Kyle Seager Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics (2024)

Kyle Seager

3B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 216LBS | Age: 36

Draft: 2009 | Rd: 3, #82, Seattle Mariners | UNC Chapel Hill

	PA	AB	R	H	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2019	443	393	55	94	23	2	.239	.321	.468	.789
2020	248	203	35	49	9	5	.241	.355	.433	.788
2021	670	603	73	128	35	3	.212	.285	.438	.723
11 Seasons	6,204	5,561	705	1,395	242	55	.251	.321	.442	.763

	AVG	HR	SB	OPS
2019	.239	23	2	.789
2020	.241	9	5	.788
2021	.212	35	3	.723
11 Seasons	.251	242	55	.763

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season	Age	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Barrel/PA	Exit Velocity	Max EV	Launch Angle	LA Sweet- Spot %	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	HardHit%	K%	BB%
2015	27	2537	529	37	7.0	5.4	89.3	109.3	16.8	36.1	.282	.467	.335	.353	.385	34.6	14.3	7.9
2016	28	2583	491	44	9.0	6.5	90.3	109.2	16.8	36.3	.293	.512	.363	.377	.417	41.3	16.0	10.2
2017	29	2565	474	41	8.6	6.3	88.3	109.1	21.0	35.2	.258	.477	.326	.344	.380	33.9	16.9	8.9
2018	30	2489	449	25	5.6	4.0	89.8	110.5	18.5	37.0	.246	.411	.288	.305	.365	39.6	21.9	6.0
2019	31	1821	309	26	8.4	5.9	89.5	107.1	18.4	36.9	.258	.487	.332	.350	.394	39.7	19.4	9.9
2020	32	963	176	18	10.2	7.3	89.1	108.7	17.7	30.7	.252	.472	.338	.365	.364	39.8	13.3	12.9
2021	33	2554	446	55	12.3	8.2	89.0	111.0	19.5	35.7	.221	.452	.308	.319	.383	40.1	24.0	8.8
Player		15512	2874	246	8.6	6.1	89.4	111.0	18.4	35.8	.259	.467	.326	.343	.386	38.1	18.3	8.8
MLB					6.9	4.7	88.5	122.4	12.2	33.1	.245	.406	.316	.315	.369	36.4	22.2	8.4

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other

Pitch Tracking

Batted Ball Profile

Season	GB %	FB %	LD %	PU %	Pull %	Straight %	Oppo %	Weak %	Topped %	Under %	Flare/Burner %	Solid %	Barrel %	Barrel/PA
2015	36.5	25.5	30.8	7.2	40.3	35.5	23.1	2.3	26.3	30.6	27.4	4.2	7.0	5.4
2016	36.9	26.7	28.5	7.9	39.5	32.6	27.9	2.4	24.0	27.7	26.9	7.7	9.0	6.5
2017	32.9	35.7	21.9	9.5	37.6	38.4	24.1	2.5	21.7	36.1	22.4	7.6	8.6	6.3
2018	34.7	32.1	24.9	8.2	41.9	38.3	19.6	1.6	23.6	33.0	27.8	8.2	5.6	4.0
2019	33.7	32.7	26.5	7.1	35.6	40.5	23.9	2.9	23.3	29.4	27.8	6.8	8.4	5.9
2020	36.4	36.4	19.3	8.0	35.8	41.5	22.7	3.4	23.3	34.1	22.7	6.3	10.2	7.3
2021	33.4	37.7	19.7	9.2	43.3	33.0	23.8	3.8	23.1	35.0	17.9	7.8	12.3	8.2
Player	34.9	31.7	25.2	8.2	39.6	36.4	23.7	2.6	23.7	32.2	24.8	7.0	8.6	6.1
MLB	44.6	23.6	24.8	7.0	37.1	37.5	25.3	3.9	32.8	24.7	24.4	5.8	6.9	4.7

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Similar Batters to Kyle Seager:

2018 - Ehire Adrianza

2016 - Justin Turner

2019 - Andrew Benintendi

2016 - Anthony Rizzo

2015 - Mookie Betts

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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year	Pitch Type	RV/100	Run Value	Pitches	%	PA	BA	SLG	wOBA	Whiff%	K%	PutAway %	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Hard Hit %
2021	4-Seam Fastball	2.0	15	747	29.2	214	.284	.612	.412	17.0	11.7	12.3	.279	.636	.420	48.4
2021	Slider	-1.0	-5	440	17.2	116	.162	.314	.250	43.5	33.6	30.2	.172	.332	.253	25.4
2021	Changeup	0.9	4	370	14.5	85	.165	.329	.262	41.3	31.8	26.2	.185	.353	.268	26.9
2021	Curveball	-0.6	-2	366	14.3	81	.156	.299	.217	42.1	44.4	33.3	.136	.247	.188	31.7
2021	Sinker	-0.7	-2	314	12.3	93	.235	.400	.308	11.5	12.9	22.2	.312	.582	.405	54.8
2021	Cutter	4.6	7	159	6.2	43	.300	.775	.460	27.2	18.6	16.7	.221	.496	.326	37.5
2021	Split-Finger	-0.3	0	103	4.0	25	.043	.043	.164	47.7	40.0	30.3	.109	.140	.155	30.8
2021	Sweeper	-1.6	-1	40	1.6	7	.143	.571	.286	47.1	57.1	40.0	.128	.220	.148	33.3
2021	Slurve	-7.8	-1	14	0.5	4	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	.125	.138	.114	0.0
2020	4-Seam Fastball	-1.4	-5	343	35.6	109	.170	.398	.306	10.5	6.4	8.2	.260	.570	.406	48.8
2020	Changeup	2.1	4	175	18.2	35	.296	.407	.423	25.4	14.3	11.6	.362	.501	.449	31.8
2020	Slider	-0.6	-1	153	15.9	33	.154	.308	.280	27.6	24.2	16.0	.151	.295	.275	21.1
2020	Curveball	-0.7	-1	115	11.9	23	.174	.217	.172	40.0	43.5	25.6	.142	.235	.161	23.1
2020	Sinker	9.8	11	108	11.2	36	.567	.900	.628	8.2	2.8	4.8	.347	.576	.426	45.2
2020	Cutter	-2.7	-1	50	5.2	7	.143	.286	.179	42.9	28.6	12.5	.105	.228	.139	20.0
2020	Sweeper	-5.3	-1	13	1.3	2	.000	.000	.000	33.3	0.0	0.0	.106	.120	.102	0.0
2020	Split-Finger	-1.1	0	6	0.6		--	--	--	100.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
2019	4-Seam Fastball	-1.1	-7	634	34.8	154	.201	.418	.319	14.7	16.2	14.5	.259	.552	.374	46.4
2019	Sinker	5.6	16	286	15.7	71	.441	1.000	.630	6.4	1.4	1.9	.414	.835	.545	50.0
2019	Curveball	-0.2	0	253	13.9	45	.150	.250	.230	33.0	44.4	19.0	.154	.212	.217	30.0
2019	Slider	2.5	6	250	13.7	74	.254	.433	.341	31.3	31.1	25.3	.240	.390	.314	36.4
2019	Changeup	-2.7	-6	230	12.6	60	.158	.211	.188	33.0	15.0	12.9	.209	.314	.246	20.8
2019	Cutter	1.1	1	88	4.8	19	.235	.588	.342	22.2	10.5	9.5	.280	.604	.387	50.0
2019	Split-Finger	2.9	1	33	1.8	9	.333	.667	.417	35.3	33.3	20.0	.213	.332	.233	16.7
2019	Sweeper	-3.0	0	15	0.8	3	.000	.000	.233	50.0	33.3	16.7	.124	.136	.319	0.0
2019	Slurve	-13.8	0	3	0.2	1	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	--	.135	.146	.122	0.0
2018	4-Seam Fastball	-0.9	-7	802	32.2	194	.224	.408	.309	18.7	18.6	15.9	.257	.470	.346	46.0
2018	Sinker	-0.3	-1	520	20.9	150	.252	.468	.342	8.8	10.7	13.7	.312	.506	.375	49.6
2018	Slider	0.6	2	375	15.1	92	.253	.368	.292	35.2	34.8	23.2	.238	.318	.264	25.5
2018	Curveball	-2.8	-8	299	12.0	70	.103	.221	.141	40.0	42.9	31.3	.141	.247	.170	30.8
2018	Changeup	1.1	3	269	10.8	67	.262	.477	.338	23.1	16.4	15.1	.204	.299	.233	20.0
2018	Cutter	-3.5	-4	123	4.9	31	.179	.286	.226	20.6	16.1	20.0	.261	.512	.340	33.3
2018	Split-Finger	1.4	1	51	2.0	11	.182	.727	.364	41.7	54.5	30.0	.168	.444	.260	80.0
2018	Sweeper	-1.6	0	20	0.8	3	.000	.000	.233	9.1	0.0	0.0	.235	.729	.505	50.0
2018	Knuckleball	-6.2	-1	15	0.6	4	.250	.250	.225	0.0	0.0	0.0	.324	.377	.312	25.0
2018	Slurve	-8.5	-1	10	0.4	3	.000	.000	.000	40.0	33.3	20.0	.178	.208	.171	50.0
2017	4-Seam Fastball	0.3	2	712	27.8	190	.290	.543	.404	11.7	12.1	12.8	.298	.650	.436	43.2
2017	Sinker	-0.6	-3	533	20.8	141	.286	.476	.347	9.2	8.5	10.8	.273	.463	.338	37.6
2017	Slider	-0.8	-3	401	15.6	90	.159	.293	.221	35.8	30.0	19.3	.164	.250	.219	22.8
2017	Curveball	0.2	1	355	13.8	77	.211	.451	.301	30.6	28.6	19.5	.202	.383	.280	26.0
2017	Changeup	1.1	4	317	12.4	78	.274	.507	.353	29.5	17.9	18.2	.325	.557	.393	30.5
2017	Cutter	1.1	1	106	4.1	30	.222	.333	.315	27.5	20.0	18.8	.245	.356	.301	23.8
2017	Split-Finger	-4.9	-4	88	3.4	26	.080	.080	.096	28.3	15.4	14.3	.217	.308	.245	23.8
2017	Sweeper	2.4	0	20	0.8	4	.250	.500	.313	33.3	25.0	16.7	.263	.320	.253	33.3
2017	Slurve	-5.1	-1	11	0.4	3	.000	.000	.000	25.0	33.3	33.3	.073	.078	.068	0.0
2017	Knuckleball	27.0	1	5	0.2	2	1.000	1.000	.900	0.0	0.0	--	.172	.193	.157	0.0

! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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Swing/Take

				Runs
Year	Team	PA	Pitches	Heart	Shadow	Chase	Waste	All
2011		200	732	-4	-6	2	2	-6
2012		644	2,338	15	-16	7	8	14
2013		687	2,800	6	-24	19	12	13
2014		650	2,550	0	5	14	9	28
2015		680	2,518	1	-14	9	10	6
2016		666	2,546	9	-13	21	10	28
2017		642	2,549	-18	-12	15	13	-2
2018		626	2,487	-16	-25	15	9	-17
2019		438	1,800	2	-15	12	10	9
2020		245	963	-14	5	7	7	6
2021		668	2,554	8	-26	19	13	14

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Plate Discipline

Season	Pitches	Zone %	Zone Swing %	Zone Contact %	Chase %	Chase Contact %	Edge %	1st Pitch Swing %	Swing %	Whiff %	Meatball %	Meatball Swing %
2015	2,537	49.7	62.8	89.1	28.4	66.3	42.0	23.5	45.4	17.6	7.1	69.3
2016	2,583	48.6	61.3	86.3	24.2	67.9	43.0	21.6	42.2	18.5	7.7	68.8
2017	2,565	49.7	62.4	84.1	23.6	64.9	42.1	23.6	42.9	20.9	8.3	70.3
2018	2,489	48.6	68.2	85.3	27.4	58.9	42.7	27.5	47.2	22.3	6.7	82.6
2019	1,821	48.5	66.9	84.9	25.4	61.7	42.3	29.6	45.6	21.3	7.4	82.7
2020	963	47.0	62.5	86.9	20.6	60.0	42.9	21.5	40.3	20.4	6.6	73.4
2021	2,554	47.2	72.3	79.4	29.2	50.0	42.8	33.6	49.6	29.6	7.2	79.8
Player	15,512	48.6	65.3	84.9	26.0	61.1	42.5	26.1	45.1	21.8	7.3	74.8
MLB		48.6	67.0	82.0	28.4	57.9	42.6	29.7	47.2	24.8	7.3	76.2

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year	xwOBA	xBA	xSLG	xISO	xOBP	Brl	Brl%	EV	Max EV	Hard Hit%	K%	BB%	Whiff%	Chase Rate	Speed	OAA	Arm Strength
2015	82	88	82	73	79	84	66	60	70	48	81	54	75	57	33
2016	92	95	88	79	93	87	74	73	69	74	74	77	72	78	28	95
2017	69	47	73	74	55	87	68	55	68	39	70	54	63	76	32	95
2018	30	40	47	45	18	49	35	68	77	61	42	18	63	54	28	13
2019	73	51	74	76	65	47	55	57	50	52	65	66	71	71	42	81
2020	81	54	72	76	85	87	66	55	56	51	94	81	78	84	23	87	11
2021	39	10	65	81	10	90	80	43	78	42	31	50	18	38	25	89	7

