Isiah Kiner-Falefa
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 190LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 4, #130, Texas Rangers | Mid-Pacific Institute
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 531 483 66 126 4 22 .261 .314 .327 .641
2023 361 326 39 79 6 14 .242 .306 .340 .646
2024 496 465 53 125 8 11 .269 .306 .376 .682
7 Seasons 2,911 2,678 326 702 34 85 .262 .313 .351 .664
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .261 4 22 .641
2023 .242 6 14 .646
2024 .269 8 11 .682
7 Seasons .262 34 85 .664
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%
2018 23 1499 300 2 0.7 0.5 84.9 107.9 7.0 28.7 .256 .316 .301 .288 .303 23.7 15.7 7.1
2019 24 848 155 2 1.3 0.9 87.2 104.9 6.8 29.7 .221 .302 .272 .263 .296 33.5 22.1 6.3
2020 25 799 180 4 2.2 1.8 87.2 106.2 0.8 22.2 .260 .340 .307 .294 .310 31.1 14.0 6.1
2021 26 2396 548 10 1.8 1.5 85.5 107.9 5.4 31.6 .267 .349 .293 .292 .312 28.8 13.3 4.1
2022 27 1940 419 5 1.2 0.9 86.2 109.8 4.3 29.6 .262 .333 .285 .290 .304 30.1 13.6 6.6
2023 28 1454 260 8 3.1 2.2 88.8 109.6 7.2 33.5 .254 .348 .286 .295 .326 39.2 19.4 7.8
2024 29 1710 392 9 2.3 1.8 86.1 107.9 9.1 31.6 .251 .346 .299 .283 .312 29.7 15.7 3.2
Player 10646 2254 40 1.8 1.4 86.3 109.8 6.0 30.2 .256 .337 .292 .288 .310 30.2 15.6 5.6
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
2018 53.0 16.0 25.3 5.7 34.0 36.0 29.7 3.7 44.3 19.0 29.0 2.0 0.7 0.5
2019 51.0 20.0 25.2 3.9 26.5 40.6 32.9 3.9 42.6 25.8 24.5 1.9 1.3 0.9
2020 61.7 16.1 18.9 3.3 32.8 39.4 27.8 3.9 47.2 16.7 27.2 2.8 2.2 1.8
2021 54.4 15.5 25.9 4.2 31.6 38.5 29.9 5.8 41.2 19.5 27.9 3.5 1.8 1.5
2022 55.8 14.8 23.6 5.7 31.5 38.9 29.6 6.4 43.2 18.1 26.5 4.3 1.2 0.9
2023 50.4 20.0 26.2 3.5 32.3 41.2 26.5 4.2 40.0 20.0 27.7 5.0 3.1 2.2
2024 48.5 21.2 24.2 6.1 32.4 41.6 26.0 6.6 38.0 23.0 24.5 5.1 2.3 1.8
Player 53.3 17.3 24.5 4.8 31.9 39.3 28.8 5.3 41.9 20.1 26.9 3.7 1.8 1.4
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 -0.3 -1 504 29.5 127 .305 .407 .340 10.8 13.4 13.0 .293 .400 .325 33.3
2024 Sinker -1.6 -6 382 22.3 110 .255 .373 .312 9.3 13.6 22.4 .254 .368 .293 27.0
2024 Slider -2.0 -6 281 16.4 93 .253 .299 .261 17.5 14.0 17.1 .233 .304 .257 30.3
2024 Cutter 0.8 1 144 8.4 47 .250 .318 .335 13.5 6.4 12.5 .247 .372 .297 36.6
2024 Curveball 2.6 3 118 6.9 31 .214 .357 .318 16.3 16.1 10.9 .223 .322 .281 17.4
2024 Changeup -1.1 -1 114 6.7 35 .235 .294 .246 28.1 28.6 25.6 .256 .314 .262 16.7
2024 Sweeper 2.3 2 104 6.1 37 .306 .528 .365 15.4 24.3 27.3 .221 .299 .236 40.7
2024 Split-Finger -2.4 -1 44 2.6 13 .154 .154 .208 42.3 46.2 24.0 .108 .125 .100 14.3
