Ryan Buchter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 230lb (193cm, 104kg)

Born: February 13, 1987 in Reading, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 33rd round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Highland Regional HS (Blackwood, NJ).

High School: Highland Regional HS (Blackwood, NJ)

School: Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester (Sewell, NJ)

Debut: June 20, 2014 (Age 27-127d, 20,660th in major league history)
vs. WSN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: August 1, 2021 (Age 34-169d)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council • Previously: The L. Warner Companies

Full Name: Ryan James Buchter

Nicknames: Book or 5 Deuce

Pronunciation: \BOOK-ter\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

ERA

3.16

285

236.1

259

WHIP

1.219

Summary of 33 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 5 go ahead

5 Tms
OAK	12
SDP	11
ARI	5
KCR	3
LAA	2

Platoon
vs RHB	18
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	11

Outs
0	12
2	11
1	10

14 Opps
SFG	7
LAD	5
TEX	4
STL	3
TOR	3
COL	2
CLE	2
NYM	1
TBR	1
ATL	1
LAA	1
SEA	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

30 Batters
Yasmani Grandal	2
Brandon Belt	2
Justin Turner	2
Paul DeJong	1
Christian Arroyo	1
Kolten Wong	1
Trevor Story	1
Nomar Mazara	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Willie Calhoun	1
Freddie Freeman	1
Joey Gallo	1
Russell Martin	1
Yordan Alvarez	1
Roberto Pérez	1
Justin Smoak	1
Billy McKinney	1
Aledmys Díaz	1
Jiman Choi	1
Stephen Vogt	1
Eric Thames	1
Buster Posey	1
Cody Bellinger	1
Nick Solak	1
Luis Valbuena	1
Ryan Hanigan	1
Austin Slater	1
Wilmer Flores	1
Stephen Piscotty	1
Kyle Seager	1

13 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	10
Petco Pk (SAN)	5
Chase Field (PHO)	3
Oracle Park (SFO)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	13
78	8
8	5
9	4
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	10
2	8
6	4
4	4
3	3
5	3
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	8
-23	3
1-3	2
12-	1

53 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	19
1 on	8
2 on	6
Any on	14

Inning
3	1
5	3
6	3
7	8
8	13
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	1
4-6	6
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	2
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	3
-1	5
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	16
Tied	3
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	10
1-0	6
2-2	4
3-2	3
1-2	2
2-1	2
1-1	2
0-1	2
3-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
C	6
DH	4
SS	4
3B	4
RF	3
PH	2
CF	2
2B	1
LF	1

OrderPos
4th	9
3rd	5
5th	5
7th	4
2nd	3
6th	3
9th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-04-08	Trevor Story	COL		SDP	behind 5-13	b 9	0	---	6,(3-2) ..BBBCFX	1	2	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2016-05-22	Justin Turner	LAD	@	SDP	behind 3-4	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) .TBBX	1	9	PH	21%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2016-07-21	Stephen Piscotty	STL		SDP	behind 2-5	b 8	1	-23	4,(2-1) BFBX	3	4	3	37%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Gyorko Scores; K. Wong Scores
4	4	4	1	2016-09-04	Yasmani Grandal	LAD		SDP	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	16%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Y. Puig Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2017-04-07	Brandon Belt	SFG	@	SDP	behind 5-7	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) BSFX	1	3	3	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	2	1	2017-04-17	Freddie Freeman	ATL		SDP	behind 3-4	b 8	1	---	4,(1-2) SBTX	1	3	3	32%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7	7	3	1	2017-04-28	Christian Arroyo	SFG		SDP	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	5	6	26%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
8	8	4	1	2017-05-04	Ryan Hanigan	COL	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	14%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	5	1	2017-06-16	Eric Thames	MIL		SDP	tied 5-5	b 10	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	6	1	2017-07-02	Yasmani Grandal	LAD	@	SDP	behind 2-5	t 7	2	---	5,(2-2) BBCSX	1	6	2	6%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	2017-07-14	Buster Posey	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 4-3	t 7	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	2	13%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
12	12	8	1	2017-08-07	Kolten Wong	STL	@	KCR	ahead 7-2	t 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Y. Molina Scores
13	13	9	2	2017-08-07	Paul DeJong	STL	@	KCR	ahead 9-2	t 9	1	1--	6,(3-2) CBBBFX	2	3	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Voit Scores
14	14	10	1	2017-08-18	Edwin Encarnación	CLE	@	KCR	ahead 9-1	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2018-04-07	Luis Valbuena	LAA		OAK	behind 2-4	b 7	1	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	7	5	13%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	2	1	2018-07-24	Joey Gallo	TEX		OAK	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	9	7%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	3	1	2018-07-30	Aledmys Díaz	TOR	@	OAK	behind 0-10	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ....X	1	7	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	2018-08-01	Russell Martin	TOR	@	OAK	behind 1-7	t 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Solarte Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2019-04-20	Justin Smoak	TOR	@	OAK	ahead 7-0	t 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); F. Galvis Scores
20	20	2	1	2019-05-12	Roberto Pérez	CLE	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 6	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	8	2	34%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. González Scores; J. Luplow Scores
21	21	3	1	2019-06-22	Jiman Choi	TBR	@	OAK	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	8,(3-2) CBFBFBFX	1	3	3	20%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
22	22	4	1	2019-07-26	Willie Calhoun	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	7%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	5	1	2019-08-17	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	@	OAK	behind 3-8	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	5	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	6	1	2019-08-24	Stephen Vogt	SFG	@	OAK	ahead 7-4	t 8	2	12-	5,(3-1) BFB*BX	3	2	DH	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Solano Scores; B. Crawford Scores
25	25	7	1	2019-09-21	Nick Solak	TEX	@	OAK	behind 2-11	t 8	1	---	6,(2-2) BCBFFX	1	4	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	8	1	2019-09-22	Nomar Mazara	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 7-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	4	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2020-08-05	Kyle Seager	SEA		LAA	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1-3	3,(1-1) ..S1BX	3	4	5	30%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Crawford Scores; D. Moore Scores
28	28	2	1	2020-08-14	Cody Bellinger	LAD	@	LAA	ahead 5-1	t 8	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. Pollock Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2021-05-31	Billy McKinney	NYM	@	ARI	ahead 5-2	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	9	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	2	1	2021-06-16	Wilmer Flores	SFG		ARI	ahead 8-2	b 5	0	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	9	PH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Duggar Scores
31	31	3	2	2021-06-16	Brandon Belt	SFG		ARI	ahead 10-2	b 5	1	-23	2,(0-1) SX	3	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Yastrzemski Scores; B. Posey Scores
32	32	4	1	2021-07-03	Austin Slater	SFG	@	ARI	behind 4-5	t 8	2	1--	6,(2-2) B1111BSFFX	2	4	8	52%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Yastrzemski Scores
33	33	5	1	2021-08-01	Justin Turner	LAD	@	ARI	ahead 8-0	t 7	2	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	3	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Betts Scores; C. Taylor Scores