Chris Taylor
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 196LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 5, #161, Seattle Mariners | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 582 507 92 129 20 13 .254 .344 .438 .782
2022 454 402 45 89 10 10 .221 .304 .373 .677
2023 384 338 51 80 15 16 .237 .326 .420 .746
10 Seasons 3,538 3,139 473 796 104 84 .254 .331 .431 .762
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .254 20 13 .782
2022 .221 10 10 .677
2023 .237 15 16 .746
10 Seasons .254 104 84 .762
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 24 375 65 1 1.5 1.0 88.8 103.7 14.8 44.6 .209 .323 .201 .258 .346 32.3 30.4 5.9
2016 25 253 46 2 4.3 3.1 87.7 106.0 10.3 37.0 .242 .367 .262 .279 .346 23.9 23.1 6.2
2017 26 2268 373 30 8.0 5.3 87.1 110.1 12.2 39.7 .270 .453 .361 .342 .424 34.1 25.0 8.8
2018 27 2475 362 30 8.3 5.0 88.9 111.5 16.4 39.5 .239 .406 .335 .321 .416 38.5 29.5 9.1
2019 28 1723 258 14 5.4 3.4 86.0 108.3 13.8 39.1 .233 .383 .331 .299 .376 32.3 27.8 8.9
2020 29 858 131 15 11.5 7.0 88.0 109.6 9.1 35.1 .272 .488 .364 .371 .458 45.0 25.7 12.1
2021 30 2384 344 35 10.2 6.0 88.2 110.7 17.4 38.1 .237 .422 .338 .329 .415 38.1 28.7 10.8
2022 31 1980 245 25 10.2 5.5 87.4 108.5 20.4 40.8 .195 .340 .298 .277 .379 38.0 35.2 9.7
2023 32 1622 214 21 9.8 5.5 86.2 110.8 21.5 38.8 .222 .402 .323 .312 .417 37.4 32.6 10.7
Player 13938 2038 173 8.5 5.1 87.5 111.5 15.9 39.2 .237 .406 .330 .317 .407 36.6 29.2 9.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 36.9 26.2 32.3 4.6 26.2 26.2 47.7 0.0 24.6 23.1 29.2 15.4 1.5 1.0
2016 47.8 13.0 34.8 4.3 28.3 45.7 26.1 0.0 39.1 23.9 21.7 6.5 4.3 3.1
2017 42.4 23.9 28.2 5.6 33.2 39.4 27.3 5.1 29.5 21.7 26.8 7.0 8.0 5.3
2018 34.8 26.2 32.3 6.6 36.7 34.5 28.5 2.2 26.2 25.1 27.6 7.5 8.3 5.0
2019 39.9 25.2 31.8 3.1 32.6 35.3 32.2 7.4 26.7 23.6 26.0 8.1 5.4 3.4
2020 48.1 20.6 28.2 3.1 31.3 40.5 28.2 9.9 31.3 11.5 26.7 8.4 11.5 7.0
2021 36.9 32.3 24.7 6.1 42.2 35.5 22.4 5.2 26.2 28.2 23.8 6.4 10.2 6.0
2022 32.2 32.7 28.6 6.5 41.6 32.7 25.7 5.7 21.2 31.8 24.5 6.1 10.2 5.5
2023 31.8 39.7 22.9 5.6 45.8 27.6 26.6 7.9 21.5 33.2 21.5 6.1 9.8 5.5
Player 37.8 28.2 28.6 5.4 37.1 35.1 27.7 5.3 26.3 25.5 25.5 7.3 8.5 5.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 3 503 31.0 124 .224 .439 .337 29.7 29.8 21.6 .205 .408 .318 41.4
2023 Slider -0.1 0 322 19.9 71 .209 .299 .285 40.7 38.0 21.6 .190 .286 .233 32.5
2023 Sinker 3.4 9 262 16.2 70 .367 .667 .476 25.9 27.1 27.1 .306 .578 .419 39.0
2023 Changeup -1.1 -2 174 10.7 46 .175 .425 .292 45.2 34.8 23.9 .206 .404 .300 36.0
