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 715 636 117 179 37 3 .281 .345 .516 .861
5 Seasons 2,573 2,303 363 633 134 5 .275 .341 .509 .850
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .303 33 0 .898
2022 .273 38 2 .877
2023 .281 37 3 .861
5 Seasons .275 134 5 .850
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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 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
Player 9989 1664 231 13.9 9.0 91.4 116.1 14.3 36.4 .268 .509 .360 .360 .457 47.7 25.8 7.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .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 41.1 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
Player 38.5 27.7 26.5 7.3 38.9 36.8 24.3 3.1 27.7 24.2 23.0 7.8 13.9 9.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 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 -0.2 -2 926 32.4 216 .251 .492 .361 29.7 29.6 20.7 .232 .505 .344 56.9
2023 Sinker 1.0 6 603 21.1 166 .331 .541 .411 11.7 12.0 14.8 .335 .558 .412 51.5
2023 Slider -1.0 -6 565 19.7 135 .205 .369 .272 37.5 31.1 21.2 .211 .386 .293 33.7
2023 Changeup 3.4 8 233 8.1 61 .327 .527 .415 28.8 24.6 17.9 .293 .488 .367 42.5
2023 Cutter 0.0 0 163 5.7 34 .333 .758 .462 32.9 23.5 20.5 .347 .771 .473 48.0
2023 Curveball 2.9 5 160 5.6 48 .366 .683 .452 29.7 20.8 14.5 .351 .597 .423 66.7
2023 Sweeper 0.5 1 149 5.2 33 .241 .586 .365 41.9 30.3 17.2 .243 .561 .357 30.0
2023 Splitter 0.1 0 38 1.3 8 .286 .429 .356 25.0 25.0 11.1 .280 .512 .383 60.0
2023 Slurve 6.3 0 6 0.2 3 .667 .667 .600 25.0 33.3 25.0 .318 .360 .296 0.0
2023 Forkball -2.8 0 6 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .410 .845 .522 50.0
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 1.6 10 581 22.0 153 .252 .557 .383 36.4 30.1 21.9 .238 .503 .356 49.4
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 2.7 5 169 6.4 46 .326 .767 .470 25.5 17.4 16.7 .330 .784 .489 51.4
2022 Sweeper -4.2 -3 70 2.7 21 .150 .150 .162 50.0 38.1 34.8 .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 1.7 14 824 31.8 189 .314 .572 .423 26.0 25.4 18.3 .276 .538 .392 54.9
2021 Slider 0.8 5 573 22.1 153 .302 .525 .384 38.2 30.1 23.0 .277 .536 .367 45.3
2021 Sinker -0.7 -3 483 18.6 119 .288 .441 .353 16.1 15.1 18.6 .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 3.4 8 224 8.6 57 .288 .500 .387 34.8 33.3 21.6 .248 .409 .304 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 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 1.2 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 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 -1.2 -3 262 23.4 57 .145 .327 .231 50.0 52.6 33.3 .147 .276 .195 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 Splitter 2.3 1 24 2.1 6 .333 .500 .358 47.1 33.3 22.2 .136 .213 .148 50.0
2019 Sweeper 0.0 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 727 2,924 -2 -11 15 13 15
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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
Player 9,989 47.2 73.7 78.7 30.7 53.2 41.8 36.1 51.0 29.4 7.3 82.6
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 47 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 89 80 92 90 74 98 89 93 97 89 34 47 36 57 69 46 35
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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 39 38.4 1 9 26 19 48.7
Player 21.8 139 135.8 3 45 78 76 54.7

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 39 30 31 38 41 38 42 34 35 34 38 41 36 36 39 43 41 34 42 43 36 38 49 43 37 31 42 42 40 41 36
Player 139 134 130 132 138 134 146 127 103 113 124 140 143 133 133 147 137 127 141 142 139 143 163 150 128 119 142 154 146 138 127
! 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 ↓ 13.5 0.6 ↑
Barrel % 13.7 10.0 -3.7 ↓ 13.3 3.3 ↑ 15.7 2.4 ↑ 13.9 -1.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 44.6 42.9 -1.7 ↓ 45.6 2.7 ↑ 50.8 5.2 ↑ 49.2 -1.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 40.5 30.7 -9.8 ↓ 36.5 5.8