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

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 6 3 4.02 12 12 0 65.0 58 1.29
6 Seasons 46 16 3.02 115 106 0 638.1 690 1.04
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 12 6-3 4.02 65.0 58 1.29
6 Seasons 115 46-16 3.02 638.1 690 1.04

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 22 192 24 2 8.3 4.5 90.2 110.7 -1.2 29.2 .246 .408 .397 .346 .418 33.3 27.3 18.2 7.71 5.27
2018 23 2173 347 15 4.3 2.8 87.9 111.4 9.5 25.9 .202 .311 .247 .260 .322 32.0 27.9 6.8 2.62 2.81
2019 24 2838 478 26 5.4 3.5 89.3 111.3 12.8 34.5 .228 .369 .270 .277 .364 36.4 29.2 5.0 3.26 3.33
2020 25 600 93 6 6.5 4.1 90.0 110.4 19.5 28.0 .214 .391 .261 .291 .372 36.6 28.6 7.5 3.44 3.55
2021 26 3152 545 37 6.8 4.5 88.2 114.4 11.1 29.2 .218 .345 .255 .272 .336 37.1 26.0 6.4 2.47 3.08
2022 27 1046 197 13 6.6 4.7 87.9 113.8 7.2 34.0 .270 .468 .319 .337 .403 41.6 21.2 6.2 4.01 4.24
Player 10001 1684 99 5.9 3.9 88.6 114.4 11.1 30.5 .223 .362 .267 .280 .352 36.3 27.0 6.3
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.2 12.1 32.9 .246 .410 .317 .317 .370 35.7 22.0 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Buehler relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(34.2%) ,
Cutter
(24.8%) ,
Curveball
(16.8%) ,
Slider
(11.7%) ,
Changeup
(7.8%) ,
Sinker
(4.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 66.7 12.5 20.8 0.0 29.2 45.8 25.0 0.0 66.7 4.2 16.7 4.2 8.3 4.5
2018 50.4 21.6 21.3 6.6 31.4 41.5 27.1 2.0 38.0 23.1 23.6 5.5 4.3 2.8
2019 43.1 25.1 27.0 4.8 31.2 41.6 27.2 1.7 32.4 25.1 26.6 7.9 5.4 3.5
2020 36.6 28.0 24.7 10.8 34.4 34.4 31.2 1.1 28.0 34.4 19.4 7.5 6.5 4.1
2021 46.2 25.1 21.8 6.8 35.4 40.6 24.0 6.8 33.2 25.5 21.7 5.5 6.8 4.5
2022 48.2 20.3 24.9 6.6 37.6 36.0 26.4 5.6 31.0 20.3 28.4 6.1 6.6 4.7
Player 46.2 23.8 23.7 6.3 33.5 40.3 26.2 3.8 33.9 24.5 24.0 6.4 5.9 3.9
MLB 45.0 22.9 25.1 7.1 36.7 37.8 25.4 3.8 33.1 24.5 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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
2022 Changeup LAD R 82 90.5 28.3 -0.3 -1 13.7 -1.1 -8
2022 Curveball LAD R 176 79.2 57.7 4.8 9 11.5 1.3 13
2022 Sinker LAD R 49 94.9 18.4 -3.4 -16 13.3 -2.4 -15
2022 Slider LAD R 122 83.5 37.2 -0.7 -2 13.9 5.6 68
2022 4-Seamer LAD R 358 95.2 13.3 1.1 8 5.9 -1.9 -25
2022 Cutter LAD R 259 91.5 23.4 -0.3 -1 4.5 2.4 120
2021 Changeup LAD R 151 91.5 27.1 -0.1 0 13.0 -1.8 -12
2021 4-Seamer LAD R 1,400 95.3 12.0 2.3 16 3.0 -4.6 -60
2021 Curveball LAD R 416 80.1 57.7 5.4 10 10.7 1.4 15
2021 Cutter LAD R 514 91.6 24.0 -0.7 -3 6.0 4.5 306
2021 Sinker LAD R 234 95.3 16.6 -4.3 -21 13.3 -1.8 -12
2021 Slider LAD R 433 84.9 37.1 0.8 2 14.2 8.1 133
2020 Slider LAD R 44 87.5 37.0 3.6 11 10.7 6.7 166
2020 Sinker LAD R 52 97.2 14.1 -5.4 -28 13.8 -1.6 -10
2020 Cutter LAD R 85 92.7 21.3 1.2 5 5.5 3.7 205
