Walker Buehler

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Team: Los Angeles Dodgers (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: July 28, 1994 in Lexington, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Henry Clay HS (Lexington, KY) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (24th) of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).

High School: Henry Clay HS (Lexington, KY)

School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 7, 2017 (Age 23-041d, 21,549th in major league history)
vs. COL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$8.03M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 5.168 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Excel Sports Management

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Walker Anthony Buehler

Nicknames: Buehtane or Ferris

Pronunciation: \BYOO-ler\

Twitter: @buehlersdayoff

Instagram: @buehlersdayoff21

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.5

ERA

3.02

115

106

638.1

690

WHIP

1.036

Summary of 68 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 12 tying, 29 go ahead

1 Tm
LAD	68

Platoon
vs RHB	38
vs LHB	30

Home/Road
Home	39
Away	29

Outs
1	25
2	24
0	19

16 Opps
COL	14
SDP	7
NYM	6
PHI	6
CHC	5
ARI	4
SEA	4
ATL	4
SFG	3
CIN	3
LAA	3
HOU	3
STL	2
PIT	2
WSN	1
MIA	1

52 Batters
Pete Alonso	4
Fernando Tatis Jr.	3
Kole Calhoun	3
Mitch Haniger	2
Nolan Arenado	2
Christian Walker	2
Trevor Story	2
Charlie Blackmon	2
Jesse Winker	2
Javier Báez	2
Trent Grisham	2
Scott Kingery	2
Brad Miller	1
Bryan Reynolds	1
Bryce Harper	1
Chris Iannetta	1
Wil Myers	1
George Springer	1
Tucupita Marcano	1
Rhys Hoskins	1
Albert Almora	1
Freddie Freeman	1
Michael Conforto	1
Manuel Margot	1
Francisco Lindor	1
Brendan Rodgers	1
Tony Kemp	1
Carlos Correa	1
Travis d'Arnaud	1
Mike Trout	1
Nick Markakis	1
David Dahl	1
Raimel Tapia	1
Ryon Healy	1
Brandon Belt	1
Joc Pederson	1
Willson Contreras	1
Kyle Seager	1
Daulton Varsho	1
Mark Reynolds	1
Ryan McMahon	1
Paul Goldschmidt	1
Brian Dozier	1
Justin Bour	1
Aristides Aquino	1
Darin Ruf	1
Gerardo Parra	1
Dylan Carlson	1
Steven Duggar	1
Jake Marisnick	1
Joshua Fuentes	1
Kyle Schwarber	1

14 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	39
Coors Fld (DEN)	6
CitizensBank (PHI)	5
Petco Pk (SAN)	4
Chase Field (PHO)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Oracle Park (SFO)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	18
9	17
89	13
8	11
78	9

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	15
1	14
3	12
4	11
7+	7
6	5
5	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	31
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	15
12-	3
-2-	3
123	1
--3	1

96 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	45
1 on	19
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	23

Inning
1	13
2	7
3	9
4	13
5	14
6	8
7	2
8	2

1-3	29
4-6	35
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	4
+1	7
Tied	27
-1	10
-2	6
-3	7
-4..	5

Ahead	13
Tied	27
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	14
0-1	10
2-2	9
2-1	8
3-2	5
1-2	5
1-0	5
1-1	5
2-0	4
0-2	3

