Taijuan Walker

#99 - Starting Pitcher

Philadelphia Phillies

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	8/13/1992 (30)
Height, Weight	6'4", 235 lb
Hometown	Shreveport, LA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	5-3	64.1	5.04	1.37	19.5%	10.7%	26.6%

	22^nd 3 W	58^th 47 IP	129^th 4.85 ERA	109^th 1.37 WHIP	118^th 21.3% K%	164^th 8.2% BB%	147^th 28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	92.5	9.4%	28.5%	47.1%	5.08	4.09

	66^th 93.4 FB MPH	159^th 11.6% SwStr%	120^th 28.0% HC%	63^rd 43.6% GB%	94^th 5.06 PLV	78^th 4.68 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	ARI	3	3	13.0	0	0	3.46	-	3.93	-	1.54	10.4	16.1%	8.9%	.341	-	-	0.69	-	80.6%	7.1%	31.7%	-
2019	ARI	1	1	1.0	0	0	0.00	-	1.22	-	1.00	9.0	25.0%	0.0%	.333	-	-	0.00	-	100.0%	13.3%	20.0%	-
2020	SEA/TOR	11	11	53.1	4	3	2.70	4.34	4.56	4.73	1.16	7.3	22.2%	8.4%	.243	22.0%	37.3%	1.35	14.5%	78.5%	8.7%	27.8%	4.84
2021	NYM	30	29	159.0	7	11	4.47	4.24	4.58	4.34	1.18	7.5	22.3%	8.4%	.254	27.1%	44.5%	1.47	16.8%	69.4%	10.9%	29.5%	4.89
2022	NYM	29	29	157.1	12	5	3.49	3.55	3.65	3.94	1.19	8.2	20.3%	6.9%	.284	28.9%	46.4%	0.86	10.3%	75.7%	11.2%	27.8%	4.94
2023	PHI	13	13	64.1	5	3	5.04	4.04	5.07	4.70	1.37	8.3	19.5%	10.7%	.274	28.5%	47.1%	1.40	16.7%	70.7%	9.4%	26.6%	5.08
SP MLB Percentile		87	87	70	79	35	36	61	32	40	44	60	41	17	71	39	67	38	31	47	20	25	51
SP MLB AVG		9	9	47.0	3	3	4.85	4.68	4.65	4.60	1.37	9.1	21.3%	8.2%	.300	28.0%	43.6%	-	14.7%	71.0%	11.6%	28.1%	5.06
6 Years		87	86	448.0	28	22	3.96	-	-	-	1.22	7.9	21.0%	8.2%	.270	27.1%	44.7%	1.21	14.4%	73.4%	10.4%	28.3%	4.93

Repertoire

Splitter | 36%
Sinker | 23%
Four-Seamer | 22%
Cutter | 10%
Slider | 7%
Curveball | 3%
Changeup | 0%
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2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	88.4	4.0%	-	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	44.4%	33.3%	-	-	.250	.220	.250	-	-	-	-	-
2019	88.5	26.7%	-	-	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	25.0%	-	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	89.0	17.4%	25.3%	48.7%	7.8%	16.2%	24.0%	64.3%	55.8%	31.4%	45.7%	.271	.301	.333	12.5%	.209	.249	16.3%	1,764
2021	89.6	14.8%	42.1%	42.7%	14.6%	11.9%	26.5%	66.6%	59.9%	56.6%	26.3%	.258	.340	.282	25.0%	.250	.332	27.4%	1,597
2022	88.8	27.1%	46.3%	38.5%	17.4%	8.0%	25.4%	67.4%	61.5%	66.0%	15.7%	.192	.224	.247	8.3%	.212	.253	28.0%	1,431
2023	88.4	35.8%	40.7%	28.7%	13.6%	7.8%	21.4%	59.8%	53.8%	64.9%	13.5%	.225	.252	.297	10.0%	.207	.242	32.4%	1,473
SP MLB Percentile	70	87	65	48	30	57	43	70	70	57	26	26	39	39	57	39	48	35	52
SP MLB AVG	86.3	17.5%	34.1%	28.4%	16.3%	6.6%	23.0%	53.5%	48.4%	54.0%	23.7%	.196	.258	.260	27.5%	.215	.279	25.8%	1,410