2023 Cutter -1.4 -2 155 9.6 35 .281 .438 .343 33.8 22.9 19.5 .302 .543 .387 41.7
2023 Curveball -0.7 -1 120 7.4 14 .143 .143 .129 39.6 50.0 17.5 .152 .174 .142 28.6
2023 Sweeper -3.4 -2 65 4.0 13 .154 .154 .138 56.7 53.8 28.0 .136 .169 .132 16.7
2023 Split-Finger -3.3 0 13 0.8 4 .000 .000 .175 85.7 75.0 50.0 -- -- .175 --
2023 Slurve -3.8 0 8 0.5 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 33.3 100.0 .035 .037 .257 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 668 33.7 140 .195 .373 .313 36.9 35.7 20.4 .176 .331 .293 41.2
2022 Slider 0.4 1 370 18.7 85 .243 .392 .303 48.4 40.0 27.0 .200 .353 .279 41.9
2022 Sinker 0.8 2 305 15.4 72 .358 .507 .411 28.2 20.8 21.7 .264 .415 .321 38.5
2022 Changeup -3.6 -8 231 11.7 71 .109 .125 .188 47.0 38.0 29.3 .162 .246 .227 29.7
2022 Curveball -1.7 -3 159 8.0 34 .156 .406 .259 53.0 55.9 31.7 .146 .274 .211 30.8
2022 Cutter 0.8 1 152 7.7 31 .310 .655 .423 31.3 22.6 15.2 .269 .556 .371 40.9
2022 Sweeper -3.7 -2 43 2.2 9 .111 .111 .100 50.0 55.6 31.3 .130 .164 .129 25.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.4 -1 39 2.0 5 .200 .200 .180 45.0 60.0 15.8 .111 .164 .116 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 9 834 35.0 204 .260 .468 .377 24.8 31.4 23.2 .241 .468 .360 47.7
2021 Slider 0.7 4 551 23.1 126 .209 .464 .335 42.9 31.0 22.3 .185 .379 .290 29.2
2021 Sinker 1.9 8 406 17.0 108 .323 .538 .428 19.6 16.7 18.4 .312 .533 .405 38.2
2021 Changeup 1.4 3 233 9.8 58 .321 .396 .348 44.5 32.8 22.9 .241 .360 .297 32.4
2021 Curveball 1.0 2 172 7.2 43 .231 .333 .255 42.3 34.9 24.6 .246 .352 .279 42.3
2021 Cutter -4.6 -6 134 5.6 29 .143 .179 .160 32.0 24.1 18.9 .215 .260 .224 28.6
2021 Split-Finger -1.4 0 23 1.0 5 .250 .250 .320 45.5 40.0 22.2 .072 .084 .194 0.0
2021 Sweeper 0.1 0 22 0.9 6 .000 .000 .150 36.4 50.0 50.0 .072 .190 .118 33.3
2021 Slurve -1.1 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball 4.3 11 263 30.7 69 .400 .673 .530 23.7 17.4 15.4 .350 .640 .472 47.7
2020 Slider -1.7 -3 200 23.3 47 .111 .267 .218 43.5 38.3 26.1 .189 .360 .252 44.4
2020 Sinker 0.0 0 124 14.5 37 .250 .438 .349 24.2 18.9 20.0 .278 .458 .365 44.0
2020 Changeup 2.1 2 104 12.1 26 .217 .391 .379 51.9 42.3 30.6 .213 .298 .276 41.7
2020 Curveball 2.4 2 84 9.8 15 .308 .385 .357 22.2 13.3 11.1 .316 .501 .396 54.5
2020 Cutter 4.8 3 70 8.2 17 .286 .571 .391 26.7 23.5 30.8 .275 .688 .454 30.0
2020 Split-Finger 11.1 1 13 1.5 3 .667 1.000 .717 50.0 33.3 25.0 .266 .460 .308 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 8 597 34.6 137 .328 .552 .434 21.1 19.7 14.9 .293 .491 .378 34.1
