Walker Buehler vs. Nestor Cortes — Career Comparison

Walker Buehler
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Nestor Cortes
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Walker Buehler and Nestor Cortes are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 134 for Walker Buehler and 135 for Nestor Cortes, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 123 and 119 respectively. If forced to pick, Nestor Cortes gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Walker Buehler and Nestor Cortes

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.68
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.14
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.4
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.61
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.52
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.28
66.28
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.73
65.73
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
3.52
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
3.94
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1807
27
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
602.1
9
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
7.7
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
8.02
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.14
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.52
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
2.69
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
2.69
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
9.07
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
9.02
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.07
9.07
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.302
1.302
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.41
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.24
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3467
37.16
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2490
37.21
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.24
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.88
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
4.06
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.52
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3151
33.77
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2279
34.05
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Walker Buehler and Nestor Cortes

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.68
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.14
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.4
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1807
27
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
602.1
9
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.57
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.93
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.54
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.85
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.5
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.82
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.49
96.49
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.73
65.73
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walker Buehler and Nestor Cortes

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
486.15
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
86400
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
600
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
526.15
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
58.46
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
49.23
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.15
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.08
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.23
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
14.51
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
73.85
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
92.31
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
33.85
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.46
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
49.23
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.21
-0.65
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
33.85
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
99
304.62
Nestor Cortes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
1.97
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
40
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
Nestor Cortes
Career
Per 600 PA