WALKER BUEHLER

2026-06-20 vs Padres

RHPRank SPadres vs Rangers

5.1

R / ER

1/1

Movement

EXT 6.55 ft

avg pfxX
-0.62

avg pfxZ
2.18

Spin
2027

Release Angle
44°

vs LHB

36 tracked pitches

vs RHB

51 tracked pitches

Pitch Frequency / Usage

vs LHB%

14%↓

Slider 30%

vs RHB%

41%↑

vs LHB%

28%↑

Four-Seam Fastball 22%

vs RHB%

18%↓

vs LHB%

6%↓

Sinker 18%

vs RHB%

28%↑

vs LHB%

25%↑

Cutter 17%

vs RHB%

12%↓

vs LHB%

19%↑

Changeup 8%

vs RHB%

0%↓

vs LHB%

8%↑

Curveball 5%

vs RHB%

2%↓

Arrows are vs overall usage

Pitch Arsenal

Velocity, shape, command, and outcome by pitch type

6 pitch types

Pitch	#	%	Velo	Spin	Ext	Zone%	Strike%	CSW%	Whiff%	FStuff+
Slider	26	29.9	85.6	2461	6.59	26.9	23.1	23.1	19.2	88
Four-Seam Fastball	19	21.8	93.2	2061	6.51	57.9	52.6	52.6	15.8	119
Sinker	16	18.4	93.8	2012	6.60	68.8	37.5	37.5	6.2	114
Cutter	15	17.2	89.6	2255	6.53	53.3	20.0	20.0	6.7	88
Changeup	7	8.0	87.9	988	6.47	57.1	28.6	28.6	28.6	87
Curveball	4	4.6	79.4	2382	6.40	75.0	25.0	25.0	25.0	101
Total	87	100.0	89.4	2133	6.55	50.6	32.2	32.2	14.9	100