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Expected Home Runs

Year	Avg HR Trot	Actual HR	xHR	HR-xHR	Doubters	Mostly Gone	No Doubters	No Doubter %
2016	21.1	30	33.1	-3	15	30	10	33.3
2017	20.7	27	26.2	1	19	20	9	33.3
2018	20.9	22	21.9	0	12	18	8	36.4
2019	20.8	23	16.3	7	14	15	4	17.4
2020	21.0	9	9.1	0	5	8	4	44.4
2021	21.1	35	35.6	-1	11	26	14	40.0
Player	20.9	146	142.2	4	76	117	49	33.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year	HR
2016	30	35	26	37	34	25	33	37	26	22	31	40	34	30	31	39	20	29	33	38	37	21	45	46	35	32	34	47	40	33	23
2017	27	27	18	31	26	25	28	29	17	22	22	30	30	25	26	28	27	25	26	23	29	26	35	30	29	25	19	34	32	27	14
2018	22	31	14	22	21	18	25	19	19	18	19	27	29	19	20	24	22	20	22	26	23	23	28	25	18	17	21	22	28	20	16
2019	23	20	10	19	17	16	16	17	14	9	15	19	23	14	16	19	15	14	13	18	16	20	21	21	17	14	14	19	22	13	8
2020	9	12	8	10	9	13	9	10	7	5	5	9	10	7	11	8	12	11	10	10	11	10	13	11	9	4	9	8	11	7	5
2021	35	39	30	39	38	36	38	39	24	30	31	37	38	31	37	41	37	37	38	37	34	38	45	38	33	32	39	38	36	32	27
Player	146	164	106	158	145	133	149	151	107	106	123	162	164	126	141	159	133	136	142	152	150	138	187	171	141	124	136	168	169	132	93

! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.

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Year to Year Changes

Metric	2015	2016	+/-		2017	+/-		2018	+/-		2019	+/-		2020	+/-		2021	+/-
Exit Velocity	89.3	90.3	1.0	↑	88.3	-2.0	↓	89.8	1.5	↑	89.5	-0.3	↓	89.1	-0.4	↓	89.0	-0.1	↓
Launch Angle	16.8	16.8	0.0		21.0	4.2	↑	18.5	-2.5	↓	18.4	-0.1	↓	17.7	-0.7	↓	19.5	1.8	↑
Barrel %	7.0	9.0	2.0	↑	8.6	-0.4	↓	5.6	-3.0	↓	8.4	2.8	↑	10.2	1.8	↑	12.3	2.1	↑
Hard Hit %	34.6	41.3	6.7	↑	33.9	-7.4	↓	39.6	5.7	↑	39.7	0.1	↑	39.8	0.1	↑	40.1	0.3	↑
LA Sweet-Spot %	36.1	36.3	0.2	↑	35.2	-1.1	↓	37.0	1.8	↑	36.9	-0.1	↓	30.7	-6.2	↓	35.7	5.0	↑
xBA	.282	.293	0.011	↑	.258	-0.035	↓	.246	-0.012	↓	.258	0.012	↑	.252	-0.006	↓	.221	-0.031	↓
BA	.266	.278	0.012	↑	.249	-0.029	↓	.221	-0.028	↓	.239	0.018	↑	.241	0.002	↑	.212	-0.029	↓
xwOBA	.353	.377	0.024	↑	.344	-0.033	↓	.305	-0.039	↓	.350	0.045	↑	.365	0.015	↑	.319	-0.046	↓
wOBA	.335	.363	0.028	↑	.326	-0.037	↓	.288	-0.038	↓	.332	0.044	↑	.338	0.006	↑	.308	-0.030	↓
xSLG	.467	.512	0.045	↑	.477	-0.035	↓	.411	-0.066	↓	.487	0.076	↑	.472	-0.015	↓	.452	-0.020	↓
SLG	.451	.499	0.048	↑	.450	-0.049	↓	.400	-0.050	↓	.468	0.068	↑	.433	-0.035	↓	.438	0.005	↑
K%	14.3	16.0	1.7	↑	16.9	0.9	↑	21.9	5.0	↑	19.4	-2.5	↓	13.3	-6.1	↓	24.0	10.7	↑
BB%	7.9	10.2	2.3	↑	8.9	-1.3	↓	6.0	-2.9	↓	9.9	3.9	↑	12.9	3.0	↑	8.8	-4.1	↓
Swing %	45.4	42.2	-3.2	↓	42.9	0.7	↑	47.2	4.3	↑	45.6	-1.6	↓	40.3	-5.3	↓	49.6	9.3	↑
Whiff%	17.6	18.5	0.9	↑	20.9	2.4	↑	22.3	1.4	↑	21.3	-1.0	↓	20.4	-0.9	↓	29.6	9.2	↑
In Zone %	49.7	48.6	-1.1	↓	49.7	1.1	↑	48.6	-1.1	↓	48.5	-0.1	↓	47.0	-1.5	↓	47.2	0.2	↑
Out of Zone %	50.3	51.4	1.1	↑	50.3	-1.1	↓	51.4	1.1	↑	51.5	0.1	↑	53.0	1.5	↑	52.8	-0.2	↓
Out of Zone Swing %	28.4	24.2	-4.2	↓	23.6	-0.6	↓	27.4	3.8	↑	25.4	-2.0	↓	20.6	-4.8	↓	29.2	8.6	↑
First Pitch Swing %	23.5	21.6	-1.9	↓	23.6	2.0	↑	27.5	3.9	↑	29.6	2.1	↑	21.5	-8.1	↓	33.6	12.1	↑
First Pitch Strike %	58.5	55.0	-3.5	↓	56.1	1.1	↑	59.2	3.1	↑	59.1	-0.1	↓	54.5	-4.6	↓	58.0	3.5	↑