2020 4-Seamer LAD R 323 96.8 9.9 3.5 26 5.2 -2.6 -33
2020 Curveball LAD R 96 81.9 54.5 5.1 10 11.9 3.2 37
2019 Cutter LAD R 369 92.8 22.7 0.1 1 5.4 3.6 194
2019 4-Seamer LAD R 1,504 96.5 11.7 2.4 17 4.8 -3.0 -38
2019 Curveball LAD R 340 80.7 59.2 7.0 13 10.3 1.6 19
2019 Slider LAD R 402 86.8 38.0 3.5 10 11.1 6.6 150
2019 Sinker LAD R 202 96.6 16.2 -3.8 -19 13.4 -1.6 -11
2019 Changeup LAD R 13 91.6 26.1 -0.4 -2 12.9 -1.7 -12
2018 Slider LAD R 316 87.1 36.1 1.7 5 8.9 4.6 106
2018 Sinker LAD R 391 96.1 15.5 -4.3 -22 12.4 -2.4 -16
2018 Curveball LAD R 282 80.2 59.2 6.0 11 8.2 -0.2 -2
2018 Changeup LAD R 81 90.1 23.7 -3.9 -14 12.4 -1.9 -14
2018 4-Seamer LAD R 848 96.2 11.8 2.6 18 3.7 -3.9 -51
2018 Cutter LAD R 161 92.3 23.6 0.2 1 5.9 3.8 180
2017 4-Seamer LAD R 126 98.2 7.7 3.5 31 2.2 -6.0 -73
2017 Slider LAD R 13 92.1 24.4 -1.2 -5 8.5 6.3 287
2017 Curveball LAD R 45 83.6 51.2 4.5 10 10.0 2.9 42
2017 Sinker LAD R 8 98.0 14.1 -3.2 -19 7.8 -7.5 -49
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer 3.0 11 358 34.2 88 .368 .618 .460 13.2 9.1 9.3 .331 .667 .453 51.5
2022 Cutter -2.4 -6 259 24.8 65 .242 .290 .274 26.2 18.5 21.8 .277 .355 .292 30.0
2022 Curveball -2.4 -4 176 16.8 44 .171 .268 .229 30.2 22.7 18.2 .221 .375 .284 35.5
2022 Slider -1.0 -1 122 11.7 33 .182 .394 .241 39.4 45.5 25.4 .178 .409 .241 33.3
2022 Changeup -3.4 -3 82 7.8 29 .138 .241 .166 31.3 34.5 22.2 .191 .325 .218 42.1
2022 Sinker 2.9 1 49 4.7 15 .500 .643 .486 13.0 20.0 42.9 .437 .579 .453 63.6
2021 4-Seamer -1.3 -19 1,403 44.5 336 .202 .366 .295 20.3 23.8 19.3 .241 .423 .331 45.8
2021 Cutter -1.8 -9 514 16.3 132 .230 .402 .308 29.3 15.9 18.9 .242 .353 .291 17.8
2021 Slider -1.6 -7 434 13.8 137 .190 .277 .210 34.2 35.0 25.9 .173 .245 .181 30.3
2021 Curveball -1.1 -5 416 13.2 100 .175 .299 .218 35.4 43.0 28.3 .193 .318 .233 45.5
2021 Sinker -1.4 -3 234 7.4 62 .241 .310 .290 15.0 4.8 8.8 .256 .354 .293 43.6
2021 Changeup -3.6 -5 151 4.8 46 .130 .152 .128 33.3 37.0 25.4 .153 .177 .146 31.0
2020 4-Seamer -3.3 -11 323 53.8 67 .102 .119 .172 26.1 34.3 24.0 .126 .186 .201 30.6
2020 Curveball 3.7 4 96 16.0 20 .250 .750 .408 50.0 40.0 23.5 .311 .754 .438 50.0
2020 Cutter 2.1 2 85 14.2 31 .267 .400 .303 34.6 19.4 26.1 .300 .478 .370 29.2
2020 Sinker 4.7 2 52 8.7 16 .267 .667 .463 15.4 25.0 40.0 .202 .342 .257 63.6
2020 Slider 0.6 0 44 7.3 13 .091 .364 .331 4.5 7.7 4.2 .294 .652 .440 30.0
2019 4-Seamer -1.3 -19 1,505 53.0 334 .205 .368 .280 24.5 30.8 24.9 .217 .391 .282 40.0
2019 Slider -0.7 -3 402 14.2 135 .209 .326 .246 32.2 34.8 24.4 .218 .322 .246 30.1
2019 Cutter 0.1 0 369 13.0 112 .231 .404 .332 26.2 20.5 34.8 .239 .337 .278 29.6
2019 Curveball 0.4 1 340 12.0 90 .292 .416 .311 37.0 38.9 25.5 .227 .359 .251 33.3
2019 Sinker -1.6 -3 202 7.1 64 .204 .296 .295 13.7 10.9 14.9 .284 .425 .356 47.9
2019 Changeup 7.8 1 13 0.5 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .514 .581 .465 0.0
