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

AVG

.239↓

OBP

.306

SLG

.478

OPS

.784

HR

18

K%

21%

Last 10: 7-for-38 (.184) · 2 HR · 9 K · 4 BB · MLB avg .247 / .318 / .404

Power & contact quality

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season. The dot is this player; further right is better on every metric. Based on 323 PA.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.360
49
Avg Exit V
90.2 mph
76
Barrel %
10.8%
75
Hard-Hit %
52.9%
75
Chase %
30.1%
49
Whiff %
26.6%
26
K %
21.4%
52
BB %
7.7%
40

Where he hits it

26%LF21%LCF16%CF14%RCF15%RF← Pull

44%

Pull

27%

Center

29%

Oppo

Pull-air 34% of BIP · 93.1 mph · 37° LA

Share of batted balls by field sector. The pull / center / oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below the fan.

Matchups

vs LHP.710OPS74 PA
vs RHP.805OPS249 PA

By pitch type. Filter by pitch, opposing hand, or recency. Green beats league average, red falls short.

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5 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

PitchPA↑BASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Cutter16.250.313.36019.6%0.0%35.3%5.9%88.1 mph18.5°
Changeup29.223.564.35631.8%20.7%36.2%19.0%85.3 mph18.3°
Curveball31.068.165.21540.1%38.7%26.8%10.9%86.1 mph21.9°
Slider80.291.646.26339.2%30.0%41.7%12.0%86.2 mph13.2°
Four-seam91.199.452.31522.1%24.2%47.8%9.0%94.9 mph20.3°

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.