2024 Slurve 7.2 1 8 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .546 .622 .506 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 1.0 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 3 471 32.4 118 .282 .398 .344 13.9 21.2 17.2 .307 .462 .373 50.6
2023 Slider -0.1 0 255 17.5 68 .230 .262 .257 19.7 17.6 12.9 .229 .279 .259 24.0
2023 Sinker -2.3 -6 241 16.6 58 .208 .245 .259 10.6 5.2 6.7 .273 .335 .302 36.0
2023 Cutter -3.1 -4 130 8.9 40 .205 .359 .253 23.9 17.5 29.2 .225 .316 .244 34.4
2023 Curveball 3.8 5 123 8.5 28 .296 .370 .307 26.7 35.7 20.8 .226 .288 .241 33.3
2023 Changeup 0.5 1 107 7.4 18 .250 .500 .358 40.4 27.8 11.9 .154 .259 .231 45.5
2023 Sweeper -3.0 -3 92 6.3 24 .190 .333 .252 27.3 25.0 16.7 .180 .210 .207 43.8
2023 Split-Finger -0.6 0 31 2.1 5 .000 .000 .140 44.4 40.0 11.1 .090 .142 .218 50.0
2023 Slurve 4.4 0 4 0.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .713 .899 .696 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 395 1,497 -11 -13 9 7 -8
2019 222 848 -7 -15 4 3 -15
2020 228 799 -6 -7 7 3 -3
2021 675 2,396 -11 -20 14 10 -7
2022 549 2,001 -2 -18 9 7 -4
2023 361 1,454 -11 -9 11 4 -4
2024 494 1,701 -2 -21 8 7 -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 %
2018 1,499 52.9 55.8 93.7 24.6 62.6 42.2 11.4 41.1 14.8 8.9 66.2
2019 848 49.4 57.8 90.9 28.7 61.8 41.4 22.1 43.0 18.9 7.5 73.4
2020 799 52.6 65.5 90.5 27.4 67.3 41.7 25.0 47.4 15.8 8.5 73.5
2021 2,396 49.6 62.6 93.0 30.7 70.1 42.8 20.6 46.5 14.5 6.9 62.7
2022 1,940 51.3 58.0 93.8 30.8 78.4 45.2 22.5 44.7 11.3 8.9 69.8
2023 1,454 53.0 61.2 87.7 26.5 59.7 40.4 23.5 44.9 19.6 8.0 76.9
2024 1,710 52.3 60.8 90.2 30.1 72.5 43.0 20.2 46.1 14.8 8.8 68.5
Player 10,646 51.5 60.1 91.6 28.8 69.1 42.7 20.4 44.9 15.2 8.2 69.2
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
2018 12 58 3 1 45 1 1 3 58 4 80 31 92 69 75 96
2019 37 75
2020 18 62 11 5 33 11 7 22 34 15 92 20 94 51 81 95 27
2021 13 72 11 3 27 8 3 4 52 6 95 1 95 26 75 8 42
2022 20 74 8 2 48 1 1 8 60 7 92 29 99 37 80 17 24
2023 15 48 9 5 37 3 6 39 52 40 66 41 81 64 58 78 56
2024 13 55 15 9 14 3 2 7 34 9 84 2 94 38 61 84 14 5 97 91
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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 %
2018 20.4 4 2.8 1 5 3 0 0.0
2019 20.8 1 2.1 -1 4 1 1 100.0
2020 21.3 3 1.7 1 2 1 1 33.3
2021 21.5 8 7.7 0 4 5 4 50.0
2022 21.2 4 5.8 -2 3 4 3 75.0
2023 21.0 6 4.7 1 3 6 0 0.0
2024 21.3 8 6.0 2 3 8 0 0.0
Player 21.2 34 30.8 3 24 28 9 26.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 4 6 2 1 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 5 2 0 3 2 1 2 4 4 3 6 3 3 1 1 3 4 4 3 3
2019 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 4 2 2 2
2020 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
2021 8 10 8 6 8 7 9 7 7 5 7 10 6 6 8 10 7 7 9 7 8 9 9 9 6 6 9 8 8 8 8
2022 4 3 6 5 6 4 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 5 4 7 6 8 8 7 8 4 4 7 6 8 6 7
2023 6 2 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 2 5 5 5 4 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 8 6 5 2 3 5 6 6 6
2024 8 2 6 5 6 6 7 6 6 5 7 8 5 5 8 5 4 5 6 8 6 5 9 6 4 6 7 6 6 7 8
Player 34 28 32 26 32 28 35 24 29 19 30 41 27 24 35 31 25 24 34 35 34 39 41 35 22 21 33 35 36 33 35
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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.9 87.2 2.3 87.2 0.0 85.5 -1.7 86.2 0.7 88.8 2.6 86.1 -2.7
Launch Angle 7.0 6.8 -0.2 0.8 -6.0 5.4 4.6 4.3 -1.1 7.2 2.9 9.1 1.9
Barrel % 0.7 1.3 0.6 2.2 0.9 1.8 -0.4 1.2 -0.6 3.1 1.9 2.3 -0.8
Hard Hit % 23.7 33.5 9.8 31.1 -2.4 28.8 -2.3 30.1 1.3 39.2 9.1 29.7 -9.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.7 29.7 1.0 22.2 -7.5 31.6 9.4 29.6 -2.0 33.5 3.9 31.6 -1.9
xBA .256 .221 -0.035 .260 0.039 .267 0.007 .262 -0.005 .254 -0.008 .251 -0.003
BA .261 .238 -0.023 .280 0.042 .271 -0.009 .261 -0.010 .242 -0.019 .269 0.027
xwOBA .288 .263 -0.025 .294 0.031 .292 -0.002 .290 -0.002 .295 0.005 .283 -0.012
wOBA .301 .272 -0.029 .307 0.035 .293 -0.014 .285 -0.008 .286 0.001 .299 0.013
xSLG .316 .302 -0.014 .340 0.038 .349 0.009 .333 -0.016 .348 0.015 .346 -0.002
SLG .357 .322 -0.035 .370 0.048 .357 -0.013 .327 -0.030 .340 0.013 .376 0.036
K% 15.7 22.1 6.4 14.0 -8.1 13.3 -0.7 13.6 0.3 19.4 5.8 15.7 -3.7
BB% 7.1 6.3 -0.8 6.1 -0.2 4.1 -2.0 6.6 2.5 7.8 1.2 3.2 -4.6
Swing % 41.1 43.0 1.9 47.4 4.4 46.5 -0.9 44.7 -1.8 44.9 0.2 46.1 1.2
Whiff% 14.8 18.9 4.1 15.8 -3.1 14.5 -1.3 11.3 -3.2 19.6 8.3 14.8 -4.8
In Zone % 52.9 49.4 -3.5 52.6 3.2 49.6 -3.0 51.3 1.7 53.0 1.7 52.3 -0.7
Out of Zone % 47.1 50.6 3.5 47.4 -3.2 50.4 3.0 48.7 -1.7 47.0 -1.7 47.7 0.7
Out of Zone Swing % 24.6 28.7 4.1 27.4 -1.3 30.7 3.3 30.8 0.1 26.5 -4.3 30.1 3.6
First Pitch Swing % 11.4 22.1 10.7 25.0 2.9 20.6 -4.4 22.5 1.9 23.5 1.0 20.2 -3.3
First Pitch Strike % 55.7 63.1 7.4 61.0 -2.1 60.6 -0.4 62.5 1.9 61.8 -0.7 60.7 -1.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts R 395 2 0.5 .301 .345
2019 Shifts R 222 0 0.0 .272
2020 Shifts R 228 0 0.0 .307
2021 Shifts R 673 1 0.1 .292 .879
2022 Shifts R 526 7 1.3 .288 .180
2023 Shades R 361 2 0.6 .288 .000
2024 Shades R 494 9 1.8 .294 .196
! 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 %
2018 464 15.2 44.8% 0.6% 304 21.2 3.3% 6.9%
2019 220 15.9 40.0% 0.0% 196 21.4 2.6% 4.1%
2020 269 15.9 38.7% 0.7% 102 22.2 0.0% 9.8%
2021 842 16.2 36.7% 1.4% 294 21.6 1.4% 6.5%
2022 633 16.8 28.6% 2.1% 306 21.5 4.6% 7.2%
2023 469 15.3 47.5% 0.2% 228 18.7 4.4% 0.9%
2024 556 14.3 61.2% 0.2% 252 18.3 11.5% 0.0%
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