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 .218 .343 .272 .297 .374 28.6 30.9 11.4
Player 14984 2178 183 8.4 5.0 87.4 111.5 15.9 39.4 .235 .402 .326 .316 .405 36.0 29.3 9.7
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
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 .228 .354 .299 23.8
2024 Slider -1.0 -2 172 16.4 36 .129 .258 .238 45.5 41.7 19.7 .184 .306 .277 31.3
2024 Sinker 0.8 1 150 14.3 37 .300 .367 .395 17.1 10.8 13.3 .324 .484 .415 34.6
2024 Sweeper 1.7 1 77 7.4 15 .308 .615 .430 48.1 46.7 29.2 .213 .435 .332 66.7
2024 Changeup -1.7 -1 77 7.4 20 .111 .278 .260 38.9 25.0 23.8 .168 .300 .251 30.8
2024 Cutter 0.6 0 75 7.2 18 .235 .294 .258 27.8 33.3 31.6 .203 .267 .229 18.2
2024 Curveball 0.6 0 71 6.8 10 .125 .125 .230 28.0 60.0 20.7 .042 .061 .177 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.3 0 20 1.9 4 .000 .000 .000 62.5 75.0 42.9 .070 .074 .063 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 509 31.4 127 .218 .427 .329 30.2 31.5 23.0 .200 .397 .311 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 3.5 9 254 15.7 66 .375 .696 .492 24.8 24.2 24.2 .325 .616 .442 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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

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 262 1,113 -11 -11 9 5 -8
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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 30.1 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 25.4 7.5 82.2
2018 2,475 51.8 69.8 74.5 23.7 47.8 43.2 34.9 47.6 31.5 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 32.8 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 32.4 7.8 84.6
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
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 16 94 88 89 90
2021 51 25 47 56 56 63 66 29 76 33 9 73 7 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 4 86 74 26 66
2024 41 71 18 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