Chris Taylor
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 196LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 5, #161, Seattle Mariners | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 454 402 45 89 10 10 .221 .304 .373 .677
2023 384 338 51 80 15 16 .237 .326 .420 .746
2024 246 213 28 43 4 5 .202 .298 .300 .598
11 Seasons 3,784 3,352 501 839 108 89 .250 .329 .423 .752
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .221 10 10 .677
2023 .237 15 16 .746
2024 .202 4 5 .598
11 Seasons .250 108 89 .752
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%
2015 24 375 65 1 1.5 1.0 88.8 103.7 14.8 44.6 .209 .323 .201 .258 .346 32.3 30.4 5.9
2016 25 253 46 2 4.3 3.1 87.7 106.0 10.3 37.0 .242 .367 .262 .279 .346 23.9 23.1 6.2
2017 26 2268 373 30 8.0 5.3 87.1 110.1 12.2 39.7 .270 .453 .361 .342 .424 34.1 25.0 8.8
2018 27 2475 362 30 8.3 5.0 88.9 111.5 16.4 39.5 .239 .406 .335 .321 .416 38.5 29.5 9.1
2019 28 1723 258 14 5.4 3.4 86.0 108.3 13.8 39.1 .233 .383 .331 .299 .376 32.3 27.8 8.9
2020 29 858 131 15 11.5 7.0 88.0 109.6 9.1 35.1 .272 .488 .364 .371 .458 45.0 25.7 12.1
2021 30 2384 344 35 10.2 6.0 88.2 110.7 17.4 38.1 .237 .422 .338 .329 .415 38.1 28.7 10.8
2022 31 1980 245 25 10.2 5.5 87.4 108.5 20.4 40.8 .195 .340 .298 .277 .379 38.0 35.2 9.7
2023 32 1622 214 21 9.8 5.5 86.2 110.8 21.5 38.8 .222 .402 .323 .312 .417 37.4 32.6 10.7
2024 33 1046 140 10 7.1 4.1 85.9 108.5 16.9 42.9 .222 .348 .272 .298 .377 28.6 30.9 11.4
Player 14984 2178 183 8.4 5.0 87.4 111.5 15.9 39.4 .236 .402 .326 .316 .405 36.0 29.3 9.7
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
2015 36.9 26.2 32.3 4.6 26.2 26.2 47.7 0.0 24.6 23.1 29.2 15.4 1.5 1.0
2016 47.8 13.0 34.8 4.3 28.3 45.7 26.1 0.0 39.1 23.9 21.7 6.5 4.3 3.1
2017 42.4 23.9 28.2 5.6 33.2 39.4 27.3 5.1 29.5 21.7 26.8 7.0 8.0 5.3
2018 34.8 26.2 32.3 6.6 36.7 34.5 28.5 2.2 26.2 25.1 27.6 7.5 8.3 5.0
2019 39.9 25.2 31.8 3.1 32.6 35.3 32.2 7.4 26.7 23.6 26.0 8.1 5.4 3.4
2020 48.1 20.6 28.2 3.1 31.3 40.5 28.2 9.9 31.3 11.5 26.7 8.4 11.5 7.0
2021 36.9 32.3 24.7 6.1 42.2 35.5 22.4 5.2 26.2 28.2 23.8 6.4 10.2 6.0
2022 32.2 32.7 28.6 6.5 41.6 32.7 25.7 5.7 21.2 31.8 24.5 6.1 10.2 5.5
2023 31.8 39.7 22.9 5.6 45.8 27.6 26.6 7.9 21.5 33.2 21.5 6.1 9.8 5.5
2024 42.1 25.0 24.3 8.6 37.9 35.0 27.1 6.4 29.3 24.3 26.4 6.4 7.1 4.1
Player 38.1 28.0 28.3 5.6 37.2 35.1 27.7 5.4 26.5 25.4 25.5 7.2 8.4 5.0
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 -1.6 -6 397 38.0 104 .200 .278 .274 27.5 28.8 21.9 .232 .363 .302 23.8
