Christian Walker
First Baseman · Houston Astros · #8
- Bats / Throws
- R / R
- Height
- 5′ 11″
- Weight
- 208 lb
- Born
- 1991-03-28
- Birthplace
- Norristown, PA, United States
- Debut
- 2014
- ESPN id
- 32758
- Source
- espn
Pitches2326
PA552
AVG.251
SLG.468
ISO.217
K%24.1%
BRL%13.3%
HH%48.0%
EV91.2
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 767 | 33.0% | 94.6 | 2293 |
| Slider | 393 | 16.9% | 86.1 | 2398 |
| Sinker | 366 | 15.7% | 93.4 | 2169 |
| Changeup | 229 | 9.8% | 85.1 | 1768 |
| Sweeper | 175 | 7.5% | 82.5 | 2636 |
| Cutter | 140 | 6.0% | 89.8 | 2385 |
| Curveball | 127 | 5.5% | 79.7 | 2678 |
| Split-Finger | 41 | 1.8% | 86.5 | 1165 |
| Knuckle Curve | 36 | 1.5% | 82.1 | 2430 |
| Slurve | 22 | 0.9% | 81.5 | 2276 |
| Knuckleball | 14 | 0.6% | 77.1 | 266 |
| Unknown | 11 | 0.5% | — | — |
| Other | 2 | 0.1% | 58.1 | 1634 |
| Forkball | 2 | 0.1% | 83.6 | 879 |
| Pitch Out | 1 | 0.0% | 89.7 | 2094 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 127 | .228 | .496 | .268 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 48 |
| Slider | 92 | .217 | .370 | .152 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| Sinker | 85 | .282 | .471 | .188 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Changeup | 62 | .323 | .645 | .323 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Sweeper | 41 | .220 | .488 | .268 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Cutter | 22 | .273 | .591 | .318 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Curveball | 29 | .276 | .345 | .069 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Split-Finger | 8 | .125 | .125 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Knuckle Curve | 6 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slurve | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Knuckleball | 3 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unknown | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forkball | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitch Out | 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 | 81 | 17.3% | 51.9% | 92.9 | 24.8° | 240 | 44.4% | 25.9% | 22.2% | 7.4% |
| Slider | 64 | 9.4% | 39.1% | 88.5 | 19.5° | 194 | 31.3% | 25.0% | 32.8% | 10.9% |
| Sinker | 79 | 11.4% | 54.4% | 92.2 | 7.1° | 154 | 19.0% | 25.3% | 51.9% | 3.8% |
| Changeup | 48 | 18.8% | 54.2% | 93.6 | 8.0° | 167 | 25.0% | 20.8% | 50.0% | 4.2% |
| Sweeper | 34 | 8.8% | 41.2% | 88.0 | 26.6° | 205 | 41.2% | 14.7% | 29.4% | 14.7% |
| Cutter | 18 | 16.7% | 44.4% | 90.6 | 20.7° | 204 | 50.0% | 11.1% | 33.3% | 5.6% |
| Curveball | 17 | 11.8% | 47.1% | 91.5 | 13.7° | 151 | 23.5% | 23.5% | 41.2% | 11.8% |
| Split-Finger | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 75.0 | 5.8° | 59 | 16.7% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 16.7% |
| Knuckle Curve | 5 | 0.0% | 40.0% | 98.5 | 26.6° | 207 | 20.0% | 20.0% | 40.0% | 20.0% |
| Knuckleball | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 94.3 | -5.0° | 20 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.1 | 26.0° | 348 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |