What years did Walker Buehler play?

Walker Buehler played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.

Was Walker Buehler a pitcher?

Yes. Walker Buehler pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 977 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Walker Buehler hit?

Walker Buehler hit 1 career home runs with 19 hits.

What was Walker Buehler's career batting average?

Walker Buehler batted .111 over his career, with 19 hits in 171 at bats.

How many RBI did Walker Buehler have?

Walker Buehler drove in 6 runs in his career.

What was Walker Buehler's career ERA?

Walker Buehler finished with a 3.69 career ERA, going 66-35 with 977 strikeouts.

Walker Buehler

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2017-2026)

Walker Buehler is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2017 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Boston Red Sox, and the Philadelphia Phillies, a span of 10 seasons. Across 189 career appearances, he has gone 66-35 with a 3.69 ERA and 977 strikeouts. Walker Buehler is a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9893.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

Active Player

W–L 66–35

ERA 3.69

WHIP 1.18

SO 977

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 9893.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 7/28/1994 in Lexington, KY, USA
MLB Debut: 2017-09-07
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Walker Anthony Buehler

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Career Pitching Statistics

Walker Buehler — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
66	35	189	178	3	1	0	993.1	868	407	128	308	977	3.69	9893.1

Career ERA 3.69 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — 12.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Walker Buehler Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2017	LAN	NL	1	0	8	0	0	0	9.1	11	8	8	12	7.71	4.36 (-77%)	0.0
2018	LAN	NL	8	5	24	23	0	0	137.1	95	40	37	151	2.62	4.15 (+37%)	3925.8
2019	LAN	NL	14	4	30	30	2	0	182.1	153	66	37	215	3.26	4.51 (+28%)	7091.1
2020	LAN	NL	1	0	8	8	0	0	36.2	24	14	11	42	3.44	4.45 (+23%)	82.3
2021	LAN	NL	16	4	33	33	0	0	207.2	149	57	52	212	2.47	4.27 (+42%)	6008.7
2022	LAN	NL	6	3	12	12	1	1	65.0	67	29	17	58	4.02	3.97 (-1%)	269.4
2024	LAN	NL	1	6	16	16	0	0	75.1	89	45	28	64	5.38	4.08 (-32%)	-2758.2
2025	BOS	AL	7	7	23	22	0	0	112.1	120	68	55	84	5.45	4.16 (-31%)	-4876.1
2025	PHI	NL	3	0	3	2	0	0	13.2	10	1	6	8	0.66	4.16 (+84%)	150.1
2026	SD	NL	9	6	32	32	0	0	153.2	150	79	57	131	4.63	4.18 (-11%)	-
Career · 10 seasons			66	35	189	178	3	1	993.1	868	407	308	977	3.69	—	9,893

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Walker Buehler — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
158	171	11	19	2	0	1	6	0	11	99	.111	.165	.140	.305	-1,280

Career AVG .111 vs. league average .247 across their career seasons — 55.0% below league average.

Career OBP .165 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 48.1% below league average.

Career SLG .140 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 65.9% below league average.

Career OPS .305 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 58.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Walker Buehler Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2017	LAN	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	LAN	NL	24	43	1	7	0	0	1	2	21	.163	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	LAN	NL	30	59	5	5	0	1	2	4	33	.085	.252 (-66%)	.322 (-56%)	.434 (-69%)	.757 (-63%)	-619.0
2020	LAN	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	LAN	NL	34	69	5	7	2	0	3	5	45	.101	.243 (-58%)	.317 (-49%)	.410 (-68%)	.727 (-60%)	-660.7
2022	LAN	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	LAN	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	BOS	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			158	171	11	19	2	1	6	11	99	.111	—	—	—	—	-1,280

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Walker Buehler — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Walker Buehler — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	SO	AVG
2024	NLCS	LAN	1	0	0	0	.000
2024	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	0	0	.000
2024	WS	LAN	2	0	0	0	.000
2021	NLCS	LAN	3	2	0	1	.000
2021	NLDS2	LAN	2	4	1	3	.000
2020	NLCS	LAN	2	0	0	0	.000
2020	NLDS1	LAN	1	0	0	0	.000
2020	NLWC1	LAN	1	0	0	0	.000
2020	WS	LAN	1	0	0	0	.000
2019	NLDS1	LAN	2	4	0	2	.000
2018	NLCS	LAN	2	3	0	2	.000
2018	NLDS2	LAN	1	1	0	1	.000
2018	WS	LAN	1	2	0	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Walker Buehler — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	4	19	18	1	94.2	73	32	36	114	3.04

Playoff Pitching by Year

Walker Buehler — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2024	NLCS	LAN	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	3	0	2	6	0.00
2024	NLDS2	LAN	0	1	1	1	0	5.0	7	6	1	0	10.80
2024	WS	LAN	1	0	2	1	1	6.0	2	0	2	7	0.00
2021	NLCS	LAN	0	1	2	2	0	7.2	13	6	6	9	7.04
2021	NLDS2	LAN	0	1	2	2	0	10.2	9	4	3	9	3.38
2020	NLCS	LAN	1	0	2	2	0	11.0	10	1	5	13	0.82
2020	NLDS1	LAN	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	2	1	4	8	2.25
2020	NLWC1	LAN	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	3	2	2	8	4.50
2020	WS	LAN	1	0	1	1	0	6.0	3	1	1	10	1.50
2019	NLDS1	LAN	1	0	2	2	0	12.2	5	1	6	15	0.71
2018	NLCS	LAN	0	1	2	2	0	11.2	12	5	1	15	3.86
2018	NLDS2	LAN	0	0	1	1	0	5.0	2	5	3	7	9.00
2018	WS	LAN	0	0	1	1	0	7.0	2	0	0	7	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Walker Buehler — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	81	85	7	11	0	3	.129
Away	76	84	4	7	1	2	.083

Pitching — Home / Away

Walker Buehler — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	81	451.0	371	152	121	475	3.03
Away	75	382.0	346	176	127	368	4.15

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Walker Buehler — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-25	PHI	MIA	W	5.0	3	0	0	3	2	0
2025-09-19	PHI	AZ	W	3.2	2	0	0	2	3	0
2025-09-12	PHI	KCR	W	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0
2025-08-24	BOS	NYY	—	2.1	2	2	2	1	2	1
2025-08-19	BOS	BAL	—	4.0	4	2	2	4	4	0
2025-08-13	BOS	HOU	L	6.0	4	4	4	4	3	2
2025-08-08	BOS	SDP	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	4	0
2025-08-02	BOS	HOU	—	4.1	9	3	3	3	0	1
2025-07-27	BOS	LAD	—	4.2	4	3	3	5	4	1
2025-07-21	BOS	PHI	—	7.0	6	2	1	1	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Walker Buehler — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	157	146	53	87	4	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Walker Buehler — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2017	LAN	P	8	0	2	1	0	1
2018	LAN	P	24	23	0	16	1	0
2019	LAN	P	30	30	11	17	0	1
2020	LAN	P	8	8	3	3	0	0
2021	LAN	P	33	33	10	25	1	1
2022	LAN	P	12	12	5	6	0	0
2024	LAN	P	16	16	9	8	1	2
2025	BOS	P	23	22	11	11	1	0
2025	PHI	P	3	2	2	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Walker Buehler Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	157

Awards & Honors

Walker Buehler — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2021	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP
2021	Pitcher of the Month	July

Award Voting History

Walker Buehler — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2021	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	70.0	210	0
2019	Cy Young Award	NL	9th	2.0	210	0
2018	Rookie of the Year	NL	3rd	28.0	150	1

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Walker Buehler: the record in brief

Active since a debut on September 7, 2017, Walker Buehler has a record on this page that is still being added to. The team column moves through the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017 through 2024), the Boston Red Sox (2025), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2025). The bio lists Buehler as a pitcher who both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6 feet, 2 inches and 185 pounds. The birth record reads July 28, 1994, in Lexington, KY, USA. Buehler's full given name, per the bio, is Walker Anthony Buehler.

Buehler has gone 66-35 with a 3.69 ERA in 189 games, 178 of them starts. The same table counts 977 strikeouts. Against a 4.22 league ERA for the same years, Buehler was 12.6% better. The best win total was 16, in 2021. The strikeout high was 215 in 2019. 2021 was Buehler's sharpest full season, a 2.47 ERA against the league's 4.27.

Frequently Asked Questions about Walker Buehler

What years did Walker Buehler play?: Walker Buehler played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.
Was Walker Buehler a pitcher?: Yes. Walker Buehler pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 977 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Walker Buehler hit?: Walker Buehler hit 1 career home runs with 19 hits.
What was Walker Buehler's career batting average?: Walker Buehler batted .111 over his career, with 19 hits in 171 at bats.
How many RBI did Walker Buehler have?: Walker Buehler drove in 6 runs in his career.
What was Walker Buehler's career ERA?: Walker Buehler finished with a 3.69 career ERA, going 66-35 with 977 strikeouts.