2018 4-Seamer -1.1 -9 848 39.0 192 .176 .347 .260 30.4 38.0 23.0 .203 .351 .271 29.5
2018 Sinker -1.4 -6 391 18.0 96 .217 .265 .284 16.7 17.7 17.0 .190 .247 .258 26.9
2018 Slider -2.4 -8 316 14.5 106 .194 .282 .214 30.2 27.4 29.9 .160 .241 .183 30.7
2018 Curveball -0.7 -2 282 13.0 49 .196 .217 .215 27.2 32.7 16.8 .216 .283 .249 43.3
2018 Cutter -2.1 -3 161 7.4 48 .195 .293 .305 18.0 12.5 13.6 .275 .435 .356 47.2
2018 Changeup 3.1 3 81 3.7 28 .346 .538 .404 7.1 7.1 7.7 .324 .488 .379 25.0
2017 4-Seamer 4.1 5 126 65.6 27 .381 .667 .504 31.6 29.6 20.5 .258 .510 .406 46.2
2017 Curveball -3.9 -2 45 23.4 12 .182 .182 .208 16.7 33.3 21.1 .247 .291 .276 0.0
2017 Slider 7.0 1 13 6.8 2 .500 1.000 .625 20.0 0.0 0.0 .259 .280 .236 100.0
2017 Sinker -15.9 -1 8 4.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .104 .115 .094 0.0
! 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 21.0 7:00 7:00 0
2021 Cutter 509 91.6 46 10.2 11:30 10:30 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,395 95.3 87 17.8 12:30 12:15 15
2021 Sinker 234 95.3 83 19.0 1:00 1:30 -30
2021 Slider 423 84.8 52 15.2 8:30 9:00 -30
2022 Changeup 80 90.5 94 15.2 1:45 2:30 -45
2022 Curveball 175 79.2 85 20.6 7:15 7:15 0
2022 Cutter 258 91.5 54 9.8 11:45 11:00 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 357 95.2 92 17.5 12:45 12:45 0
2022 Sinker 49 94.9 90 17.9 1:00 1:45 -45
2022 Slider 122 83.5 51 15.0 8:45 9:00 -15
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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 2,438 -21 -22 8 8 -27
2019 786 3,048 -18 -30 10 10 -28
2020 251 1,050 -9 -10 5 3 -10
2021 896 3,475 -28 -43 18 10 -44
2022 274 1,046 1 -10 3 3 -2
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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 50.0 43.2 60.5 43.8 26.2 8.9 58.8
2018 2,173 52.3 67.2 80.5 29.9 56.2 41.4 63.6 49.1 25.5 9.0 76.6
2019 2,838 53.0 66.3 79.9 32.5 56.3 43.1 65.8 50.3 26.7 7.9 78.2
2020 600 52.0 63.5 78.3 27.8 55.0 43.0 58.5 46.3 28.4 8.3 72.0
2021 3,152 51.3 67.2 82.1 30.2 51.3 44.0 65.4 49.2 26.3 7.6 78.2
2022 1,046 46.7 69.9 85.1 32.0 56.2 42.5 62.0 49.7 24.8 6.7 77.1
Player 10,001 51.6 66.8 81.2 30.7 54.5 43.0 64.3 49.3 26.2 8.0 76.9
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.3 58.4 42.6 60.7 47.0 24.6 7.2 76.0
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2017 98 92
2018 93 88 91 89 92 53 88 63 76 82 74 55 93 89 88 84
2019 85 68 74 76 89 30 80 31 51 82 93 60 85 87 93 94
2020 70 75 53 38 81 46 57 20 53 74 63 62 70 89 98 96
2021 87 76 80 79 88 10 63 64 63 65 78 51 87 71 94 90
2022 38 30 30 34 49 23 62 68 31 44 72 46 38 54 71 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.2 2 1.4 1 0 2 0 0.0
2018 22.2 15 10.4 5 8 10 4 26.7
2019 22.1 20 16.8 3 16 15 6 30.0
2020 24.1 9 7.8 1 5 5 4 44.4
2021 22.6 22 23.2 -1 10 20 9 40.9