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.209	.249	.245	.329	16.3%	5.7%	37.1%	26.5%	85.8	86.3	17.8	7.9	6.4	-1.8	6.2	6.2	1,764
2021	.250	.332	.275	.380	27.4%	7.9%	38.2%	27.4%	88.9	88.8	3.5	8.5	4.5	-1.8	6.1	6.0	1,597
2022	.212	.253	.264	.306	28.0%	5.9%	31.4%	22.2%	88.6	83.7	-1.0	6.8	1.7	-2.1	6.2	6.0	1,431
2023	.207	.242	.269	.287	32.4%	4.1%	34.7%	23.9%	90.3	88.3	-0.1	7.8	2.2	-1.9	6.3	5.9	1,473
SP MLB Percentile	39	48	48	70	35	39	52	43	30	70	70	43	43	26	87	9	52
SP MLB AVG	.215	.279	.278	.383	25.8%	5.7%	41.0%	25.9%	86.9	90.5	5.9	7.3	2.6	-1.7	5.7	6.4	1,410

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.250	.250	.220
2019	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
2020	154	49	10	1	0	2	13	1	0	0	99	55	.271	.417	.301
2021	377	106	14	6	0	5	21	8	1	1	251	126	.258	.474	.340
2022	678	221	29	9	0	2	53	11	1	0	457	221	.192	.264	.224
2023	383	109	20	1	1	1	27	6	1	2	229	154	.225	.284	.252
SP MLB Percentile	87	87	4	22	0	13	83	4	0	13	87	4	26	39	39
SP MLB AVG	146	42	5	1	0	1	13	2	0	1	86	60	.196	.367	.258

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	31.4%	22.9%	45.7%	11.4%	12.5%	37.1%	34.3%	28.6%	17.5%	2.9%	22.9%	37.1%	22.9%	8.6%	37.1%
2021	56.6%	17.1%	26.3%	6.6%	25.0%	39.5%	46.1%	14.5%	19.9%	2.6%	39.5%	19.7%	23.7%	6.6%	28.9%
2022	66.0%	18.3%	15.7%	2.0%	8.3%	59.0%	26.3%	14.7%	19.0%	6.5%	51.0%	10.5%	22.9%	3.3%	28.1%
2023	64.9%	21.6%	13.5%	1.4%	10.0%	49.3%	36.0%	14.7%	18.8%	2.7%	51.4%	10.8%	23.0%	8.1%	33.8%
SP MLB Percentile	57	48	26	48	57	26	70	48	78	39	65	43	61	35	43
SP MLB AVG	54.0%	22.4%	23.7%	4.1%	27.5%	54.1%	31.4%	14.5%	14.1%	5.5%	40.7%	14.5%	23.9%	9.7%	36.8%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.250	.220	.250	.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	16.3%	5.7%	37.1%	26.5%	.271	.301	.333	.371	.209	.249	.245	.329	85.8	86.3	17.8
2021	27.4%	7.9%	38.2%	27.4%	.258	.340	.282	.329	.250	.332	.275	.380	88.9	88.8	3.5
2022	28.0%	5.9%	31.4%	22.2%	.192	.224	.247	.256	.212	.253	.264	.306	88.6	83.7	-1.0
2023	32.4%	4.1%	34.7%	23.9%	.225	.252	.297	.307	.207	.242	.269	.287	90.3	88.3	-0.1
SP MLB Percentile	35	39	52	43	26	39	39	48	39	48	48	70	30	70	70
SP MLB AVG	25.8%	5.7%	41.0%	25.9%	.196	.258	.260	.313	.215	.279	.278	.383	86.9	90.5	5.9