2019 Slider -3.1 -8 269 15.6 68 .103 .207 .186 43.4 42.6 25.9 .119 .215 .206 31.3
2019 Sinker 0.6 1 250 14.5 63 .328 .483 .378 21.9 23.8 17.9 .255 .438 .324 37.2
2019 Curveball 0.5 1 213 12.4 52 .217 .457 .316 45.3 36.5 26.8 .189 .355 .267 35.7
2019 Cutter 0.4 1 173 10.0 38 .250 .500 .334 31.7 26.3 17.9 .227 .289 .249 11.5
2019 Changeup -0.9 -2 172 10.0 41 .225 .450 .298 38.6 24.4 19.2 .256 .363 .258 32.3
2019 Split-Finger 1.3 0 22 1.3 5 .200 .200 .180 61.5 80.0 33.3 .127 .151 .121 0.0
2019 Sweeper 20.2 1 4 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .593 .890 .613 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 866 35.0 209 .253 .404 .346 26.1 27.8 21.9 .248 .432 .345 44.3
2018 Sinker 0.8 3 440 17.8 120 .269 .548 .392 13.3 20.8 22.7 .289 .486 .386 51.2
2018 Slider 0.0 0 402 16.2 97 .275 .451 .329 46.3 36.1 24.8 .204 .314 .252 21.4
2018 Curveball 0.3 1 270 10.9 61 .228 .439 .309 42.1 34.4 23.3 .219 .460 .313 30.6
2018 Changeup 3.8 8 225 9.1 50 .295 .477 .418 36.8 26.0 14.0 .263 .385 .330 25.8
2018 Cutter -3.1 -5 171 6.9 40 .162 .216 .188 40.7 42.5 26.6 .172 .229 .196 28.6
2018 Split-Finger -5.7 -1 26 1.1 5 .000 .000 .000 53.3 60.0 37.5 .048 .080 .051 50.0
2018 Sweeper 1.0 0 14 0.6 4 .250 1.000 .500 30.0 25.0 14.3 .317 .906 .507 33.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 5 877 38.7 213 .302 .521 .402 15.5 20.2 16.6 .299 .505 .374 40.9
2017 Slider 0.5 2 406 17.9 111 .262 .505 .365 37.6 32.4 25.7 .227 .420 .303 29.9
2017 Sinker 2.7 10 365 16.1 104 .318 .523 .422 9.6 15.4 17.2 .317 .534 .411 33.3
2017 Curveball -0.8 -2 227 10.0 39 .231 .359 .254 36.7 25.6 13.3 .271 .444 .304 31.0
2017 Changeup 0.9 2 176 7.8 43 .275 .425 .355 38.3 37.2 22.2 .236 .294 .257 16.0
2017 Cutter 1.0 2 158 7.0 43 .211 .447 .311 41.1 37.2 28.1 .162 .262 .243 22.7
2017 Split-Finger 8.0 1 18 0.8 6 .400 .400 .417 55.6 33.3 28.6 .335 .419 .386 33.3
2017 Sweeper 0.5 0 10 0.4 -- -- -- 66.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Slurve 24.8 1 6 0.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 25.0 0.0 0.0 .557 1.122 .694 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 151 568 -7 1 5 1 -1
2015 102 374 -7 -4 1 1 -8
2016 64 250 -2 -3 3 1 -2
2017 632 2,535 11 -14 17 11 25
2018 636 2,619 -8 -17 21 13 9
2019 417 1,759 8 -25 12 6 0
2020 277 1,128 -3 -1 11 7 13
2021 623 2,552 2 -9 22 12 26
2022 459 2,007 -13 -17 13 7 -10
2023 387 1,648 -3 -10 11 7 4
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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 375 53.5 67.0 73.1 23.6 46.3 42.0 43.1 46.9 29.5 8.0 70.0
