Austin Riley
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 240LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2015 | Rd: CB-A, #41, Atlanta Braves | DeSoto Central (MS) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 693 615 90 168 38 2 .273 .349 .528 .877
2023 715 636 117 179 37 3 .281 .345 .516 .861
2024 469 425 63 109 19 0 .256 .322 .461 .783
6 Seasons 3,042 2,728 426 742 153 5 .272 .338 .502 .840
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .273 38 2 .877
2023 .281 37 3 .861
2024 .256 19 0 .783
6 Seasons .272 153 5 .840
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%
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 2861 475 66 13.9 9.2 92.3 116.1 13.5 35.2 .273 .516 .363 .365 .452 49.2 24.1 8.3
2024 27 1822 309 46 14.9 9.8 93.3 114.7 15.9 37.2 .272 .517 .338 .366 .462 53.4 25.2 7.9
Player 11811 1973 277 14.0 9.1 91.7 116.1 14.5 36.5 .269 .510 .357 .361 .458 48.6 25.7 7.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
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 41.1 28.6 23.8 6.5 38.7 37.9 23.4 1.9 28.6 24.0 23.6 7.8 13.9 9.2
2024 36.2 31.1 26.9 5.8 35.9 37.5 26.5 1.3 26.9 27.2 20.7 8.4 14.9 9.8
Player 38.1 28.2 26.6 7.1 38.4 36.9 24.6 2.8 27.6 24.6 22.6 7.9 14.0 9.1
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 -1.1 -7 637 35.0 152 .172 .358 .286 23.9 25.7 19.5 .246 .535 .367 56.3
2024 Slider 1.6 5 318 17.5 83 .313 .625 .410 38.9 31.3 23.2 .289 .576 .375 55.6
2024 Sinker 3.4 11 312 17.1 91 .400 .575 .473 12.7 16.5 18.5 .360 .540 .427 62.1
2024 Cutter 0.6 1 165 9.1 38 .222 .361 .274 25.0 18.4 17.5 .249 .454 .318 37.9
2024 Curveball -0.3 0 118 6.5 26 .130 .217 .212 47.1 42.3 23.9 .130 .279 .232 41.7
2024 Sweeper -0.4 0 114 6.3 32 .200 .300 .245 28.4 25.0 18.6 .268 .507 .351 36.4
2024 Changeup 2.8 3 113 6.2 32 .357 .821 .544 31.6 21.9 21.2 .294 .609 .417 57.1
2024 Split-Finger -4.5 -2 37 2.0 14 .077 .077 .114 40.9 35.7 22.7 .175 .260 .225 50.0
2024 Slurve 11.5 1 5 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .163 .390 .238 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 1.3 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -2 928 32.4 217 .250 .490 .359 29.7 29.5 20.6 .229 .494 .339 55.7
2023 Sinker 1.0 6 596 20.8 163 .331 .538 .411 11.6 12.3 14.9 .337 .559 .414 52.0
2023 Slider -1.7 -9 525 18.4 129 .181 .319 .246 38.9 32.6 23.1 .194 .349 .274 32.5
2023 Changeup 3.2 7 233 8.1 62 .321 .518 .408 28.6 24.2 17.9 .299 .514 .377 43.9
2023 Sweeper 0.9 2 185 6.5 37 .273 .576 .374 38.4 27.0 14.1 .256 .541 .354 29.2
2023 Cutter 0.6 1 166 5.8 35 .353 .794 .484 32.4 22.9 20.0 .364 .787 .487 50.0
2023 Curveball 3.0 5 161 5.6 48 .366 .683 .452 29.7 20.8 14.3 .351 .597 .423 66.7
2023 Split-Finger 3.4 2 49 1.7 12 .364 .818 .508 19.2 16.7 8.3 .381 .927 .554 66.7
