WALKER BUEHLER

2026-08-06 vs Padres

RHPRank APadres vs Diamondbacks

4.0

R / ER

1/1

Movement

EXT 6.53 ft

avg pfxX
-0.68

avg pfxZ
2.58

Spin
2070

Release Angle
44°

vs LHB

45 tracked pitches

vs RHB

31 tracked pitches

Pitch Frequency / Usage

vs LHB%

36%↑

Cutter 30%

vs RHB%

23%↓

vs LHB%

11%↓

Slider 22%

vs RHB%

39%↑

vs LHB%

20%↑

Sinker 20%

vs RHB%

19%↓

vs LHB%

18%↑

Four-Seam Fastball 17%

vs RHB%

16%↓

vs LHB%

16%↑

Changeup 9%

vs RHB%

0%↓

vs LHB%

0%↓

Curveball 1%

vs RHB%

3%↑

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+
Cutter	23	30.3	91.7	2300	6.49	52.2	21.7	21.7	0.0	96
Slider	17	22.4	87.6	2372	6.63	47.1	17.6	17.6	17.6	88
Sinker	15	19.7	94.9	2060	6.48	66.7	40.0	40.0	6.7	124
Four-Seam Fastball	13	17.1	94.5	2106	6.52	46.2	30.8	30.8	7.7	109
Changeup	7	9.2	90.3	1090	6.49	14.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	85
Curveball	1	1.3	78.9	2489	6.79	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	140
Total	76	100.0	91.6	2127	6.53	50.0	25.0	25.0	6.6	100

Detailed Log

Pitch-by-pitch details

Pitch events from MLB Stats API

#	Inning	Batter	Side	Type	Velo	Count	Call	Result
1	1 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.6	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	1 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.3	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	1 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Cutter	91.9	1-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	1 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Cutter	91.6	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	1 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Slider	87.6	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	1 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Sinker	94.8	2-3	Called Strike	Geraldo Perdomo called out on strikes.
1	1 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Sinker	94.8	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	1 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Cutter	91.4	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	1 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Sinker	94.8	2-0	In play, out(s)	Corbin Carroll lines out sharply to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	1 Bot	Gabriel Moreno	R	Cutter	92.5	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	1 Bot	Gabriel Moreno	R	Cutter	91.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	1 Bot	Gabriel Moreno	R	Slider	88.8	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	1 Bot	Gabriel Moreno	R	Cutter	92.3	2-1	In play, no out	Gabriel Moreno doubles (19) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Luis Rengifo.
1	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Sinker	95.5	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Cutter	92.1	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Changeup	91.0	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Changeup	91.1	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Sinker	96.5	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Cutter	92.7	4-2	Ball	Ketel Marte walks.
1	1 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Cutter	91.6	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	1 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Changeup	90.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	1 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Changeup	90.1	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	1 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Cutter	91.8	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	1 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Changeup	90.3	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	1 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Slider	88.4	2-2	Foul	Foul
7	1 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Cutter	93.2	3-2	Ball	Ball
8	1 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Slider	87.6	3-2	In play, out(s)	Lars Nootbaar grounds out, first baseman Ty France to pitcher Walker Buehler.
1	2 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.1	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	2 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Sinker	95.3	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	2 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Cutter	91.2	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	2 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Sinker	95.1	2-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
5	2 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	88.7	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	2 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	88.0	2-2	In play, out(s)	Nolan Arenado pops out to first baseman Ty France.
1	2 Bot	Max Kepler	L	Sinker	95.9	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	2 Bot	Max Kepler	L	Cutter	91.6	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	2 Bot	Max Kepler	L	Sinker	95.7	1-1	In play, out(s)	Max Kepler flies out to left fielder Luis Rengifo.
1	2 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.4	0-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
2	2 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Sinker	95.5	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	2 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Slider	88.9	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	2 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Slider	84.8	1-3	Swinging Strike	Tim Tawa strikes out swinging.
1	3 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Four-Seam Fastball	92.6	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Sinker	92.9	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	3 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Cutter	90.9	1-1	In play, out(s)	Ryan Waldschmidt grounds out, second baseman Jake Cronenworth to first baseman Ty France.
1	3 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Four-Seam Fastball	95.2	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.4	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	3 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Cutter	92.8	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	3 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Cutter	90.7	2-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
5	3 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Slider	87.4	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	3 Bot	Geraldo Perdomo	L	Slider	85.8	2-3	Swinging Strike	Geraldo Perdomo strikes out swinging.
1	3 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.6	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Cutter	91.4	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	3 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Cutter	91.6	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	3 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Four-Seam Fastball	95.7	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	3 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.7	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	3 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Sinker	94.7	2-2	In play, no out	Corbin Carroll doubles (23) on a ground ball to left fielder Luis Rengifo.
1	3 Bot	Gabriel Moreno	R	Curveball	78.9	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	3 Bot	Gabriel Moreno	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.7	0-1	In play, run(s)	Gabriel Moreno singles on a line drive to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. Corbin Carroll scores.
1	3 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Cutter	92.3	0-0	In play, no out	Ketel Marte singles on a ground ball to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. Gabriel Moreno to 2nd.
1	3 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Changeup	89.8	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Bot	Lars Nootbaar	L	Cutter	91.4	1-0	In play, no out	Lars Nootbaar singles on a ground ball to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Gabriel Moreno to 3rd. Ketel Marte to 2nd.
1	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Cutter	92.3	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	89.5	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	89.4	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	85.0	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.8	2-2	In play, out(s)	Nolan Arenado flies out to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	4 Bot	Max Kepler	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.1	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Bot	Max Kepler	L	Changeup	89.1	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	4 Bot	Max Kepler	L	Sinker	93.2	2-1	Foul	Foul
4	4 Bot	Max Kepler	L	Cutter	89.6	2-1	In play, out(s)	Max Kepler flies out to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr.
1	4 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Slider	87.3	0-0	In play, no out	Tim Tawa singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Luis Rengifo.
1	4 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Cutter	89.4	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Sinker	94.4	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	4 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Sinker	94.9	1-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	4 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Slider	87.9	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	4 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Slider	86.4	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	4 Bot	Ryan Waldschmidt	R	Slider	87.5	2-2	In play, out(s)	Ryan Waldschmidt grounds into a double play, shortstop Xander Bogaerts to second baseman Jake Cronenworth to first baseman Ty France. Tim Tawa out at 2nd. Ryan Waldschmidt out at 1st.

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