Austin Riley
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 240LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2015 | Rd: CB-A, #41, Atlanta Braves | DeSoto Central (MS) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 662 590 91 179 33 0 .303 .367 .531 .898
2022 693 615 90 168 38 2 .273 .349 .528 .877
2023 671 600 107 166 36 3 .277 .340 .508 .848
5 Seasons 2,529 2,267 353 620 133 5 .273 .339 .507 .846
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .303 33 0 .898
2022 .273 38 2 .877
2023 .277 36 3 .848
5 Seasons .273 133 5 .846
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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%
2019 22 1119 168 23 13.7 7.7 89.4 111.7 20.6 40.5 .227 .460 .307 .309 .465 44.6 36.4 5.4
2020 23 773 140 14 10.0 6.8 91.0 111.0 13.6 30.7 .265 .474 .307 .342 .421 42.9 23.8 7.8
2021 24 2595 430 57 13.3 8.6 90.1 114.2 14.2 36.5 .281 .511 .379 .366 .461 45.6 25.4 7.9
2022 25 2641 451 71 15.7 10.2 92.5 115.9 12.9 37.7 .271 .531 .377 .378 .468 50.8 24.2 8.2
2023 26 2683 449 60 13.4 8.9 92.3 116.1 13.4 35.4 .272 .514 .358 .366 .453 48.5 23.8 8.0
Player 9811 1638 225 13.7 8.9 91.4 116.1 14.2 36.4 .268 .508 .359 .360 .458 47.5 25.8 7.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .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
2019 25.6 33.3 29.2 11.9 34.5 39.9 25.6 3.0 20.2 32.7 24.4 6.0 13.7 7.7
2020 42.1 22.9 27.1 7.9 41.4 31.4 27.1 2.1 32.9 24.3 24.3 5.0 10.0 6.8
2021 38.8 24.9 28.6 7.7 39.5 36.7 23.7 5.1 25.8 22.3 24.2 8.6 13.3 8.6
2022 39.0 28.8 26.2 6.0 39.2 36.4 24.4 2.9 29.7 22.8 20.2 8.4 15.7 10.2
2023 41.2 28.5 23.8 6.5 38.5 38.1 23.4 1.8 29.0 23.6 24.1 7.8 13.4 8.9
Player 38.5 27.7 26.6 7.3 38.8 36.9 24.3 3.1 27.8 24.1 23.1 7.8 13.7 8.9
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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.

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-Seamer -0.1 -1 854 31.8 195 .254 .503 .365 30.2 29.7 20.3 .237 .522 .350 55.8
2023 Sinker 0.6 3 577 21.5 160 .317 .500 .393 11.2 11.9 14.3 .327 .523 .400 51.2
2023 Slider -0.8 -4 526 19.6 129 .216 .388 .285 37.1 31.0 21.4 .216 .400 .304 32.9
2023 Changeup 3.3 7 214 8.0 58 .308 .519 .405 30.9 25.9 20.0 .277 .479 .360 43.2
2023 Cutter -0.6 -1 156 5.8 33 .313 .688 .427 33.3 24.2 21.6 .335 .734 .455 45.8
2023 Curveball 2.8 4 151 5.6 45 .342 .658 .434 25.0 20.0 14.3 .341 .574 .412 64.5
2023 Sweeper 0.9 1 139 5.2 30 .269 .654 .402 41.4 26.7 14.3 .270 .624 .396 31.6
2023 Splitter 0.1 0 38 1.4 8 .286 .429 .356 25.0 25.0 11.1 .265 .504 .374 60.0
2023 Forkball -2.8 0 6 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .439 .880 .548 50.0