2023 Slurve 6.3 0 6 0.2 3 .667 .667 .600 25.0 33.3 25.0 .318 .360 .296 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 5 833 31.5 193 .263 .497 .366 23.0 24.4 18.5 .276 .565 .390 51.6
2022 Slider 1.5 9 564 21.4 148 .250 .563 .381 35.7 31.1 22.0 .239 .509 .354 50.0
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 1 261 9.9 76 .290 .594 .395 34.9 28.9 26.5 .273 .506 .366 53.2
2022 Curveball 7.1 14 200 7.6 63 .404 .737 .504 35.9 23.8 16.9 .288 .522 .379 54.8
2022 Cutter 2.7 5 172 6.5 47 .326 .767 .474 26.8 17.0 16.7 .330 .784 .493 51.4
2022 Sweeper -3.1 -3 86 3.3 26 .167 .167 .192 51.1 34.6 36.0 .231 .393 .304 40.0
2022 Split-Finger 2.1 1 41 1.6 10 .143 .143 .300 33.3 30.0 21.4 .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-Seam Fastball 1.7 14 822 31.7 189 .314 .572 .423 26.0 25.4 18.3 .276 .538 .392 54.9
2021 Slider 0.9 5 554 21.3 146 .293 .526 .384 38.9 30.1 23.2 .267 .534 .365 46.7
2021 Sinker -0.7 -3 485 18.7 119 .288 .441 .353 16.0 15.1 18.4 .325 .471 .362 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 3.6 8 223 8.6 56 .294 .510 .394 33.0 32.1 20.2 .253 .417 .309 44.1
2021 Cutter -1.1 -2 177 6.8 41 .176 .382 .296 30.3 29.3 20.0 .210 .425 .326 39.1
2021 Sweeper 1.1 0 41 1.6 14 .462 .692 .464 26.9 28.6 22.2 .365 .620 .395 30.0
2021 Split-Finger 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-Seam Fastball -0.7 -1 203 26.3 54 .250 .354 .311 26.9 24.1 23.2 .287 .454 .358 37.1
2020 Slider 1.2 2 182 23.5 39 .243 .459 .318 46.1 30.8 18.8 .233 .415 .297 36.0
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 -4.8 -2 50 6.5 18 .188 .188 .239 23.1 5.6 9.1 .303 .522 .352 18.8
2020 Split-Finger -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-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 322 28.8 91 .221 .488 .310 33.7 37.4 30.4 .208 .471 .296 39.6
2019 Slider -1.1 -3 259 23.1 56 .148 .333 .235 50.3 51.8 32.6 .150 .282 .198 52.0
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 .163 .275 .257 28.6
2019 Cutter -5.6 -5 86 7.7 21 .100 .150 .136 41.7 38.1 53.3 .107 .144 .134 33.3
2019 Split-Finger 2.3 1 24 2.1 6 .333 .500 .358 47.1 33.3 22.2 .136 .213 .148 50.0
2019 Sweeper -1.3 0 13 1.2 4 .250 .500 .313 33.3 50.0 100.0 .132 .151 .120 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 727 2,924 -2 -11 15 13 15
2024 469 1,822 7 -12 8 8 11
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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 2,861 48.9 69.9 79.1 27.3 55.4 40.9 29.0 48.2 27.8 7.6 76.9
2024 1,822 50.1 72.1 81.3 28.0 49.8 42.9 33.3 50.1 27.5 7.1 86.8
Player 11,811 47.6 73.4 79.1 30.3 52.7 42.0 35.7 50.8 29.1 7.2 83.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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
2019 82 71
2020 64 67 74 70 47 71 64 82 79 69 42 34 27 24 49 2 65
2021 85 87 86 81 74 92 83 67 92 75 23 36 25 22 69 20 52
2022 97 85 98 98 85 98 96 96 98 95 30 49 30 42 61 5 39
