1 ↓
In Zone % 53.6 52.3 -1.3 ↓ 53 0.7 ↑ 52 -1 ↓ 51.3 -0.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 46.4 47.7 1.3 ↑ 47 -0.7 ↓ 48 1 ↑ 48.7 0.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.7 29.9 5.2 ↑ 32.5 2.6 ↑ 27.8 -4.7 ↓ 30.2 2.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25 26.6 1.6 ↑ 33.5 6.9 ↑ 25.2 -8.3 ↓ 33.3 8.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 63.6 4.5 ↑ 65.8 2.2 ↑ 58.5 -7.3 ↓ 65.4 6.9 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2017 43 .397 24 0 0.0 19 0 0.0
2018 518 .253 271 28 10.3 247 72 29.1
2019 737 .270 355 96 27.0 382 204 53.4
2020 147 .261 68 21 30.9 79 56 70.9
2021 813 .255 391 73 18.7 422 279 66.1

Pitch Distribution

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