Detailed Log

Pitch-by-pitch details

Pitch events from MLB Stats API

#	Inning	Batter	Side	Type	Velo	Count	Call	Result
1	1 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.3	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	1 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Curveball	78.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	1 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Cutter	89.2	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	1 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Cutter	89.3	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	1 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.7	2-3	Swinging Strike	Joc Pederson strikes out swinging.
1	1 Bot	Josh Jung	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.8	0-0	In play, no out	Josh Jung singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	1 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Cutter	90.7	0-0	In play, out(s)	Wyatt Langford flies out to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	1 Bot	Brandon Nimmo	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.4	0-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
2	1 Bot	Brandon Nimmo	L	Slider	87.1	0-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	1 Bot	Brandon Nimmo	L	Changeup	88.3	0-2	Foul	Foul
4	1 Bot	Brandon Nimmo	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.4	0-2	Foul	Foul
5	1 Bot	Brandon Nimmo	L	Sinker	94.3	0-2	In play, out(s)	Brandon Nimmo grounds into a force out, third baseman Manny Machado to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Josh Jung out at 2nd.
1	2 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Four-Seam Fastball	92.3	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Slider	88.3	1-1	Foul	Foul
3	2 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Slider	82.0	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	2 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Sinker	93.5	2-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
5	2 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Slider	87.2	2-3	Swinging Strike	Ezequiel Duran strikes out swinging.
1	2 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.3	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	2 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Slider	81.6	0-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	2 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Changeup	87.7	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	2 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Changeup	87.4	1-2	Foul	Foul
5	2 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Cutter	89.9	1-3	Called Strike	Jarred Kelenic called out on strikes.
1	2 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.1	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	2 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Slider	87.9	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	2 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Slider	86.0	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	2 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Sinker	94.6	1-3	Called Strike	Jake Burger called out on strikes.
1	3 Bot	Nicky Lopez	L	Cutter	91.1	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Bot	Nicky Lopez	L	Four-Seam Fastball	91.7	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	3 Bot	Nicky Lopez	L	Slider	86.3	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	3 Bot	Nicky Lopez	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.6	2-1	In play, out(s)	Nicky Lopez lines out to left fielder Samad Taylor.
1	3 Bot	Kyle Higashioka	R	Four-Seam Fastball	92.9	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	3 Bot	Kyle Higashioka	R	Slider	86.9	0-2	Foul	Foul
3	3 Bot	Kyle Higashioka	R	Slider	82.6	0-2	In play, out(s)	Kyle Higashioka lines out to first baseman Ty France.
1	3 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Curveball	79.2	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	3 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Cutter	89.2	0-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	3 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Changeup	88.4	0-2	In play, out(s)	Joc Pederson grounds out, first baseman Ty France to pitcher Walker Buehler.
1	4 Bot	Josh Jung	R	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	4 Bot	Josh Jung	R	Slider	88.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	4 Bot	Josh Jung	R	Slider	86.7	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	4 Bot	Josh Jung	R	Cutter	90.2	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	4 Bot	Josh Jung	R	Sinker	93.9	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	4 Bot	Josh Jung	R	Slider	87.7	2-3	Swinging Strike	Josh Jung strikes out swinging.
1	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Slider	88.9	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Sinker	92.8	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Sinker	93.5	2-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Slider	87.3	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Slider	81.0	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Sinker	93.6	3-2	Ball	Ball
7	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.4	3-2	Foul	Foul
8	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Cutter	89.6	3-2	Foul	Foul
9	4 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Slider	81.5	4-2	Ball	Wyatt Langford walks.
1	4 Bot	Brandon Nimmo	L	Cutter	89.4	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	4 Bot	Brandon Nimmo	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.2	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	4 Bot	Brandon Nimmo	L	Sinker	93.2	1-1	In play, out(s)	Brandon Nimmo singles on a line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Wyatt Langford out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder Jackson Merrill to third baseman Manny Machado.
1	4 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Curveball	79.9	0-1	Swinging Strike (Blocked)	Swinging Strike (Blocked)
2	4 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Cutter	88.7	1-1	Ball In Dirt	Ball In Dirt
3	4 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Sinker	94.8	1-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	4 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Slider	82.2	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	4 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Slider	80.3	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	4 Bot	Ezequiel Duran	R	Sinker	94.7	2-2	In play, out(s)	Ezequiel Duran grounds into a force out, shortstop Xander Bogaerts to second baseman Fernando Tatis Jr. Brandon Nimmo out at 2nd.
1	5 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.7	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	5 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Changeup	87.4	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	5 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Cutter	88.7	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	5 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Changeup	88.3	2-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
5	5 Bot	Jarred Kelenic	L	Slider	86.9	2-3	Swinging Strike	Jarred Kelenic strikes out swinging.
1	5 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Sinker	93.5	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	5 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Slider	87.0	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	5 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Sinker	92.9	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	5 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Cutter	89.7	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	5 Bot	Jake Burger	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.1	2-3	Swinging Strike	Jake Burger strikes out swinging.
1	5 Bot	Nicky Lopez	L	Cutter	90.1	0-0	In play, no out	Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to second baseman Fernando Tatis Jr. Nicky Lopez to 2nd. Nicky Lopez advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by second baseman Fernando Tatis Jr.
1	5 Bot	Kyle Higashioka	R	Sinker	94.2	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	5 Bot	Kyle Higashioka	R	Slider	87.0	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	5 Bot	Kyle Higashioka	R	Sinker	93.8	1-1	In play, out(s)	Kyle Higashioka grounds out, second baseman Fernando Tatis Jr. to first baseman Ty France.
1	6 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Slider	87.7	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	6 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Changeup	87.8	0-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	6 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Cutter	89.8	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	6 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.7	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	6 Bot	Joc Pederson	L	Curveball	79.6	2-2	In play, out(s)	Joc Pederson grounds out, first baseman Ty France to pitcher Walker Buehler.
1	6 Bot	Josh Jung	R	Cutter	88.9	0-0	In play, no out	Josh Jung doubles (17) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Samad Taylor.
1	6 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Sinker	93.7	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	6 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Slider	88.2	0-2	Foul	Foul
3	6 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.3	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	6 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Slider	80.8	1-2	Foul	Foul
5	6 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	2-2	Ball	Ball
6	6 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Slider	86.5	3-2	Ball	Ball
7	6 Bot	Wyatt Langford	R	Sinker	94.3	3-2	In play, run(s)	Wyatt Langford doubles (7) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Samad Taylor. Josh Jung scores.

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