2023 Slurve 4.0 0 5 0.2 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 50.0 33.3 .235 .266 .221 0.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.6 5 832 31.5 192 .264 .500 .368 23.1 24.5 18.5 .278 .568 .392 52.0
2022 Slider 1.9 11 590 22.3 155 .263 .571 .392 36.6 29.7 21.5 .247 .517 .364 50.5
2022 Sinker -0.9 -4 472 17.9 123 .252 .402 .336 14.3 14.6 18.9 .281 .470 .372 47.2
2022 Changeup 0.3 1 262 9.9 76 .290 .594 .395 34.9 28.9 26.2 .273 .506 .366 53.2
2022 Curveball 6.6 13 203 7.7 65 .390 .712 .488 36.2 24.6 17.8 .286 .513 .374 55.8
2022 Cutter 1.9 3 159 6.0 44 .293 .732 .442 24.4 18.2 18.6 .308 .752 .467 48.5
2022 Sweeper -4.1 -3 71 2.7 21 .150 .150 .162 50.0 38.1 33.3 .220 .406 .290 33.3
2022 Splitter 2.1 1 40 1.5 10 .143 .143 .300 33.3 30.0 23.1 .194 .238 .343 50.0
2022 Slurve -9.3 0 3 0.1 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .112 .161 .117 50.0
2021 4-Seamer 1.6 14 825 31.8 190 .313 .569 .420 26.1 25.8 18.6 .274 .535 .390 54.9
2021 Slider 0.7 4 587 22.6 156 .296 .514 .376 38.1 30.8 23.2 .272 .525 .360 44.8
2021 Sinker -0.6 -3 482 18.6 118 .291 .445 .356 15.7 14.4 17.7 .328 .475 .365 39.4
2021 Changeup 3.7 9 250 9.6 82 .333 .603 .424 33.6 28.0 25.8 .264 .504 .342 40.0
2021 Curveball 3.4 8 224 8.6 57 .288 .500 .387 34.8 33.3 21.6 .248 .409 .304 44.1
2021 Cutter -0.7 -1 163 6.3 38 .194 .419 .320 30.1 26.3 18.9 .231 .466 .351 40.9
2021 Sweeper 6.0 1 21 0.8 6 .500 1.000 .633 16.7 16.7 11.1 .290 .774 .446 40.0
2021 Splitter 4.0 1 17 0.7 6 .200 .200 .267 0.0 16.7 8.3 .301 .341 .349 25.0
2021 Slurve 3.5 0 10 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 25.0 0.0 0.0 .380 .411 .344 100.0
2020 4-Seamer -0.7 -1 203 26.3 54 .250 .354 .311 26.9 24.1 23.2 .287 .454 .358 37.1
2020 Slider 1.3 2 184 23.8 40 .263 .474 .333 45.1 30.0 18.8 .251 .433 .311 34.6
2020 Sinker 0.2 0 161 20.8 45 .317 .439 .390 14.3 15.6 18.4 .296 .388 .335 55.9
2020 Changeup -2.7 -2 81 10.5 21 .105 .263 .215 40.0 28.6 17.6 .171 .378 .273 38.5
2020 Curveball 5.8 4 66 8.5 18 .294 1.000 .533 27.6 33.3 21.4 .346 1.061 .576 72.7
2020 Cutter -5.7 -3 48 6.2 17 .133 .133 .200 24.3 5.9 9.1 .263 .484 .321 20.0
2020 Splitter -13.2 -2 16 2.1 7 .000 .000 .000 50.0 57.1 44.4 .033 .062 .041 33.3
2020 Sweeper -3.4 0 6 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2020 Knuckleball 0.8 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Slurve 7.7 0 2 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .433 .723 .465 100.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.9 -3 322 28.8 91 .221 .488 .310 33.7 37.4 30.4 .208 .471 .296 39.6
2019 Slider -1.3 -3 263 23.5 58 .143 .321 .227 49.7 51.7 33.0 .153 .280 .199 50.0
2019 Sinker 3.0 6 213 19.0 68 .295 .623 .421 22.2 22.1 33.3 .339 .707 .452 53.2
2019 Curveball 3.8 4 102 9.1 27 .320 .600 .413 41.3 25.9 29.2 .362 .701 .460 38.9
2019 Changeup 0.2 0 97 8.7 21 .222 .444 .340 50.9 52.4 35.5 .164 .276 .257 28.6
