Byron Buxton
Center Fielder · Minnesota Twins · #25
- Bats / Throws
- R / R
- Height
- 6′ 1″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Born
- 1993-12-18
- Birthplace
- Baxley, GA, United States
- Debut
- 2015
- ESPN id
- 32655
- Source
- espn
Pitches7117
PA1882
AVG.247
SLG.480
ISO.233
K%29.6%
BRL%11.7%
HH%44.0%
EV90.4
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 2222 | 31.2% | 93.9 | 2290 |
| Slider | 1276 | 17.9% | 85.2 | 2412 |
| Sinker | 1246 | 17.5% | 93.0 | 2164 |
| Changeup | 769 | 10.8% | 84.8 | 1766 |
| Cutter | 501 | 7.0% | 88.7 | 2387 |
| Curveball | 442 | 6.2% | 79.0 | 2517 |
| Sweeper | 313 | 4.4% | 82.4 | 2531 |
| Knuckle Curve | 146 | 2.1% | 80.9 | 2434 |
| Split-Finger | 131 | 1.8% | 85.9 | 1341 |
| Unknown | 38 | 0.5% | — | — |
| Slurve | 19 | 0.3% | 81.5 | 2564 |
| Other | 7 | 0.1% | 59.6 | 1433 |
| Forkball | 3 | 0.0% | 86.7 | 1446 |
| Knuckleball | 2 | 0.0% | 84.5 | 902 |
| Eephus | 2 | 0.0% | 73.0 | 2472 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 522 | .247 | .529 | .282 | 129 | 57 | 32 | 5 | 35 | 174 |
| Slider | 315 | .270 | .498 | .229 | 85 | 48 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 109 |
| Sinker | 303 | .261 | .442 | .182 | 79 | 47 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 52 |
| Changeup | 183 | .191 | .284 | .093 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 78 |
| Cutter | 146 | .240 | .562 | .322 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 40 |
| Curveball | 110 | .255 | .536 | .282 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 46 |
| Sweeper | 77 | .325 | .636 | .312 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Knuckle Curve | 26 | .115 | .269 | .154 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Split-Finger | 35 | .171 | .286 | .114 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Unknown | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slurve | 4 | .250 | .500 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forkball | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Knuckleball | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eephus | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contact quality by pitch
| Pitch | BBE | BRL% | HH% | EV | LA | DIST | FB% | LD% | GB% | PU% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 355 | 15.5% | 53.2% | 93.8 | 23.4° | 219 | 36.9% | 22.5% | 29.3% | 11.3% |
| Slider | 207 | 11.1% | 35.3% | 87.6 | 18.7° | 188 | 25.6% | 29.0% | 33.3% | 12.1% |
| Sinker | 255 | 7.1% | 41.6% | 89.9 | 13.1° | 166 | 24.7% | 25.1% | 41.2% | 9.0% |
| Changeup | 106 | 5.7% | 31.1% | 86.7 | 13.0° | 152 | 18.9% | 28.3% | 41.5% | 11.3% |
| Cutter | 108 | 14.8% | 46.3% | 91.1 | 19.7° | 183 | 30.6% | 21.3% | 37.0% | 11.1% |
| Curveball | 66 | 10.6% | 48.5% | 89.3 | 14.7° | 199 | 24.2% | 36.4% | 31.8% | 7.6% |
| Sweeper | 50 | 22.0% | 56.0% | 91.3 | 16.2° | 213 | 40.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% | 4.0% |
| Knuckle Curve | 16 | 6.3% | 25.0% | 83.1 | 16.9° | 157 | 31.3% | 18.8% | 37.5% | 12.5% |
| Split-Finger | 16 | 6.3% | 18.8% | 83.6 | 22.1° | 160 | 31.3% | 6.3% | 43.8% | 18.8% |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | —° | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Slurve | 2 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 93.1 | 38.5° | 309 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 108.1 | 4.0° | 94 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |