Chris Taylor
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 196LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 5, #161, Seattle Mariners | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 454 402 45 89 10 10 .221 .304 .373 .677
2023 384 338 51 80 15 16 .237 .326 .420 .746
2024 246 213 28 43 4 5 .202 .298 .300 .598
11 Seasons 3,784 3,352 501 839 108 89 .250 .329 .423 .752
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .221 10 10 .677
2023 .237 15 16 .746
2024 .202 4 5 .598
11 Seasons .250 108 89 .752
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 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
2024 33 1046 140 10 7.1 4.1 85.9 108.5 16.9 42.9 .218 .343 .272 .297 .374 28.6 30.9 11.4
Player 14984 2178 183 8.4 5.0 87.4 111.5 15.9 39.4 .235 .402 .326 .316 .405 36.0 29.3 9.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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
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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
2024 42.1 25.0 24.3 8.6 37.9 35.0 27.1 6.4 29.3 24.3 26.4 6.4 7.1 4.1
Player 38.1 28.0 28.3 5.6 37.2 35.1 27.7 5.4 26.5 25.4 25.5 7.2 8.4 5.0
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -6 397 38.0 104 .200 .278 .274 27.5 28.8 21.9 .228 .354 .299 23.8
2024 Slider -1.0 -2 172 16.4 36 .129 .258 .238 45.5 41.7 19.7 .184 .306 .277 31.3
2024 Sinker 0.8 1 150 14.3 37 .300 .367 .395 17.1 10.8 13.3 .324 .484 .415 34.6
2024 Changeup -1.7 -1 77 7.4 20 .111 .278 .260 38.9 25.0 23.8 .168 .300 .251 30.8
2024 Sweeper 1.7 1 77 7.4 15 .308 .615 .430 48.1 46.7 29.2 .213 .435 .332 66.7
2024 Cutter 0.6 0 75 7.2 18 .235 .294 .258 27.8 33.3 31.6 .203 .267 .229 18.2
2024 Curveball 0.6 0 71 6.8 10 .125 .125 .230 28.0 60.0 20.7 .042 .061 .177 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.3 0 20 1.9 4 .000 .000 .000 62.5 75.0 42.9 .070 .074 .063 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 509 31.4 127 .218 .427 .329 30.2 31.5 23.0 .200 .397 .311 41.4
2023 Slider 0.5 2 301 18.6 70 .242 .333 .315 41.3 38.6 22.7 .199 .296 .242 33.3
2023 Sinker 3.5 9 254 15.7 66 .375 .696 .492 24.8 24.2 24.2 .325 .616 .442 40.0
2023 Changeup -1.0 -2 175 10.8 46 .175 .425 .292 45.2 34.8 23.5 .206 .404 .300 36.0
2023 Cutter -1.9 -3 155 9.6 35 .250 .406 .317 34.6 22.9 20.5 .293 .533 .379 37.5
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 -2.7 -2 87 5.4 15 .133 .133 .120 48.6 46.7 21.2 .121 .152 .118 25.0
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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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
2024 262 1,113 -11 -11 9 5 -8
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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 30.1 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 25.4 7.5 82.2
2018 2,475 51.8 69.8 74.5 23.7 47.8 43.2 34.9 47.6 31.5 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 32.8 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
2024 1,046 53.2 72.5 73.7 19.6 43.8 41.8 44.3 47.7 31.3 9.0 91.5
Player 14,984 51.4 71.1 74.3 22.3 43.0 43.2 37.5 47.5 32.4 7.8 84.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 37 88
2016 47 95
2017 67 71 63 55 60 65 64 30 76 40 19 52 38 84 93 71
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 60
2020 84 75 80 75 83 75 77 36 67 80 33 77 16 94 88 89 90
2021 51 25 47 56 56 63 66 29 76 33 9 73 7 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 30 29 62 7 66 28 5 78 4 86 74 26 66
2024 41 71 18 77
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

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 20.8 3 7 20 7 29.2
2018 20.3 18 13.0 5 11 9 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 14.2 1 5 10 8 53.3
2024 22.6 4 6.1 -2 1 6 2 50.0
Player 21.5 117 107.9 9 56 80 49 41.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 22 21 26 20 16 14 21 25 21 19 22 22 18 15 23 22 23 19 28 26 20 17 19 27 26 22 11
2018 18 20 9 17 13 8 15 10 10 8 10 16 19 10 9 16 10 9 13 17 15 17 22 16 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 9 10 8 10 12 10 10
2020 9 10 7 12 9 12 10 9 7 4 7 9 8 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 15 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 13 15 15 15 17 13 18 14 15 14 15 16 19 16 14 11 12 15 16 13 12
2024 4 6 4 7 5 5 6 7 4 4 5 5 8 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 7 5 9 8 5 6 5 6 8 6 5
Player 117 123 87 115 111 102 121 104 83 79 98 122 121 92 110 117 102 97 115 116 117 114 145 125 91 86 109 124 128 101 83
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
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 85.9 -0.3
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 16.9 -4.6
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 7.1 -2.7
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 28.6 -8.8
LA 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 42.9 4.1
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 .218 -0.004
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 .202 -0.035
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 .297 -0.015
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 .272 -0.051
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 .343 -0.059
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 .300 -0.120
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 30.9 -1.7
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 11.4 0.7
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 47.7 0.1
Whiff% 30.1 29.9 -0.2 25.4 -4.5 31.5 6.1 31.5 0.0 32.5 1.0 32.8 0.3 39.9 7.1 35.8 -4.1 31.3 -4.5
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 53.2 1.5
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 46.8 -1.5
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 19.6 -2.5
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 44.3 6.3
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 65.9 2.6
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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 0 0.0 .360
2018 Shifts R 589 5 0.8 .328 .815
2019 Shifts R 411 29 7.1 .341 .204
2020 Shifts R 214 6 2.8 .357 .593
2021 Shifts R 579 26 4.5 .338 .298
2022 Shifts R 451 83 18.4 .303 .277
2023 Shades R 380 32 8.4 .318 .361
2024 Shades R 246 25 10.2 .267 .317
! 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%
2024 282 16.1 35.5% 1.4% 170 19.0 2.9% 0.6%
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Statcast Rankings