2022 24.1 8 7.2 1 3 4 4 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2
2018 15 13 16 9 8 13 7 15 10 7 12 9 6 8 8 12 9 13 8 9 10 10 7 11 13 15 14 6 11 7 16
2019 20 18 24 12 18 11 19 22 17 18 16 15 7 16 16 20 16 22 12 17 22 13 12 17 14 21 17 15 20 13 25
2020 9 7 12 6 8 6 0 9 10 9 7 7 5 9 7 9 10 9 6 8 8 6 7 8 7 9 6 6 9 6 10
2021 22 29 25 21 24 28 20 27 21 23 24 26 15 15 18 25 26 26 19 19 24 24 22 26 26 22 25 21 21 22 31
2022 8 8 10 8 7 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 5 6 8 7 8 6 6 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and 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 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 98.2 95.7 -2.5 ↓ 95.9 0.2 ↑ 96.1 0.2 ↑ 94.4 -1.7 ↓ 93.7 -0.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0 90.1 0 91.6 1.5 ↑ 0 0 91.5 0 90.5 -1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 85.5 83.9 -1.6 ↓ 84 0.1 ↑ 83.7 -0.3 ↓ 82.5 -1.2 ↓ 81 -1.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.2 87.9 -2.3 ↓ 89.3 1.4 ↑ 90 0.7 ↑ 88.2 -1.8 ↓ 87.9 -0.3 ↓
Launch Angle -1.2 9.5 10.7 ↑ 12.8 3.3 ↑ 19.5 6.7 ↑ 11.1 -8.4 ↓ 7.2 -3.9 ↓
Barrel % 8.3 4.3 -4 ↓ 5.4 1.1 ↑ 6.5 1.1 ↑ 6.8 0.3 ↑ 6.6 -0.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.3 32 -1.3 ↓ 36.4 4.4 ↑ 36.6 0.2 ↑ 37.1 0.5 ↑ 41.6 4.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 29.2 25.9 -3.3 ↓ 34.5 8.6 ↑ 28 -6.5 ↓ 29.2 1.2 ↑ 34 4.8 ↑
xBA .246 .202 -0.044 ↓ .228 0.026 ↑ .214 -0.014 ↓ .218 0.004 ↑ .27 0.052 ↑
BA .306 .193 -0.113 ↓ .223 0.03 ↑ .178 -0.045 ↓ .199 0.021 ↑ .263 0.064 ↑
xwOBA .346 .26 -0.086 ↓ .277 0.017 ↑ .291 0.014 ↑ .272 -0.019 ↓ .337 0.065 ↑
wOBA .397 .247 -0.15 ↓ .27 0.023 ↑ .261 -0.009 ↓ .255 -0.006 ↓ .319 0.064 ↑
xSLG .408 .311 -0.097 ↓ .369 0.058 ↑ .391 0.022 ↑ .345 -0.046 ↓ .468 0.123 ↑
SLG .5 .3 -0.2 ↓ .368 0.068 ↑ .356 -0.012 ↓ .329 -0.027 ↓ .412 0.083 ↑
K% 27.3 27.9 0.6 ↑ 29.2 1.3 ↑ 28.6 -0.6 ↓ 26 -2.6 ↓ 21.2 -4.8 ↓
BB% 18.2 6.8 -11.4 ↓ 5 -1.8 ↓ 7.5 2.5 ↑ 6.4 -1.1 ↓ 6.2 -0.2 ↓
Swing % 43.8 49.1 5.3 ↑ 50.3 1.2 ↑ 46.3 -4 ↓ 49.2 2.9 ↑ 49.7 0.5 ↑
Whiff% 26.2 25.5 -0.7 ↓ 26.7 1.2 ↑ 28.4 1.7 ↑ 26.3 -2.1 ↓ 24.8 -1.5 ↓
In Zone % 53.6 52.3 -1.3 ↓ 53 0.7 ↑ 52 -1 ↓ 51.3 -0.7 ↓ 46.7 -4.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 46.4 47.7 1.3 ↑ 47 -0.7 ↓ 48 1 ↑ 48.7 0.7 ↑ 53.3 4.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.7 29.9 5.2 ↑ 32.5 2.6 ↑ 27.8 -4.7 ↓ 30.2 2.4 ↑ 32 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.6 26.6 1 ↑ 33.5 6.9 ↑ 25.2 -8.3 ↓ 33.3 8.1 ↑ 32.8 -0.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.5 63.6 3.1 ↑ 65.8 2.2 ↑ 58.5 -7.3 ↓ 65.4 6.9 ↑ 62 -3.4 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2017 43 .397 24 0 0.0 19 0 0.0
2018 520 .252 272 28 10.3 248 73 29.4
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
2022 274 .319 118 36 30.5 156 113 72.4

Pitch Tempo