MLB · AL West

Christian Walker

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Houston Astros1BBats: R · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerAbove avg

At a glance

This season

.244

OBP

.309

SLG

.491

OPS

.800

18 HR · 53 RBI · 66 K (21%) · 23 BB · 311 PA

MLB avg · .247 / .318 / .404 · .722 OPS

Last 10 games

.205

RBI

8-for-39

Quality of contact

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season (≥80 AB pool). The dot is this player — further right is better on every metric. Based on 311 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.363

Avg Exit V

90.5 mph

Barrel %

11.1%

Hard-Hit %

53.7%

Chase %

30.1%

Whiff %

27.0%

K %

21.2%

BB %

7.4%

Spray distribution

Where this hitter puts the ball in play. The greener (more saturated) a sector, the larger his share of batted balls there; the pull/center/oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below.

44%

Pull

27%

Center

29%

Oppo

Pull-air 32% of BIP · 94.2 mph · 37° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Advanced — Statcast profilethrough Wed Jun 17

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.311

xSLG

.547

Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above

Max EV

112.5

EV90

106.5

Launch angle

14.2°

Sweet-spot%

31.5%

Avg distance

298 ft

EV on barrels

105.5

EV on hard-hit

102.2

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

72.8%

O-Contact%

47.1%

Z-Contact%

85.5%

Contact%

73.0%

SwStr%

13.4%

CSW%

25.4%

In-zone%

46.2%

1st-pitch swing%

34.4%

2-strike K%

42.6%

Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%

7d xwOBA(con)

.326

7d K%

19.2%

7d Barrel%

5.3%

7d Whiff%

23.9%

14d xwOBA(con)

.303

14d K%

24.1%

14d Barrel%

2.7%

30d xwOBA(con)

.325

30d K%

24.8%

30d Barrel%

9.1%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.508

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.386

Behind xwOBA(con)

.318

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.353

Ahead Whiff%

23.3%

2-strike Whiff%

26.8%

By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning

Bases empty

.360

RISP

.331

Loaded

.150

High leverage

.381

Clutch

.373

Innings 1-3

.401

Innings 4-6

.332

Innings 7+

.363

Statcast-derived from our pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

Split by opposing hand

Hits righties much harder than lefties (reverse-split for his bat side).

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.197	.257
OBP	.318	.296	.313
SLG	.404	.426	.509
OPS	.722	.722	.822
Sample	—	71 PA	240 PA

Pitch-by-pitch breakdown

How he performs against each pitch. Filter by pitch type, opposing pitcher hand, or recency. Color signal: green beats league average, red falls short.

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

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3 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Curveball	29	.071	.174	.206	42.2%	41.4%	29.3%	12.1%	87.0 mph	19.4°
Changeup	29	.223	.564	.356	31.0%	20.7%	36.2%	19.0%	85.3 mph	18.3°
Slider	76	.307	.680	.271	39.2%	30.3%	42.2%	12.7%	86.1 mph	11.7°