Taylor Buchholz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: October 13, 1981 in Lower Merion, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Springfield HS (Springfield, PA).

High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, PA)

Debut: April 7, 2006 (Age 24-176d, 18,828th in major league history)
vs. WSN 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 29, 2011 (Age 29-228d)
vs. PHI 1.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: David Pasti

Full Name: Taylor Buchholz

Pronunciation: \BUCK-holtz\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

4.28

158

311.0

229

WHIP

1.203

Summary of 41 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
HOU	21
COL	15
NYM	5

Platoon
vs LHB	23
vs RHB	18

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	18

Outs
2	18
0	13
1	10

15 Opps
SFG	7
CIN	6
NYM	4
FLA	4
PIT	3
LAD	3
CHC	3
MIL	3
PHI	2
COL	1
ATL	1
STL	1
SDP	1
WSN	1
HOU	1

37 Batters
José Valentín	2
Raúl Ibañez	2
Adam Dunn	2
Ken Griffey Jr.	2
Álex González	1
Édgar Rentería	1
Craig Wilson	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Jacque Jones	1
Carlos Zambrano	1
Jorge Cantú	1
Michael Barrett	1
Jason Bay	1
Carlos Lee	1
Wes Helms	1
Geoff Jenkins	1
Jonathan Herrera	1
Jeff Kent	1
Brian Giles	1
José Castillo	1
Aubrey Huff	1
Pedro Feliz	1
Russell Martin	1
Rafael Furcal	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Bengie Molina	1
Clint Barmes	1
Damion Easley	1
Prince Fielder	1
Fred Lewis	1
Barry Bonds	1
Wily Mo Peña	1
Jay Bruce	1
Logan Morrison	1
Randy Winn	1
Hanley Ramírez	1
Freddy Sanchez	1

11 Parks
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	12
Coors Fld (DEN)	9
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
PNC Pk (PIT)	3
Citi Field (NYC)	3
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
Oracle Park (SFO)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1

Where Hit
9	15
7	14
89	7
8	3
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	15
4	7
3	6
1	5
7+	3
5	3
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	21
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	5
-2-	4
1-3	4
12-	3
--3	3
123	2
-23	2

77 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	18
1 on	12
2 on	9
3 on	2
Any on	23

Inning
1	4
2	6
3	4
4	6
5	3
6	8
8	8
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	14
4-6	17
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	1
+1	7
Tied	8
-1	3
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	19
Tied	8
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	8
1-0	7
1-2	5
0-0	5
1-1	4
2-1	4
3-2	3
2-0	2
3-1	1
2-2	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	9
2B	7
RF	6
1B	5
SS	5
CF	3
C	3
3B	2
P	1

