MLB · AL West

Christian Walker

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Houston Astros1BBats: R · Throws: R

FormColdPowerAbove avg

The read

Above-average power. Cooling off over the last ten.

At a glance

This season

.239

OBP

.306

SLG

.478

OPS

.784

18 HR · 53 RBI · 69 K (21%) · 25 BB · 323 PA

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

Last 10 games

.184

RBI

7-for-38

Power & contact quality

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 323 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.360

Avg Exit V

90.2 mph

Barrel %

10.8%

Hard-Hit %

52.9%

Chase %

30.1%

Whiff %

26.6%

K %

21.4%

BB %

7.7%

Where he hits it

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 34% of BIP · 93.1 mph · 37° LA

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sun Jun 21

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.308

xSLG

.541

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

Max EV

112.5

EV90

106.4

Launch angle

14.7°

Sweet-spot%

31.4%

Avg distance

300 ft

EV on barrels

105.5

EV on hard-hit

102.1

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

72.6%

O-Contact%

48.0%

Z-Contact%

85.5%

Contact%

73.4%

SwStr%

13.2%

CSW%

25.5%

In-zone%

46.2%

1st-pitch swing%

34.7%

2-strike K%

42.9%

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

7d xwOBA(con)

.278

7d K%

20.8%

7d Barrel%

0.0%

7d Whiff%

18.6%

14d xwOBA(con)

.304

14d K%

22.0%

14d Barrel%

2.9%

30d xwOBA(con)

.322

30d K%

23.2%

30d Barrel%

9.2%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.493

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.392

Behind xwOBA(con)

.303

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.349

Ahead Whiff%

22.8%

2-strike Whiff%

26.8%

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

Bases empty

.353

RISP

.327

Loaded

.150

High leverage

.376

Clutch

.373

Innings 1-3

.396

Innings 4-6

.335

Innings 7+

.353

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

Platoon split

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

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.191	.252
OBP	.318	.297	.309
SLG	.404	.413	.496
OPS	.722	.710	.805
Sample	—	74 PA	249 PA

How he handles each pitch

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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5 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Cutter	16	.250	.313	.360	19.6%	0.0%	35.3%	5.9%	88.1 mph	18.5°
Changeup	29	.223	.564	.356	31.8%	20.7%	36.2%	19.0%	85.3 mph	18.3°
Curveball	31	.068	.165	.215	40.1%	38.7%	26.8%	10.9%	86.1 mph	21.9°
Slider	80	.291	.646	.263	39.2%	30.0%	41.7%	12.0%	86.2 mph	13.2°
Four-seam	91	.199	.452	.315	22.1%	24.2%	47.8%	9.0%	94.9 mph	20.3°