Walker Buehler vs. Sonny Gray — Career Comparison

Walker Buehler
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Sonny Gray
MillenialTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Walker Buehler a clear advantage over Sonny Gray across the core pitching metrics. Walker Buehler led in run prevention (ERA+ 134 vs 103), walk avoidance (BB%+ 120 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 123 vs 106). Walker Buehler was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Walker Buehler and Sonny Gray

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.68
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
1.59
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.55
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.61
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.59
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.48
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.28
66.28
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.07
55.07
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.99
92.99
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.35
97.35
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
3.52
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
763
3.58
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.233
0.233
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
7.7
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1675
7.86
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.86
7.86
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.14
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.9
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.69
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
621
2.91
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
9.07
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1925
9.03
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.07
9.07
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.307
1.307
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.5
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.41
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.27
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3467
37.16
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7952
37.31
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.88
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
836
3.92
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.22
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.65
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.197
1.197
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3151
33.77
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7204
33.8
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.31
37.31

Fielding Stats for Walker Buehler and Sonny Gray

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.68
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
1.59
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.55
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.57
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.87
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.93
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.11
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.54
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
2.05
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.5
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
1.98
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.8
96.8
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.892
0.892
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.99
92.99
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.35
97.35
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walker Buehler and Sonny Gray

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
158
486.15
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
1738.98
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
600
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
118
600
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
526.15
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
99
503.39
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
58.46
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
71.19
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
49.23
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
66.1
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.15
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.08
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.08
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.23
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.08
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
14.51
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
12.65
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
73.85
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
81.36
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
92.31
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
17
86.44
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
33.85
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
40.68
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.46
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.25
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
49.23
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
55.93
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-0.65
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
5.24
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
33.85
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.25
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
99
304.62
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
177.97
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.97
1.97
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.37
3.37
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
40
Sonny Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
81.36
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.08
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
Sonny Gray
Career
Per 600 PA