2016 253 55.3 74.3 78.8 20.4 30.4 37.2 43.1 50.2 29.9 9.5 79.2
2017 2,268 51.1 68.5 82.3 22.2 47.5 42.0 30.1 45.9 25.3 7.5 82.2
2018 2,475 51.8 69.8 74.5 23.7 47.8 43.2 34.9 47.6 31.4 8.0 81.4
2019 1,723 50.6 72.4 77.5 26.4 41.0 43.7 39.3 49.8 31.5 6.8 85.2
2020 858 48.8 73.7 71.8 17.3 46.1 42.5 39.3 44.9 32.5 8.2 87.1
2021 2,384 51.1 69.3 74.1 20.8 43.2 43.5 37.0 45.6 32.7 7.9 83.1
2022 1,980 51.7 75.2 67.6 23.0 33.6 44.0 41.9 49.9 39.9 8.4 88.6
2023 1,622 51.7 71.5 70.5 22.1 42.2 44.9 38.0 47.6 35.8 7.0 87.7
Player 13,938 51.3 71.0 74.4 22.5 43.0 43.3 37.0 47.4 32.4 7.7 84.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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 37 88
2016 47 95
2017 67 71 63 55 60 65 64 30 76 40 19 52 38 84 93 72
2018 44 30 44 48 46 63 59 50 82 54 6 56 7 75 87 90
2019 15 15 18 22 22 16 24 7 59 18 13 54 14 67 88 61
2020 84 75 80 75 83 75 77 36 67 80 33 77 15 94 88 87 89
2021 51 25 47 56 56 63 66 29 76 33 9 73 8 90 91 13 67
2022 9 2 13 42 9 45 70 20 44 38 1 67 1 83 82 81 64
2023 30 10 35 60 29 29 62 7 66 28 5 78 3 86 74 26 66
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 1 1.1 0 1 0 1 100.0
2017 19.7 24 21.1 3 7 20 7 29.2
2018 20.3 18 13.1 5 10 10 6 33.3
2019 22.1 12 10.1 2 6 5 5 41.7
2020 21.7 9 8.9 0 5 9 2 22.2
2021 22.5 24 23.4 1 11 14 14 58.3
2022 22.8 10 10.4 0 9 7 4 40.0
2023 22.4 15 14.4 1 5 10 8 53.3
Player 21.5 113 102.5 11 54 75 47 41.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2017 24 22 15 22 23 22 27 20 16 14 21 25 21 20 22 22 18 16 24 22 23 19 28 26 20 17 20 27 27 22 11
2018 18 20 9 17 14 8 15 10 10 8 10 17 19 10 9 16 10 9 13 18 15 17 23 17 8 9 14 14 17 9 9
2019 12 11 8 12 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 9 11 9 10 10 8 10 11 10 11 12 11 12 10 10 8 10 12 10 10
2020 9 10 7 12 9 12 10 9 7 4 7 9 9 6 10 10 9 11 10 9 10 10 12 11 7 4 9 10 11 9 4
2021 24 30 22 22 24 20 26 25 18 17 20 27 25 17 24 26 21 21 26 24 25 23 31 25 21 19 26 26 25 21 24
2022 10 9 7 10 13 11 12 9 8 9 11 14 12 10 11 13 10 9 8 11 10 11 12 9 6 9 15 15 11 10 7
2023 15 14 14 12 14 14 15 13 11 12 14 15 15 16 17 14 18 14 15 15 16 17 19 16 14 11 12 15 16 13 12
Player 113 117 83 108 108 98 116 97 79 75 94 117 114 89 104 112 95 91 108 110 111 110 137 118 87 80 105 118 121 95 78
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.8 87.7 -1.1 87.1 -0.6 88.9 1.8 86.0 -2.9 88.0 2.0 88.2 0.2 87.4 -0.8 86.2 -1.2
Launch Angle 14.8 10.3 -4.5 12.2 1.9 16.4 4.2 13.8 -2.6 9.1 -4.7 17.4 8.3 20.4 3.0 21.5 1.1
Barrel % 1.5 4.3 2.8 8.0 3.7 8.3 0.3 5.4 -2.9 11.5 6.1 10.2 -1.3 10.2 0.0 9.8 -0.4