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	44.4%	33.3%	0.0%	44.4%	100.0%	-	-	0.0%	-	-	-
2019	-	-	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	25.0%	100.0%	25.0%	0.0%	-	-	0.0%	-	0.0%	0.0%
2020	25.3%	48.7%	7.8%	16.2%	24.0%	64.3%	55.8%	16.2%	48.1%	83.8%	55.0%	94.4%	17.9%	22.0%	61.5%	34.6%
2021	42.1%	42.7%	14.6%	11.9%	26.5%	66.6%	59.9%	26.7%	54.6%	73.3%	61.5%	82.6%	16.1%	31.9%	66.7%	55.0%
2022	46.3%	38.5%	17.4%	8.0%	25.4%	67.4%	61.5%	29.3%	59.4%	70.7%	55.4%	84.8%	11.2%	36.9%	64.4%	49.2%
2023	40.7%	28.7%	13.6%	7.8%	21.4%	59.8%	53.8%	26.1%	52.0%	73.9%	59.5%	92.0%	11.0%	33.3%	46.2%	30.8%
SP MLB Percentile	65	48	30	57	43	70	70	35	65	35	43	17	57	52	26	17
SP MLB AVG	34.1%	28.4%	16.3%	6.6%	23.0%	53.5%	48.4%	36.8%	46.9%	63.3%	51.6%	79.4%	11.2%	30.7%	52.3%	42.5%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55.6%	0.0%	44.4%	-	40.0%	0.0%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	75.0%	0.0%	25.0%	-	0.0%	100.0%
2020	57.1%	30.5%	12.3%	19.5%	29.2%	51.3%	8.4%	37.0%	32.5%	54.5%	13.0%	32.5%	48.7%	23.8%	26.0%
2021	53.1%	26.5%	20.4%	14.9%	21.0%	64.2%	4.5%	29.4%	44.0%	57.6%	11.7%	30.8%	42.7%	19.8%	18.1%
2022	47.2%	27.9%	24.9%	12.2%	17.0%	70.8%	3.1%	33.2%	38.9%	46.2%	13.4%	40.4%	38.5%	20.4%	19.3%
2023	62.1%	23.0%	14.9%	4.4%	19.3%	76.2%	2.3%	30.3%	46.7%	49.9%	10.2%	39.9%	28.7%	20.4%	17.6%
SP MLB Percentile	70	39	26	17	70	52	48	78	35	48	13	39	48	70	52
SP MLB AVG	57.6%	22.7%	19.7%	13.2%	14.8%	72.0%	3.0%	24.6%	52.8%	46.5%	5.6%	47.9%	28.4%	14.3%	19.1%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	154	5.09	652	43.8%	16.4%	39.8%	3.9%	2.3	3.60	+3
2021	377	4.93	1,860	41.1%	19.6%	39.3%	1.9%	3.5	4.42	-2
2022	678	5.16	3,321	45.8%	17.9%	36.3%	9.5%	-7.2	3.26	-2
2023	383	5.41	2,071	51.2%	15.4%	33.4%	17.8%	3.0	2.52	+3
SP MLB Percentile	87	78	87	78	35	61	61	13	-	17
SP MLB AVG	146	5.12	766	46.0%	17.5%	36.5%	9.5%	0.4	-	+1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	92.8	13.0%	23.8%	45.2%	6.1%	16.5%	22.6%	60.9%	53.0%	48.0%	12.0%	.346	.370	.346	0.0%	.399	.431	13.3%	2,009
2021	93.7	21.5%	28.0%	56.4%	7.3%	25.4%	32.7%	70.4%	63.9%	55.8%	26.0%	.283	.350	.317	14.8%	.284	.370	24.2%	2,021
2022	92.8	11.7%	38.6%	50.3%	5.8%	19.9%	25.7%	72.3%	63.0%	49.3%	25.4%	.346	.375	.357	11.1%	.292	.333	25.3%	2,006
2023	92.5	22.9%	32.0%	49.0%	3.3%	23.3%	26.5%	67.3%