OrderPos
3rd	9
5th	6
4th	6
6th	6
2nd	5
7th	3
1st	3
8th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2006-04-17	Carlos Lee	MIL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	7	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	2006-04-17	Geoff Jenkins	MIL	@	HOU	behind 1-2	t 6	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	9	28%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Hardy Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	2006-04-30	Adam Dunn	CIN		HOU	behind 0-3	b 6	2	--3	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	7	18%	34%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Q. McCracken Scores
4	4	4	1	2006-05-10	Jeff Kent	LAD		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	4	23%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); K. Lofton Scores; J. Drew Scores
5	5	5	2	2006-05-10	Rafael Furcal	LAD		HOU	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	1	6	9%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Ethier Scores; B. Tomko Scores
6	6	6	1	2006-05-15	Randy Winn	SFG	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(1-2) CFBFX	1	1	9	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	7	2	2006-05-15	Pedro Feliz	SFG	@	HOU	ahead 4-0	t 3	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	6	5	8%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Finley Scores; B. Bonds Scores; M. Sweeney Scores
8	8	8	1	2006-05-26	José Castillo	PIT		HOU	behind 2-4	b 4	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	4	17%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Burnitz Scores
9	9	9	2	2006-05-26	Jason Bay	PIT		HOU	ahead 5-4	b 4	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	7	21%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); N. McLouth Scores; F. Sanchez Scores
10	10	10	3	2006-05-26	Craig Wilson	PIT		HOU	ahead 8-4	b 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	2006-06-05	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1-3	7,(1-2) BFS>FFFX	3	9	1	22%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); F. Bynum Scores; R. Cedeño Scores
12	12	12	2	2006-06-05	Michael Barrett	CHC	@	HOU	ahead 4-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	2	5%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	13	3	2006-06-05	Jacque Jones	CHC	@	HOU	ahead 5-0	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	4%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	14	1	2006-06-10	Édgar Rentería	ATL	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	-23	4,(3-0) BBBX	3	2	6	11%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); T. Hudson Scores; W. Betemit Scores
15	15	15	1	2006-07-06	Jim Edmonds	STL	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	5	8	23%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Pujols Scores
16	16	16	1	2006-07-16	Wes Helms	FLA		HOU	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	10%	29%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
17	17	17	2	2006-07-16	Hanley Ramírez	FLA		HOU	behind 1-3	b 5	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	6	34%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Treanor Scores; A. Amézaga Scores
18	18	18	1	2006-07-21	José Valentín	NYM		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	0	123	2,(0-1) CX	4	7	4	16%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); C. Delgado Scores; D. Wright Scores/unER; C. Floyd Scores
19	19	19	2	2006-07-21	Carlos Delgado	NYM		HOU	ahead 5-0	b 5	2	--3	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	4	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Beltrán Scores
20	20	20	1	2006-07-27	Ken Griffey Jr.	CIN	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	1--	4,(2-1) 1BBCX	2	3	8	13%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); A. Dunn Scores
21	21	21	2	2006-07-27	Adam Dunn	CIN	@	HOU	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	-2-	7,(3-2) SBBBFFX	2	2	7	8%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); E. Ramírez Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2007-04-23	José Valentín	NYM		COL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	8	4	22%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Alou Scores; S. Green Scores
23	23	2	1	2007-05-13	Fred Lewis	SFG	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	23%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Ortmeier Scores; K. Frandsen Scores
24	24	3	1	2007-05-27	Barry Bonds	SFG		COL	behind 1-4	b 6	1	1--	4,(2-1) BF*BX	2	4	7	19%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Aurilia Scores
25	25	4	1	2007-06-01	Ken Griffey Jr.	CIN	@	COL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	9%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	5	2	2007-06-01	Álex González	CIN	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	-2-	3,(1-1) BF>X	2	6	6	15%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); B. Phillips Scores
27	27	6	1	2007-07-29	Russell Martin	LAD	@	COL	behind 4-9	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	7	1	2007-08-24	Wily Mo Peña	WSN	@	COL	ahead 4-1	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	6	7	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	8	1	2007-08-28	Bengie Molina	SFG		COL	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	6,(3-2) .CFBBBX	1	5	2	7%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2008-07-03	Jorge Cantú	FLA	@	COL	behind 2-3	t 8	2	1--	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	3	3	49%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Hermida Scores
31	31	2	1	2008-07-07	Prince Fielder	MIL		COL	behind 1-4	b 8	2	--3	3,(1-1) S*BX	2	4	3	13%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Counsell Scores/unER; P. Fielder Scores/unER
32	32	3	1	2008-07-11	Damion Easley	NYM		COL	tied 1-1	b 8	2	---	7,(3-2) FBBFBFX	1	5	4	32%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	4	1	2008-08-08	Brian Giles	SDP	@	COL	behind 2-6	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	3	9	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	5	1	2008-08-23	Jay Bruce	CIN	@	COL	behind 5-7	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	9	9%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2010-07-24	Raúl Ibañez	PHI		COL	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	-2-	4,(1-2) CFBX	2	3	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Polanco Scores
36	36	2	1	2010-08-03	Freddy Sanchez	SFG	@	COL	ahead 6-0	t 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2011-04-01	Logan Morrison	FLA		NYM	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	6	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
38	38	2	1	2011-04-14 (2)	Jonathan Herrera	COL	@	NYM	ahead 5-4	t 6	2	-23	6,(2-2) .B.BCFFX	3	2	4	24%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. De La Rosa Scores; D. Fowler Scores
39	39	3	1	2011-05-03	Aubrey Huff	SFG	@	NYM	tied 6-6	t 10	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	5	3	35%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	4	1	2011-05-15	Clint Barmes	HOU		NYM	behind 2-7	b 6	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	6	3%	5%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
41	41	5	1	2011-05-29	Raúl Ibañez	PHI	@	NYM	behind 1-9	t 8	0	---	5,(1-2) CFFBX	1	4	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)