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	14
CF	11
SS	11
RF	10
LF	10
3B	5
C	4
2B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
3rd	11
1st	11
2nd	11
4th	10
8th	7
6th	7
5th	6
7th	4
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	35
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-09-10	Mark Reynolds	COL	@	LAD	ahead 2-0	t 8	1	123	6,(3-2) BBSBFX	4	6	3	8%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. LeMahieu Scores; N. Arenado Scores; C. González Scores
2	2	2	1	2017-09-29	Trevor Story	COL		LAD	ahead 5-1	b 4	2	1--	7,(3-2) BBFTB>F>X	2	4	6	7%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); N. Arenado Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2018-05-16	Justin Bour	MIA		LAD	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	1--	7,(3-2) CCBB1B>FX	2	4	3	17%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Castro Scores
4	4	2	1	2018-05-21	Gerardo Parra	COL	@	LAD	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	8,(2-2) CBFFFFBX	1	4	7	15%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	3	1	2018-06-28	Albert Almora	CHC	@	LAD	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	1	8	12%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	2018-07-13	Kole Calhoun	LAA	@	LAD	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	7,(3-2) BBSSBFX	1	1	9	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	5	2	2018-07-13	Kole Calhoun	LAA	@	LAD	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	9	15%	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	6	1	2018-07-25	Rhys Hoskins	PHI		LAD	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCSBX	1	2	7	11%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	7	2	2018-07-25	Scott Kingery	PHI		LAD	tied 1-1	b 5	1	---	5,(1-2) BCFFX	1	7	6	15%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	8	1	2018-08-05	George Springer	HOU	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	9	2	2018-08-05	Tony Kemp	HOU	@	LAD	behind 1-3	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	11%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
12	12	10	1	2018-08-17	Ryon Healy	SEA		LAD	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	6	3	7%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	11	1	2018-09-08	Chris Iannetta	COL		LAD	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	12	2	2018-09-08	Charlie Blackmon	COL		LAD	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	8	14%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Iannetta Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2019-04-06	David Dahl	COL		LAD	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	4	7	11%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	2	1	2019-04-24	Javier Báez	CHC		LAD	behind 0-3	b 6	2	12-	3,(0-2) CFX	3	4	6	36%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Descalso Scores; A. Rizzo Scores
17	17	3	1	2019-05-06	Freddie Freeman	ATL	@	LAD	behind 0-5	t 6	2	1--	4,(2-1) SBBX	2	3	3	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Joyce Scores
18	18	4	2	2019-05-06	Nick Markakis	ATL	@	LAD	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) ..BCBX	1	5	9	8%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	5	1	2019-05-18	Jesse Winker	CIN		LAD	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	9,(2-2) CFBFFFFBX	1	4	7	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	6	1	2019-05-29	Pete Alonso	NYM	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	17%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Smith Scores
21	21	7	2	2019-05-29	Pete Alonso	NYM	@	LAD	tied 3-3	t 5	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	3	23%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Smith Scores
22	22	8	1	2019-06-03	Christian Walker	ARI		LAD	behind 0-3	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	3	9%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
23	23	9	1	2019-06-21	Nolan Arenado	COL	@	LAD	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	5	13%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	10	2	2019-06-21	Charlie Blackmon	COL	@	LAD	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	9	16%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
25	25	11	1	2019-07-03	Christian Walker	ARI	@	LAD	behind 0-3	t 4	0	1--	6,(2-2) CTBFBX	2	5	3	15%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Escobar Scores
26	26	12	1	2019-07-16	Scott Kingery	PHI		LAD	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	6	10%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	13	2	2019-07-16	Brad Miller	PHI		LAD	tied 1-1	b 2	0	1--	3,(0-2) CCX	2	7	5	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Realmuto Scores/unER
28	28	14	3	2019-07-16	Bryce Harper	PHI		LAD	ahead 3-1	b 2	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBSX	3	3	9	17%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); V. Velasquez Scores/unER; S. Kingery Scores/unER; B. Harper Scores/unER
29	29	15	1	2019-07-28	Brian Dozier	WSN		LAD	behind 0-1	b 5	0	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	8	4	23%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Parra Scores
30	30	16	1	2019-08-03	Manuel Margot	SDP	@	LAD	behind 0-4	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	9	PH	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	17	1	2019-09-02	Trevor Story	COL	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	6	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	18	2	2019-09-02	Nolan Arenado	COL	@	LAD	behind 2-6	t 3	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	5	11%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Blackmon Scores
