Walker Buehler
San Diego Padres · No. 10 · P

Walker Buehler

6' 2", 185 lbs·Age 31·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL2 games
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2017–2026 · 14,917 pitches · 94.6 mph fastball
2026 · 19 G
5.36
ERA
5-5
W-L
89.0
IP
1.44
WHIP
81
SO
35
BB
8.2
K/9
0
SV
The Almanac's Take

AI-generated analysis coming soon.

Career Highs
2.47
Best ERA · 2021
16
Most W · 2021
215
Most K · 2019
0.96
Best WHIP · 2018
Career Arc · OPS
3 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
11 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 11234411
Jul 6577142L
Jul 1479463L
Jun 265.33331351W
Jun 205.33351170
Jun 14561051W
Jun 84.66781240
Jun 3641260
May 275.33332020L
May 22553440

Career · Hitting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20178000
2018244301
2019305912
2021346903
Career9617116

Career · Pitching

11 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
201789.1107.71122.04
201824137.1852.621510.96
201930182.11443.262151.04
2020836.2103.44420.95
202133207.21642.472120.97
20221265.0634.02581.29
20241675.1165.38641.55
202523112.1775.45841.56
2025313.2300.6681.17
202526126.01074.93921.52
20261989.0555.36811.44
Career2021052.172411019
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 14,792 pitches · 2017–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFFCKCSISLSTCH
FF · 4-Seam Fastball39.2% · 95.7 mph
FC · Cutter16.1% · 91.4 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve13.8% · 79.5 mph
SI · Sinker11.8% · 95.2 mph
SL · Slider8.4% · 87.1 mph
ST · Sweeper6.2% · 83.5 mph
CH · Changeup4.6% · 90.2 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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