Chris Taylor
LF | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 196LBS | Age: 32

Draft: 2012 | Rd: 5, #161, Seattle Mariners | Virginia

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 454 402 45 89 10 43 10 .221 .304 .373 .677
9 Seasons 3154 2801 422 716 89 352 68 .256 .332 .433 .765
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .221 10 43 10 .677
9 Seasons .256 89 352 68 .765

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%
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
Player 12316 1824 152 8.3 5.1 87.7 111.5 15.2 39.2 .238 .407 .330 .318 .406 36.5 28.7 9.5
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 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
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
Player 38.5 26.9 29.2 5.4 36.1 36.0 27.9 5.0 26.9 24.6 25.9 7.4 8.3 5.1
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer 0.0 0 643 32.5 137 .200 .383 .320 36.2 34.3 19.7 .178 .336 .297 41.2
2022 Slider 0.2 1 375 18.9 88 .234 .377 .293 48.7 40.9 27.5 .192 .340 .270 40.9
2022 Sinker 0.6 2 327 16.5 74 .343 .486 .391 30.3 24.3 24.0 .256 .403 .307 38.5
2022 Changeup -3.6 -8 235 11.9 73 .108 .123 .192 47.8 38.4 29.8 .159 .242 .231 29.7
2022 Curveball -1.6 -3 164 8.3 34 .156 .406 .259 52.2 55.9 31.1 .146 .274 .211 30.8
2022 Cutter 1.1 2 152 7.7 30 .321 .679 .437 29.6 20.0 14.0 .278 .576 .383 40.9
2022 Splitter -1.8 -1 36 1.8 4 .250 .250 .225 38.9 50.0 11.1 .139 .205 .146 100.0
2022 Sweeper -3.9 -1 35 1.8 7 .143 .143 .129 52.6 57.1 30.8 .165 .207 .164 33.3
2021 4-Seamer 1.3 11 845 35.4 207 .263 .474 .381 24.6 30.9 23.1 .244 .482 .366 47.7
2021 Slider 0.8 4 567 23.8 129 .204 .451 .334 42.3 31.0 22.3 .183 .378 .288 29.7
2021 Sinker 1.6 6 395 16.6 105 .319 .527 .422 19.9 17.1 18.6 .308 .509 .393 37.8
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 2 173 7.3 43 .231 .333 .255 41.8 34.9 24.6 .246 .352 .279 42.3
2021 Cutter -4.7 -6 136 5.7 30 .138 .172 .155 31.6 23.3 18.9 .209 .255 .218 27.3
2021 Splitter -1.4 0 23 1.0 5 .250 .250 .320 45.5 40.0 22.2 .072 .084 .194 0.0
2021 Sweeper -7.5 0 5 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 75.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 4-Seamer 3.8 10 272 31.7 73 .390 .644 .513 25.4 17.8 16.0 .331 .603 .450 44.7
2020 Slider -1.8 -4 197 23.0 47 .111 .267 .218 43.5 38.3 26.1 .189 .360 .252 44.4
2020 Sinker 0.8 1 115 13.4 33 .250 .464 .364 20.4 18.2 18.8 .307 .512 .400 50.0
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 4.7 3 73 8.5 17 .286 .571 .391 26.7 23.5 30.8 .275 .688 .453 30.0
2020 Splitter 11.1 1 13 1.5 3 .667 1.000 .717 50.0 33.3 25.0 .266 .460 .308 50.0
2019 4-Seamer 1.4 8 602 34.9 139 .331 .551 .435 20.8 19.4 14.8 .291 .486 .376 34.4
2019 Slider -2.6 -7 280 16.3 69 .119 .220 .196 43.2 42.0 25.7 .127 .220 .210 33.3
2019 Sinker 0.6 1 245 14.2 61 .321 .482 .375 22.7 24.6 18.1 .257 .446 .328 36.6
2019 Curveball 0.4 1 214 12.4 52 .217 .457 .316 45.3 36.5 26.8 .189 .355 .267 35.7
2019 Changeup -0.9 -2 172 10.0 41 .225 .450 .298 38.6 24.4 19.2 .256 .363 .258 32.3
2019 Cutter 0.4 1 165 9.6 38 .250 .500 .334 30.9 26.3 17.9 .228 .299 .252 11.5
2019 Splitter 1.3 0 22 1.3 5 .200 .200 .180 61.5 80.0 33.3 .127 .151 .121 0.0
