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
Pitches4865
PA1186
AVG.245
SLG.441
ISO.196
K%22.1%
BRL%11.3%
HH%43.4%
EV89.9
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 1765 | 36.3% | 93.0 | 2277 |
| Changeup | 936 | 19.2% | 83.9 | 1751 |
| Sinker | 639 | 13.1% | 92.8 | 2130 |
| Slider | 491 | 10.1% | 84.2 | 2397 |
| Curveball | 415 | 8.5% | 77.8 | 2501 |
| Cutter | 320 | 6.6% | 87.7 | 2287 |
| Sweeper | 112 | 2.3% | 80.7 | 2447 |
| Knuckle Curve | 93 | 1.9% | 79.8 | 2353 |
| Unknown | 37 | 0.8% | 77.4 | 2611 |
| Slurve | 36 | 0.7% | 80.0 | 2591 |
| Split-Finger | 18 | 0.4% | 84.2 | 1084 |
| Forkball | 2 | 0.0% | 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 | 317 | .246 | .476 | .230 | 78 | 43 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 95 |
| Changeup | 251 | .227 | .331 | .104 | 57 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 41 |
| Sinker | 138 | .283 | .384 | .101 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Slider | 112 | .214 | .527 | .313 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 47 |
| Curveball | 85 | .212 | .294 | .082 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Cutter | 67 | .284 | .657 | .373 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| Sweeper | 24 | .375 | .833 | .458 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Knuckle Curve | 15 | .267 | .533 | .267 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Unknown | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slurve | 7 | .143 | .571 | .429 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Split-Finger | 7 | .286 | .714 | .429 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 226 | 13.3% | 43.4% | 90.0 | 24.0° | 203 | 39.4% | 18.6% | 31.0% | 11.1% |
| Changeup | 213 | 6.1% | 32.4% | 86.4 | 11.1° | 158 | 21.6% | 24.4% | 46.9% | 7.0% |
| Sinker | 120 | 9.2% | 50.8% | 93.4 | 11.6° | 167 | 25.8% | 23.3% | 45.8% | 5.0% |
| Slider | 65 | 21.5% | 55.4% | 91.4 | 17.5° | 199 | 35.4% | 21.5% | 35.4% | 7.7% |
| Curveball | 59 | 6.8% | 44.1% | 90.2 | 12.3° | 155 | 23.7% | 22.0% | 47.5% | 6.8% |
| Cutter | 53 | 18.9% | 52.8% | 94.7 | 12.7° | 172 | 28.3% | 22.6% | 43.4% | 5.7% |
| Sweeper | 19 | 15.8% | 57.9% | 90.4 | 16.0° | 196 | 31.6% | 21.1% | 42.1% | 5.3% |
| Knuckle Curve | 7 | 0.0% | 42.9% | 89.2 | 22.9° | 209 | 28.6% | 28.6% | 28.6% | 14.3% |
| Slurve | 4 | 25.0% | 25.0% | 79.5 | 27.0° | 198 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| Split-Finger | 6 | 16.7% | 33.3% | 83.8 | 21.5° | 176 | 33.3% | 16.7% | 33.3% | 16.7% |