2023 89 80 92 90 74 98 89 93 97 89 34 47 36 57 70 55 35
2024 92 83 93 92 76 84 94 96 94 96 28 49 33 52 66 17 35 90 47 29
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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 %
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 39 38.4 1 9 26 19 48.7
2024 22.8 19 19.8 -1 11 15 7 36.8
Player 22.0 158 155.6 2 56 93 83 52.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 39 30 31 37 41 38 42 34 35 36 38 41 36 36 39 43 41 34 42 43 36 39 49 43 37 31 41 42 42 41 35
2024 19 16 19 23 18 19 20 18 10 18 19 22 23 17 19 17 17 17 21 26 22 21 28 24 18 18 18 20 25 20 21
Player 158 150 149 154 156 153 166 145 113 133 143 162 166 150 152 164 154 144 162 168 161 165 191 174 146 137 159 174 173 158 147
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.4 91.0 1.6 90.1 -0.9 92.5 2.4 92.3 -0.2 93.3 1.0
Launch Angle 20.6 13.6 -7.0 14.2 0.6 12.9 -1.3 13.5 0.6 15.9 2.4
Barrel % 13.7 10.0 -3.7 13.3 3.3 15.7 2.4 13.9 -1.8 14.9 1.0
Hard Hit % 44.6 42.9 -1.7 45.6 2.7 50.8 5.2 49.2 -1.6 53.4 4.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.5 30.7 -9.8 36.5 5.8 37.7 1.2 35.2 -2.5 37.2 2.0
xBA .227 .265 0.038 .281 0.016 .271 -0.010 .273 0.002 .272 -0.001
BA .226 .239 0.013 .303 0.064 .273 -0.030 .281 0.008 .256 -0.025
xwOBA .309 .342 0.033 .366 0.024 .378 0.012 .365 -0.013 .366 0.001
wOBA .307 .307 0.000 .379 0.072 .377 -0.002 .363 -0.014 .338 -0.025
xSLG .460 .474 0.014 .511 0.037 .531 0.020 .516 -0.015 .517 0.001
SLG .471 .415 -0.056 .531 0.116 .528 -0.003 .516 -0.012 .461 -0.055
K% 36.4 23.8 -12.6 25.4 1.6 24.2 -1.2 24.1 -0.1 25.2 1.1
BB% 5.4 7.8 2.4 7.9 0.1 8.2 0.3 8.3 0.1 7.9 -0.4
Swing % 56.3 54.2 -2.1 50.2 -4.0 51.5 1.3 48.2 -3.3 50.1 1.9
Whiff% 38.7 30.1 -8.6 28.3 -1.8 27.6 -0.7 27.8 0.2 27.5 -0.3
In Zone % 43.5 48.0 4.5 46.4 -1.6 47.4 1.0 48.9 1.5 50.1 1.2
Out of Zone % 56.5 52.0 -4.5 53.6 1.6 52.6 -1.0 51.1 -1.5 49.9 -1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 37.6 32.3 -5.3 31.1 -1.2 30.1 -1.0 27.3 -2.8 28.0 0.7
First Pitch Swing % 44.1 46.8 2.7 35.6 -11.2 37.3 1.7 29.0 -8.3 33.3 4.3
First Pitch Strike % 62.0 65.4 3.4 63.5 -1.9 63.2 -0.3 61.2 -2.0 62.9 1.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 294 96 32.7 .313 .294
2020 Shifts R 204 91 44.6 .276 .339
2021 Shifts R 654 214 32.7 .383 .366
2022 Shifts R 692 283 40.9 .396 .349
2023 Shades R 709 73 10.3 .358 .401
2024 Shades R 466 39 8.4 .341 .330
! 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 %
2019 280 17.2 23.6% 2.1% 136 21.9 1.5% 4.4%
2020 161 16.8 27.3% 0.6% 123 22.7 0.8% 5.7%
2021 630 18.1 19.8% 2.7% 447 23.8 1.3% 10.5%
2022 665 18.0 19.1% 1.5% 400 22.9 2.0% 8.3%
2023 732 15.4 44.9% 0.5% 514 18.9 7.8% 0.2%
2024 476 15.6 39.7% 0.4% 295 18.4 4.7% 1.0%
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Statcast Rankings