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Statcast Fielder Positioning

						wOBA
Season	Alignment Type	Bat Side	PA	Shifts/Shades	%	No Shift/Shade	Shift/Shade
2016	Shifts	L	652	391	60.0	.362	.344
2017	Shifts	L	640	410	64.1	.363	.306
2018	Shifts	L	626	480	76.7	.296	.286
2019	Shifts	L	443	371	83.7	.334	.331
2020	Shifts	L	245	203	82.9	.337	.338
2021	Shifts	L	668	631	94.5	.293	.308

! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

		Bases Empty				Runners On Base
Season	Team	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %
2011		220	15.9	35.5%	2.3%	101	21.5	1.0%	7.9%
2012		682	17.2	20.7%	2.8%	350	23.0	0.9%	7.4%
2013		914	17.9	13.2%	2.2%	458	23.1	0.0%	10.5%
2014		854	18.3	11.9%	3.9%	437	23.2	0.5%	10.1%
2015		793	18.8	14.5%	6.6%	402	25.1	4.2%	25.1%
2016		779	19.2	16.2%	5.3%	499	23.8	3.6%	16.6%
2017		847	18.4	13.0%	2.7%	433	23.8	0.5%	12.5%
2018		781	19.4	9.3%	3.6%	387	24.5	0.0%	16.3%
2019		513	18.9	11.9%	3.7%	348	24.4	0.0%	16.4%
2020		269	18.6	10.0%	2.2%	211	25.0	0.0%	14.2%
2021		658	20.3	4.4%	3.0%	453	25.7	0.2%	19.0%

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Statcast Rankings

Average Exit Velocity

Year	MPH	Rank
2015	89.3	102nd in MLB
2016	90.3	62nd in MLB
2017	88.3	114th in MLB
2018	89.8	84th in MLB
2019	89.5	111th in MLB
2021	89	134th in MLB

Max Exit Velocity

Year	MPH	Rank
2015	109.3	167th in MLB
2016	109.2	171st in MLB
2017	109.1	184th in MLB
2018	110.5	141st in MLB
2019	107.1	240th in MLB
2021	111	132nd in MLB

Barrels

Year	#	Rank
2015	37	39th in MLB
2016	44	27th in MLB
2017	41	30th in MLB
2018	25	121st in MLB
2019	26	126th in MLB
2021	55	23rd in MLB

Sprint Speed

Year	Ft/s	Rank
2015	26.1	418th in MLB
2016	25.6	449th in MLB
2017	26.1	419th in MLB
2018	25.9	442nd in MLB
2019	26.5	369th in MLB
2020	25.7	342nd in MLB
2021	25.7	469th in MLB

Max HR Distance

Year	Ft	Rank
2015	448	62nd in MLB
2016	429	176th in MLB
2017	433	174th in MLB
2018	424	191st in MLB
2019	420	243rd in MLB
2021	446	81st in MLB

Average HR Trot

Year	Sec.	Rank
2015	20.03	19th in MLB
2016	21.14	62nd in MLB
2017	20.72	28th in MLB
2018	20.9	34th in MLB
2019	20.78	21st in MLB
2021	21.1	21st in MLB