Walker Buehler

Bats R Throws R6'2" 185 lbBorn 1994 Lexington, USADebut 2017Team PHI2x All-StarDraft 2012 R14 #436 Pittsburgh Pirates, Henry Clay HS (KY)Contract 1 y/$1.5M (26) 2026: $1,500,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	360	18.0	8.8	3.46	21.4	6.32	94.6
2027							95.6
2028							98.2

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 89 PITCH+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Matt Harvey	2019	103.6	32.6	65
2	Tim Lincecum	2014	106.3	94.2	333
3	Brett Anderson	2018	99.4	103.3	743
4	Noah Syndergaard	2023	104.9	did not play
5	Jason Jennings	2009	98.4	did not play
6	Ubaldo Jimenez	2014	103.4	99.3	791
7	Matt Cain	2015	108.2	89.3	397
8	John Danks	2015	98.2	72.1	100
9	Derek Holland	2017	96.3	101.9	727
10	Dinelson Lamet	2023	101.0	120.6	18

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	PHI	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	LAD	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	LAD	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	LAD	34	82	5	7	2	0	3	5	45	0.101	0.162	0.130	0.293	-22.8
2020	LAD	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	LAD	30	66	5	5	0	1	2	4	33	0.085	0.143	0.136	0.278	-25.3
2018	LAD	24	47	1	7	0	0	1	2	21	0.163	0.200	0.163	0.363	-5.2
2017	LAD	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		158	195	11	19	2	1	6	11	99	0.111	0.165	0.140	0.305	-19.4

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									360				95.6
2026*									518				97.1	96.5	93.6
2025	PHI	10	7	4.93	26	24	0	126.0	565	22	61	92	88.7	98.9	87.6
2024	LAD	1	6	5.38	16	16	0	75.3	344	16	28	64	81.3	99.3	80.7
2022	LAD	6	3	4.02	12	12	0	65.0	274	8	17	58	98.7	97.1	95.8
2021	LAD	16	4	2.47	33	33	0	207.7	815	19	52	212	120.6	101.4	122.0
2020	LAD	1	0	3.44	8	8	0	36.7	147	7	11	42	119.2	99.9	119.0
2019	LAD	14	4	3.26	30	30	0	182.3	737	20	37	215	115.9	99.8	115.7
2018	LAD	8	5	2.62	24	23	0	137.3	541	12	37	151	121.8	98.0	119.9
2017	LAD	1	0	7.71	8	0	0	9.3	44	2	8	12	76.1	99.5	75.5
Career		57	29	3.52	157	146	0	839.7	3467	106	251	846	108.3		107.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	82	85.7	-7.6	0.0	25.0	36.9	15.2	0.081	0.113	0.127	24.7
2019	66	88.1	-6.3	4.3	31.0	43.8	21.6	0.112	0.176	0.158	26.0
2018	47	86.4	-4.4	0.0	33.3	38.3	16.5	0.134	0.165	0.160	26.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	P	26	126	13	11	1	0	0.960	-0.7
2024	LAD	P	16	75	9	8	1	2	0.944	-0.3
2022	LAD	P	12	65	5	6	0	0	1.000	-1.0
2021	LAD	P	33	208	10	25	1	1	0.972	+1.4
2020	LAD	P	8	37	3	3	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2019	LAD	P	30	182	11	17	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2018	LAD	P	24	137	0	16	1	0	0.941	-1.3
2017	LAD	P	8	9	2	1	0	1	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2024	AAA	Oklahoma City Baseball Club	Pit	149	32.1 IP, 23% K	5.05
2018	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Pit	54	13.0 IP, 30% K	2.08
2017	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Pit	100	23.1 IP, 34% K	4.68
2017	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Pit	195	49.0 IP, 33% K	3.49
2017	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Pit	63	16.1 IP, 43% K	1.12

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.179	0.163	0.141	0.208
2019	0.050	0.207	0.221	0.112
2018	0.245	0.137	0.226	0.089

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	5	6	1	4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	5	0	0	0
2019	2	4	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2018	4	6	0	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	16	16	1	11	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	1	1	3.60	4	3	1	15.0	12	1	5	13	1.13
2021	0	2	4.91	4	4	0	18.3	22	3	9	18	1.69
2020	2	0	1.80	5	5	0	25.0	18	2	12	39	1.20
2019	1	0	0.71	2	2	0	12.7	5	0	6	15	0.87
2018	0	1	3.80	4	4	0	23.7	16	3	4	29	0.85
Career	4	4	3.04	19	18	1	94.7	73	9	36	114	1.15