2024 Slider -1.0 -2 172 16.4 36 .129 .258 .238 45.5 41.7 19.7 .186 .313 .280 31.3
2024 Sinker 0.8 1 150 14.3 37 .300 .367 .395 17.1 10.8 13.3 .316 .465 .404 34.6
2024 Sweeper 1.7 1 77 7.4 15 .308 .615 .430 48.1 46.7 29.2 .228 .463 .348 66.7
2024 Changeup -1.7 -1 77 7.4 20 .111 .278 .260 38.9 25.0 23.8 .176 .308 .254 30.8
2024 Cutter 0.6 0 75 7.2 18 .235 .294 .258 27.8 33.3 31.6 .206 .269 .232 18.2
2024 Curveball 0.7 0 71 6.8 10 .125 .125 .230 28.0 60.0 20.7 .047 .067 .178 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.3 0 20 1.9 4 .000 .000 .000 62.5 75.0 42.9 .079 .091 .075 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 505 31.1 126 .220 .431 .332 30.0 31.0 22.5 .201 .401 .313 41.4
2023 Slider 0.5 2 301 18.6 70 .242 .333 .315 41.3 38.6 22.7 .199 .296 .242 33.3
2023 Sinker 3.4 9 258 15.9 67 .368 .684 .484 25.5 25.4 25.4 .319 .605 .436 40.0
2023 Changeup -1.0 -2 175 10.8 46 .175 .425 .292 45.2 34.8 23.5 .206 .404 .300 36.0
2023 Cutter -1.9 -3 155 9.6 35 .250 .406 .317 34.6 22.9 20.5 .293 .533 .379 37.5
2023 Curveball -0.7 -1 120 7.4 14 .143 .143 .129 39.6 50.0 17.5 .152 .174 .142 28.6
2023 Sweeper -2.7 -2 87 5.4 15 .133 .133 .120 48.6 46.7 21.2 .121 .152 .118 25.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.3 0 13 0.8 4 .000 .000 .175 85.7 75.0 50.0 -- -- .175 --
2023 Slurve -3.8 0 8 0.5 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 33.3 100.0 .035 .037 .257 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 668 33.7 140 .195 .373 .313 36.9 35.7 20.4 .176 .331 .293 41.2
2022 Slider 0.1 1 356 18.0 80 .232 .377 .295 49.4 40.0 27.4 .192 .354 .278 45.0
2022 Sinker 0.8 2 305 15.4 72 .358 .507 .411 28.2 20.8 21.7 .264 .415 .321 38.5
2022 Changeup -3.6 -8 231 11.7 71 .109 .125 .188 47.0 38.0 29.3 .162 .246 .227 29.7
2022 Curveball -1.7 -3 159 8.0 34 .156 .406 .259 53.0 55.9 31.7 .146 .274 .211 30.8
2022 Cutter 1.2 2 159 8.0 33 .323 .677 .435 29.2 21.2 13.7 .269 .541 .364 37.5
2022 Sweeper -2.8 -1 50 2.5 12 .167 .167 .150 53.3 58.3 35.0 .178 .212 .173 20.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.4 -1 39 2.0 5 .200 .200 .180 45.0 60.0 15.8 .111 .164 .116 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 10 831 34.9 204 .260 .468 .377 24.7 30.9 22.9 .241 .469 .360 47.3
2021 Slider 0.8 4 538 22.6 124 .213 .472 .341 43.2 31.5 22.8 .187 .384 .293 30.0
2021 Sinker 1.8 7 410 17.2 109 .319 .532 .424 19.0 17.4 18.8 .308 .527 .401 38.2
2021 Changeup 1.4 3 233 9.8 58 .321 .396 .348 44.5 32.8 22.9 .241 .360 .297 32.4
