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Player

Christian Walker

HOU1BBats RThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

2,294

Chase%

31.3%

Zone swing%

73.1%

Whiff%

26.6%

xwOBA

0.304

Barrel%

9.0%

Hard-hit%

40.5%

Avg EV

88.8 mph

Swing Decision Value

71

Decision

72

Contact

77

Damage

23

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball70230.6%26.0%34.7%0.292
Sinker39117.0%9.5%28.7%0.358
Slider32914.3%38.5%36.5%0.304
Cutter2058.9%19.8%30.4%0.296
Sweeper2058.9%38.1%31.0%0.235
Changeup1838.0%35.6%29.2%0.287
Curveball1757.6%35.6%21.0%0.246
Splitter452.0%17.4%10.0%0.424
Knuckle Curve452.0%31.8%40.0%0.194
Unknown50.2%
Slurve40.2%0.0%
Slow Curve20.1%
Eephus20.1%
Forkball10.0%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.