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
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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 .267 .505 .338 .361 .455 53.4 25.2 7.9
Player 11811 1973 277 14.0 9.1 91.7 116.1 14.5 36.5 .268 .508 .357 .360 .457 48.6 25.7 7.8
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
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 .242 .526 .364 56.3
2024 Slider 1.6 5 318 17.5 83 .313 .625 .410 38.9 31.3 23.2 .284 .559 .369 55.6
2024 Sinker 3.4 11 312 17.1 91 .400 .575 .473 12.7 16.5 18.5 .355 .527 .422 62.1
2024 Cutter 0.6 1 165 9.1 38 .222 .361 .274 25.0 18.4 17.5 .246 .444 .317 37.9
2024 Curveball -0.3 0 118 6.5 26 .130 .217 .212 47.1 42.3 23.9 .124 .253 .221 41.7
2024 Sweeper -0.4 0 114 6.3 32 .200 .300 .245 28.4 25.0 18.6 .260 .488 .343 36.4
2024 Changeup 2.8 3 113 6.2 32 .357 .821 .544 31.6 21.9 21.2 .296 .618 .423 57.1
2024 Split-Finger -4.5 -2 37 2.0 14 .077 .077 .114 40.9 35.7 22.7 .170 .251 .216 50.0
2024 Slurve 11.5 1 5 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .114 .225 .134 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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 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
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 86 98 96 96 98 95 30 49 31 42 61 5 39
2023 89 80 92 90 74 98 89 93 97 89 34 47 36 57 70 55 35
2024 92 81 93 92 75 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 17.8 0 8 11 10 55.6
2020 22.4 9 9.6 -1 2 3 7 77.8
2021 21.6 35 32.6 2 14 20 17 48.6
2022 21.7 38 36.2 2 13 18 22 57.9
2023 22.4 39 38.1 1 11 24 19 48.7
2024 22.8 19 19.7 -1 10 15 7 36.8
Player 22.0 158 154.0 4 58 91 82 51.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2019 18 22 20 18 16 18 20 17 12 12 14 19 22 19 16 19 16 15 18 17 20 21 22 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 38 31 33 33 30 33 34 21 26 29 32 37 31 31 35 33 33 37 35 32 33 39 37 30 31 36 36 32 30 30
2022 38 34 37 32 36 37 39 32 26 31 33 37 37 35 36 40 36 35 34 36 40 40 40 39 34 31 41 44 40 37 36
2023 39 30 31 36 41 38 42 34 35 35 38 41 36 36 39 42 41 34 42 43 36 39 48 43 36 31 41 42 39 40 35
2024 19 16 19 22 18 19 20 18 10 18 19 22 23 17 19 17 17 17 21 26 22 21 28 24 18 18 18 21 23 20 21
Player 158 149 147 151 154 152 165 144 112 131 141 161 165 148 151 162 153 143 161 167 160 164 188 173 144 137 157 172 166 156 146
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 ↑ .267 -0.006 ↓
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 ↓ .361 -0.004 ↓
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 ↓ .505 -0.011 ↓
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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