2019 Cutter -5.2 -4 85 7.6 20 .105 .158 .143 42.6 40.0 57.1 .088 .127 .120 36.4
2019 Splitter 2.3 1 24 2.1 6 .333 .500 .358 47.1 33.3 22.2 .136 .213 .148 50.0
2019 Sweeper 0.1 0 10 0.9 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 100.0 .176 .201 .161 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 294 1,116 -5 -4 4 4 0
2020 253 967 -2 -14 4 5 -7
2021 728 2,863 2 1 16 14 34
2022 708 2,695 21 -19 11 13 25
2023 666 2,676 -2 -13 15 12 12
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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 %
2019 1,119 43.5 80.7 70.7 37.6 46.0 41.0 44.1 56.3 38.7 5.6 90.5
2020 773 48.0 77.9 79.2 32.3 49.2 42.9 46.8 54.2 30.1 8.0 90.3
2021 2,595 46.4 72.2 78.9 31.1 57.3 43.2 35.6 50.2 28.3 7.6 82.1
2022 2,641 47.4 75.3 81.3 30.1 52.3 41.4 37.3 51.5 27.6 7.1 84.5
2023 2,683 48.9 69.8 79.0 27.4 56.4 41.0 29.0 48.2 27.5 7.7 76.8
Player 9,811 47.1 73.7 78.7 30.7 53.4 41.9 36.2 51.0 29.4 7.3 82.7
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
2019 82 70
2020 64 68 74 70 46 71 64 82 79 69 42 34 27 24 51 2 64
2021 85 87 86 81 73 92 83 67 92 75 23 36 25 22 70 19 54
2022 97 85 98 98 85 98 96 96 98 95 30 49 30 42 61 5 39
2023 88 80 91 89 75 98 88 91 97 86 38 44 38 55 68 66 36
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 21.1 18 17.9 0 8 11 10 55.6
2020 22.4 9 9.6 -1 2 3 7 77.8
2021 21.6 35 34.6 0 12 20 19 54.3
2022 21.7 38 35.3 3 14 18 21 55.3
2023 22.4 36 35.8 0 8 23 19 52.8
Player 21.8 136 133.2 3 44 75 76 55.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 18 22 21 18 17 18 20 17 12 12 15 19 22 19 16 19 16 15 18 17 20 21 23 21 17 17 13 18 22 18 15
2020 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 9 8 9 8 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 11 9 9 9 8 11 10 11 9
2021 35 40 33 35 35 32 35 36 23 28 31 34 39 33 33 37 34 35 39 37 34 35 41 39 32 32 38 40 35 32 32
2022 38 33 36 31 35 36 38 31 25 30 32 36 36 35 35 39 36 34 33 35 39 39 39 38 33 30 41 43 39 36 35
2023 36 30 30 34 38 36 38 32 32 32 35 38 34 33 38 39 38 32 40 40 34 36 44 42 33 29 39 39 38 37 34
Player 136 134 129 128 135 132 142 125 100 111 121 137 141 130 132 143 134 125 139 139 137 141 158 149 124 117 139 151 144 134 125
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.4 91.0 1.6 ↑ 90.1 -0.9 ↓ 92.5 2.4 ↑ 92.3 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 20.6 13.6 -7.0 ↓ 14.2 0.6 ↑ 12.9 -1.3 ↓ 13.4 0.5 ↑
Barrel % 13.7 10.0 -3.7 ↓ 13.3 3.3 ↑ 15.7 2.4 ↑ 13.4 -2.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 44.6 42.9 -1.7 ↓ 45.6 2.7 ↑ 50.8 5.2 ↑ 48.5 -2.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 40.5 30.7 -9.8 ↓ 36.5 5.8 ↑ 37.7 1.2 ↑ 35.4 -2.3 ↓
xBA .227 .265 0.038 ↑ .281 0.016 ↑ .271 -0.010