2021 Curveball 1.0 2 174 7.3 43 .231 .333 .255 42.3 34.9 24.2 .246 .352 .279 42.3
2021 Cutter -4.5 -6 134 5.6 28 .148 .185 .166 33.8 25.0 20.0 .222 .269 .231 30.0
2021 Sweeper -0.8 0 32 1.3 8 .000 .000 .113 33.3 37.5 33.3 .077 .172 .112 20.0
2021 Split-Finger -1.4 0 23 1.0 5 .250 .250 .320 45.5 40.0 22.2 .072 .084 .194 0.0
2021 Slurve -1.1 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball 4.3 11 264 30.8 69 .400 .673 .530 23.7 17.4 15.2 .350 .640 .472 47.7
2020 Slider -1.7 -3 195 22.7 47 .111 .267 .218 43.5 38.3 26.9 .189 .360 .252 44.4
2020 Sinker -0.1 0 123 14.3 37 .250 .438 .349 24.2 18.9 20.6 .278 .458 .365 44.0
2020 Changeup 2.1 2 104 12.1 26 .217 .391 .379 51.9 42.3 30.6 .213 .298 .276 41.7
2020 Curveball 2.4 2 84 9.8 15 .308 .385 .357 22.2 13.3 11.1 .316 .501 .396 54.5
2020 Cutter 4.8 3 70 8.2 17 .286 .571 .391 26.7 23.5 30.8 .275 .688 .453 30.0
2020 Split-Finger 11.1 1 13 1.5 3 .667 1.000 .717 50.0 33.3 25.0 .266 .460 .308 50.0
2020 Sweeper -1.5 0 5 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 8 597 34.6 137 .328 .552 .434 21.1 19.7 14.9 .293 .491 .378 34.1
2019 Slider -3.1 -8 262 15.2 67 .105 .211 .189 43.6 41.8 25.7 .122 .219 .209 31.3
2019 Sinker 0.6 1 250 14.5 63 .328 .483 .378 21.9 23.8 17.9 .255 .438 .324 37.2
2019 Curveball 0.5 1 214 12.4 52 .217 .457 .316 45.3 36.5 26.8 .189 .355 .267 35.7
2019 Cutter 0.4 1 173 10.0 38 .250 .500 .334 31.7 26.3 17.9 .227 .289 .249 11.5
2019 Changeup -0.9 -2 172 10.0 41 .225 .450 .298 38.6 24.4 19.2 .256 .363 .258 32.3
2019 Split-Finger 1.3 0 22 1.3 5 .200 .200 .180 61.5 80.0 33.3 .127 .151 .121 0.0
2019 Sweeper 5.5 1 10 0.6 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 50.0 25.0 .296 .445 .306 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 866 35.0 209 .253 .404 .346 26.1 27.8 21.9 .248 .432 .345 44.3
2018 Sinker 0.8 3 440 17.8 120 .269 .548 .392 13.3 20.8 22.7 .289 .486 .386 51.2
2018 Slider 0.0 0 402 16.2 97 .275 .451 .329 46.3 36.1 24.8 .204 .314 .252 21.4
2018 Curveball 0.3 1 270 10.9 61 .228 .439 .309 42.1 34.4 23.3 .219 .460 .313 30.6
2018 Changeup 3.8 8 225 9.1 50 .295 .477 .418 36.8 26.0 14.0 .263 .385 .330 25.8
2018 Cutter -3.1 -5 171 6.9 40 .162 .216 .188 40.7 42.5 26.6 .172 .229 .196 28.6
2018 Split-Finger -5.7 -1 26 1.1 5 .000 .000 .000 53.3 60.0 37.5 .048 .080 .051 50.0
2018 Sweeper 1.0 0 14 0.6 4 .250 1.000 .500 30.0 25.0 14.3 .317 .906 .507 33.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 5 878 38.7 213 .302 .521 .402 15.5 20.2 16.6 .299 .505 .374 40.9