33	33	19	1	2019-09-21	Ryan McMahon	COL	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	20	2	2019-09-21	Joshua Fuentes	COL	@	LAD	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	12%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2020-07-28	Carlos Correa	HOU		LAD	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	6	6	11%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
36	36	2	1	2020-08-03	Trent Grisham	SDP		LAD	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	2	8	10%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	3	2	2020-08-03	Wil Myers	SDP		LAD	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	9	14%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
38	38	4	3	2020-08-03	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP		LAD	behind 2-3	b 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	16%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	5	1	2020-08-15	Mike Trout	LAA		LAD	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	6,(2-2) CCBFBX	2	3	8	16%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. La Stella Scores/unER
40	40	6	1	2020-09-08	Daulton Varsho	ARI		LAD	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	2	12%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
41	41	7	2	2020-09-08	Kole Calhoun	ARI		LAD	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	1--	3,(2-0) *BBX	2	4	9	13%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Walker Scores/unER; K. Calhoun Scores/unER
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2021-04-03	Raimel Tapia	COL		LAD	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	5,(2-2) BBFFX	1	1	7	11%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
43	43	2	1	2021-04-16	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP		LAD	tied 1-1	b 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	2	6	16%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
44	44	3	1	2021-04-22	Trent Grisham	SDP	@	LAD	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	13%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	4	1	2021-04-27	Jesse Winker	CIN	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
46	46	5	1	2021-05-05	Jake Marisnick	CHC		LAD	behind 0-2	b 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	8	27%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Duffy Scores
47	47	6	1	2021-05-11	Mitch Haniger	SEA	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	2	9	10%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
48	48	7	2	2021-05-11	Kyle Seager	SEA	@	LAD	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	5,(1-2) FSBFX	2	4	5	17%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Lewis Scores
49	49	8	3	2021-05-11	Mitch Haniger	SEA	@	LAD	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	2	9	9%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	9	1	2021-05-28	Steven Duggar	SFG	@	LAD	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	8	15%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	10	1	2021-06-02	Paul Goldschmidt	STL	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	3	3	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
52	52	11	2	2021-06-02	Dylan Carlson	STL	@	LAD	behind 2-14	t 5	2	---	6,(2-2) SBCBFX	1	2	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
53	53	12	1	2021-06-24	Javier Báez	CHC	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	3	6	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
54	54	13	2	2021-06-24	Willson Contreras	CHC	@	LAD	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	2	20%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Bryant Scores
55	55	14	1	2021-08-14	Michael Conforto	NYM		LAD	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	9	14%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
56	56	15	1	2021-08-20	Pete Alonso	NYM	@	LAD	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	8%	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
57	57	16	1	2021-08-31	Joc Pederson	ATL	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	5,(2-2) BCFBX	1	8	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
58	58	17	1	2021-09-05	Brandon Belt	SFG		LAD	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
59	59	18	1	2021-09-11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP	@	LAD	behind 0-2	t 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	6	20%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Machado Scores
60	60	19	1	2021-09-22	Brendan Rodgers	COL		LAD	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	9%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	2022-04-14	Aristides Aquino	CIN	@	LAD	behind 0-3	t 6	2	1--	7,(2-2) .FCBFBFX	2	6	7	17%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Stephenson Scores
62	62	2	1	2022-04-19	Travis d'Arnaud	ATL	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	3	1	2022-05-13	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	@	LAD	behind 3-5	t 4	2	1--	3,(2-0) 1B*BX	2	1	7	22%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Stott Scores
64	64	4	1	2022-05-30	Tucupita Marcano	PIT	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 2	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	7	23%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. VanMeter Scores; J. Suwinski Scores
65	65	5	2	2022-05-30	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	@	LAD	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	7%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
66	66	6	1	2022-06-04	Francisco Lindor	NYM	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	9,(2-2) CFBFFBFFX	1	3	6	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
67	67	7	2	2022-06-04	Pete Alonso	NYM	@	LAD	behind 3-4	t 3	1	--3	3,(1-1) SBX	2	4	3	15%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Marte Scores
68	68	8	1	2022-06-10	Darin Ruf	SFG		LAD	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	11%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)