Hard Hit % 32.3 23.9 -8.4 34.1 10.2 38.5 4.4 32.3 -6.2 45.0 12.7 38.1 -6.9 38.0 -0.1 37.4 -0.6
Sweet Spot % 44.6 37.0 -7.6 39.7 2.7 39.5 -0.2 39.1 -0.4 35.1 -4.0 38.1 3.0 40.8 2.7 38.8 -2.0
xBA .209 .242 0.033 .270 0.028 .239 -0.031 .233 -0.006 .272 0.039 .237 -0.035 .195 -0.042 .222 0.027
BA .170 .213 0.043 .288 0.075 .254 -0.034 .262 0.008 .270 0.008 .254 -0.016 .221 -0.033 .237 0.016
xwOBA .258 .279 0.021 .342 0.063 .321 -0.021 .299 -0.022 .371 0.072 .329 -0.042 .277 -0.052 .312 0.035
wOBA .201 .262 0.061 .361 0.099 .335 -0.026 .331 -0.004 .364 0.033 .338 -0.026 .298 -0.040 .323 0.025
xSLG .323 .367 0.044 .453 0.086 .406 -0.047 .383 -0.023 .488 0.105 .422 -0.066 .340 -0.082 .402 0.062
SLG .223 .361 0.138 .496 0.135 .444 -0.052 .462 0.018 .476 0.014 .438 -0.038 .373 -0.065 .420 0.047
K% 30.4 23.1 -7.3 25.0 1.9 29.5 4.5 27.8 -1.7 25.7 -2.1 28.7 3.0 35.2 6.5 32.6 -2.6
BB% 5.9 6.2 0.3 8.8 2.6 9.1 0.3 8.9 -0.2 12.1 3.2 10.8 -1.3 9.7 -1.1 10.7 1.0
Swing % 46.9 50.2 3.3 45.9 -4.3 47.6 1.7 49.8 2.2 44.9 -4.9 45.6 0.7 49.9 4.3 47.6 -2.3
Whiff% 29.5 29.9 0.4 25.3 -4.6 31.4 6.1 31.5 0.1 32.5 1.0 32.7 0.2 39.9 7.2 35.8 -4.1
In Zone % 53.5 55.3 1.8 51.1 -4.2 51.8 0.7 50.6 -1.2 48.8 -1.8 51.1 2.3 51.7 0.6 51.7 0.0
Out of Zone % 46.5 44.7 -1.8 48.9 4.2 48.2 -0.7 49.4 1.2 51.2 1.8 48.9 -2.3 48.3 -0.6 48.3 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 23.6 20.4 -3.2 22.2 1.8 23.7 1.5 26.4 2.7 17.3 -9.1 20.8 3.5 23.0 2.2 22.1 -0.9
First Pitch Swing % 43.1 43.1 0.0 30.1 -13.0 34.9 4.8 39.3 4.4 39.3 0.0 37.0 -2.3 41.9 4.9 38.0 -3.9
First Pitch Strike % 69.6 64.6 -5.0 64.3 -0.3 62.6 -1.7 62.9 0.3 59.8 -3.1 62.3 2.5 62.1 -0.2 63.3 1.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 63 0 0.0 .266
2017 Shifts R 560 5 0.9 .360 .351
2018 Shifts R 589 13 2.2 .329 .472
2019 Shifts R 411 37 9.0 .338 .259
2020 Shifts R 214 10 4.7 .355 .533
2021 Shifts R 579 49 8.5 .337 .324
2022 Shifts R 451 93 20.6 .298 .301
2023 Shades R 379 32 8.4 .319 .361
! 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 EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2014 153 17.2 17.0% 0.7% 99 22.5 0.0% 8.1%
2015 123 17.8 29.3% 0.8% 49 24.1 6.1% 18.4%
2016 64 19.2 20.3% 1.6% 43 27.9 2.3% 23.3%
2017 737 17.7 13.3% 1.5% 309 25.5 0.0% 16.8%
2018 745 18.2 12.5% 2.1% 339 25.4 0.0% 18.3%
2019 429 18.8 7.5% 4.0% 302 25.6 1.7% 21.2%
2020 262 19.5 8.8% 4.2% 140 25.7 0.0% 17.1%
2021 690 19.8 7.0% 5.1% 401 26.1 0.7% 25.7%
2022 506 19.3 9.7% 3.2% 342 24.3 1.5% 11.4%
2023 439 15.8 36.0% 0.7% 273 19.5 3.3% 1.1%
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Statcast Rankings