2018 4-Seamer 0.2 2 866 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 -0.1 -1 412 16.6 99 .269 .441 .322 46.2 36.4 24.3 .202 .313 .250 21.1
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 -3.2 -5 168 6.8 39 .167 .222 .192 39.3 41.0 25.8 .177 .235 .201 28.6
2018 Splitter -5.7 -1 26 1.1 5 .000 .000 .000 53.3 60.0 37.5 .048 .080 .051 50.0
2018 Sweeper 7.1 0 7 0.3 3 .333 1.333 .667 40.0 33.3 50.0 .349 1.051 .577 50.0
2017 4-Seamer 0.6 5 874 38.5 212 .304 .524 .404 15.5 20.3 16.6 .296 .503 .373 40.5
2017 Slider 0.6 3 409 18.0 109 .267 .515 .372 38.3 33.0 25.5 .230 .427 .307 30.8
2017 Sinker 2.6 9 367 16.2 105 .315 .517 .418 9.5 15.2 17.2 .322 .538 .414 34.2
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 1.2 2 178 7.8 44 .293 .439 .367 37.9 36.4 21.9 .253 .317 .272 19.2
2017 Cutter 0.7 1 161 7.1 45 .200 .425 .297 40.0 35.6 28.1 .158 .254 .235 20.8
2017 Splitter 6.6 1 14 0.6 5 .250 .250 .320 62.5 40.0 33.3 .188 .218 .277 0.0
2017 Sweeper 1.1 0 6 0.3 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 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 -3 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 1
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
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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
Player 12,316 51.3 71.0 74.9 22.6 43.0 43.0 36.8 47.4 32.0 7.8 83.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 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
2015 37 90
2016 47 94
2017 66 71 63 55 60 65 64 30 76 40 19 52 38 84 93 76
2018 44 30 44 47 46 63 59 50 82 54 6 56 7 75 87 88
2019 16 15 17 22 22 16 24 7 59 18 13 54 14 67 88 65
2020 84 75 80 74 83 75 77 36 67 80 33 77 15 94 88 87 90
2021 51 24 47 56 56 63 66 29 76 33 9 73 8 90 91 18 65
2022 9 2 13 42 9 45 70 20 44 38 1 67 1 83 83 82 64
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 1 1.2 0 1 0 1 100.0
2017 19.7 24 21.3 3 6 18 9 37.5
2018 20.3 18 12.3 6 12 10 5 27.8
2019 22.1 12 10.1 2 7 5 5 41.7
2020 21.7 9 9.5 -1 3 10 2 22.2
2021 22.5 24 23.9 0 15 15 14 58.3
2022 22.8 10 10.9 -1 4 10 4 40.0
Player 21.3 98 89.1 9 48 68 40 40.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1
2017 24 23 25 21 22 22 20 23 22 21 22 20 15 17 20 26 19 26 13 20 28 19 15 24 24 22 26 17 19 21 28
2018 18 17 17 9 8 16 8 18 12 9 17 9 8 11 10 14 13 16 9 9 14 10 9 12 12 17 14 8 16 7 20
2019 12 11 10 8 10 10 10 11 10 9 13 11 9 8 10 10 8 12 10 10 10 8 10 11 11 10 12 10 11 9 11
2020 9 8 9 9 10 10 0 11 9 9 12 10 5 7 8 11 10 12 5 8 10 12 11 10 11 10 11 5 9 7 13
2021 24 24 30 19 23 28 21 30 28 21 23 26 17 17 19 27 27 26 26 22 27 20 23 23 26 24 25 19 23 21 31
2022 10 12 14 12 11 13 12 8 13 10 11 9 9 8 8 15 16 11 7 12 17 10 9 8 9 11 10 9 12 7 14
Player 98 97 106 79 85 100 72 102 95 80 99 86 64 69 76 104 94 105 71 82 107 80 78 89 95 95 100 69 92 73 118
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.8 87.7 -1.1 87.1 -0.6 88.9 1.8 86 -2.9 88 2 88.2 0.2 87.4 -0.8
Launch Angle 14.8 10.3 -4.5 12.2 1.9 16.4 4.2 13.8 -2.6 9.1 -4.7 17.4 8.3 20.4 3
Barrel % 1.5 4.3 2.8 8 3.7 8.3 0.3 5.4 -2.9 11.5 6.1 10.2 -1.3 10.2 0
Hard Hit % 32.3 23.9 -8.4 34.1 10.2 38.5 4.4 32.3 -6.2 45 12.7 38.1 -6.9 38 -0.1