Billy Buckner

Arizona Diamondbacks

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Billy Buckner threw 2,714 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2014, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2014, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (88mph), Sinker (89mph) and Curve using a Knuckle Curve grip (79mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph).


In 2014, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has below average velo. Their curve using a knuckle curve grip has a sharp downward bite and has slight glove-side movement. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2014) generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight cut action.