2017 Slider 0.5 2 406 17.9 111 .262 .505 .365 37.6 32.4 25.7 .227 .420 .303 29.9
2017 Sinker 2.7 10 364 16.0 104 .318 .523 .422 9.6 15.4 17.2 .317 .534 .411 33.3
2017 Curveball -0.8 -2 227 10.0 39 .231 .359 .254 36.7 25.6 13.3 .271 .444 .304 31.0
2017 Changeup 0.9 2 176 7.8 43 .275 .425 .355 38.3 37.2 22.2 .236 .294 .257 16.0
2017 Cutter 1.0 2 158 7.0 43 .211 .447 .311 41.1 37.2 28.1 .162 .262 .243 22.7
2017 Split-Finger 8.0 1 18 0.8 6 .400 .400 .417 55.6 33.3 28.6 .335 .419 .386 33.3
2017 Sweeper 0.5 0 10 0.4 -- -- -- 66.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Slurve 24.8 1 6 0.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 25.0 0.0 0.0 .557 1.122 .694 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 151 568 -7 1 5 1 -1
2015 102 374 -7 -4 1 1 -8
2016 64 250 -2 -3 3 1 -2
2017 632 2,535 11 -14 17 11 25
2018 636 2,619 -8 -17 21 13 9
2019 417 1,759 8 -25 12 6 0
2020 277 1,128 -3 -1 11 7 13
2021 623 2,552 2 -9 22 12 26
2022 459 2,007 -13 -17 13 7 -10
2023 387 1,648 -3 -10 11 7 4
2024 246 1,046 -10 -9 9 5 -6
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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 %
2015 375 53.5 67.0 73.1 23.6 46.3 42.0 43.1 46.9 29.5 8.0 70.0
2016 253 55.3 74.3 78.8 20.4 30.4 37.2 43.1 50.2 29.9 9.5 79.2
2017 2,268 51.1 68.5 82.3 22.2 47.5 42.0 30.1 45.9 25.3 7.5 82.2
2018 2,475 51.8 69.8 74.5 23.7 47.8 43.2 34.9 47.6 31.4 8.0 81.4
2019 1,723 50.6 72.4 77.5 26.4 41.0 43.7 39.3 49.8 31.5 6.8 85.2
2020 858 48.8 73.7 71.8 17.3 46.1 42.5 39.3 44.9 32.5 8.2 87.1
2021 2,384 51.1 69.3 74.1 20.8 43.2 43.5 37.0 45.6 32.7 7.9 83.1
2022 1,980 51.7 75.2 67.6 23.0 33.6 44.0 41.9 49.9 39.9 8.4 88.6
2023 1,622 51.7 71.5 70.5 22.1 42.2 44.9 38.0 47.6 35.8 7.0 87.7
2024 1,046 53.2 72.5 73.7 19.6 43.8 41.8 44.3 47.7 31.3 9.0 91.5
Player 14,984 51.4 71.1 74.3 22.3 43.0 43.2 37.5 47.5 32.3 7.8 84.6
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
2015 37 88
2016 47 95
2017 67 71 63 55 60 65 64 30 76 40 19 52 38 84 93 71
2018 44 30 44 48 46 63 59 50 82 54 6 56 7 75 87 90
2019 15 15 18 22 22 16 24 7 59 18 13 54 14 67 88 60
2020 84 75 80 75 83 75 77 36 67 80 33 77 15 94 88 87 90
2021 51 25 47 56 56 63 66 29 76 33 9 73 8 90 91 13 67
2022 9 2 13 42 9 45 70 20 44 38 1 67 1 83 82 81 64
2023 30 10 35 60 30 29 62 7 66 28 5 78 3 86 74 26 66
2024 41 70 15 77
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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 %
2016 22.8 1 1.1 0 1 0 1 100.0
2017 19.7 24 21.1 3 7 20 7 29.2
2018