Christian Walker

Bats R Throws R6'0" 208 lbBorn 1991 Norristown, USADebut 2014Team HOUDraft 2009 R49 #1477 Los Angeles Dodgers, Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic HSContract 3 y/$60M (25-27) 2026: $20,000,000

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove x3

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 88.7FIELD+ 101.1 at 1BTotal 0.79 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	444	394	90	18	1	19	40	114	2	0.230	0.308	0.420	0.728	0.191	0.317	25.7	9.1	97.7	1.26
2027	456	406	90	18	1	17	39	114	2	0.221	0.298	0.394	0.692	0.173	0.303	24.9	8.6	89.9	0.86

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 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 114 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Andres Galarraga	1995	111.0	124.2	691
2	George Burns	1927	112.5	87.4	242
3	Frank McCormick	1945	119.2	108.3	543
4	Brian Downing	1985	118.8	132.5	631
5	Deron Johnson	1973	107.0	52.3	389
6	Don Baylor	1983	121.0	132.1	558
7	Harry Davis	1908	128.7	123.4	603
8	Paul Konerko	2010	118.5	144.3	639
9	Derrek Lee	2010	124.0	114.0	477
10	Yuli Gurriel	2018	112.3	124.8	612

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			456		90	18	1	17		2	39	114	0.221	0.298	0.394	0.692	89.9
2026*	HOU	123	504	61	104	24	1	23		0	42	120	0.230	0.308	0.440	0.748	108.7
2025	HOU	154	640	72	139	24	1	27	88	2	40	177	0.238	0.297	0.421	0.717	96.0
2024	ARI	130	552	72	120	26	0	26	84	2	55	133	0.251	0.335	0.468	0.803	119.5
2023	ARI	157	660	86	150	36	2	33	103	11	62	127	0.258	0.333	0.497	0.830	121.3
2022	ARI	160	667	84	141	25	2	36	94	2	69	131	0.242	0.327	0.477	0.804	125.5
2021	ARI	115	445	55	98	23	1	10	46	0	38	106	0.244	0.315	0.382	0.696	88.8
2020	ARI	57	243	35	59	18	1	7	34	1	19	50	0.271	0.333	0.459	0.792	108.4
2019	ARI	152	603	86	137	26	1	29	73	8	67	155	0.259	0.348	0.476	0.825	111.3
2018	ARI	37	53	6	8	2	0	3	6	1	3	22	0.163	0.226	0.388	0.614	51.6
2017	ARI	11	15	2	3	1	0	2	2	0	1	5	0.250	0.400	0.833	1.233	198.9
2015	BAL	7	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0.111	0.333	0.111	0.444	50.7
2014	BAL	6	19	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	9	0.167	0.211	0.389	0.599	61.3
Career		986	3909	499	859	182	8	174	531	27	358	919	0.248	0.325	0.456	0.781	110.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	504	89.3	14.8	9.3	41.4	29.9	31.6	0.225	0.386	0.303	26.0
2025	640	90.9	16.9	12.9	46.1	30.5	28.1	0.233	0.435	0.314	26.2
2024	552	91.2	16.6	13.3	48.0	25.6	24.3	0.243	0.470	0.354	26.2
2023	661	88.0	15.8	11.4	40.4	26.4	26.1	0.247	0.465	0.340	26.4
2022	667	90.0	17.0	11.6	44.0	24.6	23.1	0.256	0.497	0.362	26.6
2021	445	88.8	15.6	6.4	41.1	27.3	28.1	0.246	0.396	0.314	27.4
2020	243	90.4	11.5	6.5	48.5	27.1	30.2	0.266	0.454	0.339	26.9
2019	603	91.1	14.8	14.0	48.8	28.8	24.0	0.262	0.516	0.364	27.2
2018	53	86.2	18.7	16.0	29.6	33.8	35.0	0.184	0.457	0.300	28.2
2017	15	95.2	16.3	50.0	42.9	51.4	32.4	0.283	0.785	0.490	27.2
2015	12	88.0	2.4	0.0	60.0	41.7	42.3	0.201	0.220	0.313

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	1B	152	1316	1100	54	6	89	0.995	+0.8
2024	ARI	1B	129	1104	977	76	2	104	0.998	+12.5
2023	ARI	1B	152	1309	1075	77	2	106	0.998	+3.9
2022	ARI	1B	150	1292	1109	78	5	106	0.996	+14.8
2021	ARI	1B	107	866	744	66	6	64	0.993	+5.5
2020	ARI	1B	43	366	268	28	3	40	0.990	-0.5
2019	ARI	1B	142	1179	1042	139	11	95	0.991	+17.9
2018	ARI	1B	7	33	38	2	0	3	1.000	-0.0
2018	ARI	OF	1	9	1	0	0	0	1.000
2017	ARI	1B	1	9	11	0	1	2	0.917	-0.1
2015	BAL	1B	2	4	7	0	0	1	1.000	-0.0
2014	BAL	1B	6	49	45	2	1	5	0.979

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2018	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	359	18 HR, 1 SB	0.299	0.922
2017	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	592	32 HR, 5 SB	0.309	0.979
2016	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	552	18 HR, 1 SB	0.264	0.758
2015	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	592	18 HR, 1 SB	0.257	0.747
2014	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	188	6 HR, 0 SB	0.259	0.763
2014	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	411	20 HR, 2 SB	0.301	0.883
2013	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	69	0 HR, 0 SB	0.242	0.642
2013	A+	Frederick Keys	Bat	239	8 HR, 2 SB	0.288	0.822
2013	A	Delmarva Shorebirds	Bat	131	3 HR, 0 SB	0.353	0.894

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.367	0.327	0.323	0.349
2025	0.301	0.321	0.278	0.349
2024	0.333	0.349	0.350	0.339
2023	0.383	0.348	0.373	0.342
2022	0.360	0.350	0.328	0.377
2021	0.308	0.317	0.311	0.316
2020	0.333	0.362	0.340	0.370
2019	0.360	0.359	0.356	0.363

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	17	60	7	13	5	1	7	6	13	19	0.217	0.360	0.350	0.710
2017	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Career	19	61	7	14	5	1	7	6	13	19	0.230	0.377	0.361	0.737