Chris Young
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2001 | Rd: 16, #493, Chicago White Sox | Bellaire HS (Houston, TX)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 227 203 29 56 9 4 .276 .352 .498 .850
2017 276 243 30 57 7 3 .235 .322 .387 .709
2018 128 113 17 19 6 2 .168 .252 .363 .615
13 Seasons 5,316 4,710 668 1,109 191 142 .235 .314 .428 .742
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .276 9 4 .850
2017 .235 7 3 .709
2018 .168 6 2 .615
13 Seasons .235 191 142 .742
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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%
2015 31 1418 250 12 4.8 3.4 85.6 109.6 19.4 33.6 .227 .360 .332 .292 .329 26.0 20.5 8.4
2016 32 857 153 7 4.6 3.1 88.2 110.8 21.8 39.2 .231 .385 .364 .306 .346 36.6 22.0 9.3
2017 33 1110 189 8 4.2 2.9 85.1 110.7 16.0 33.9 .234 .358 .310 .304 .326 30.9 19.9 10.9
2018 34 547 78 5 6.4 3.9 83.8 108.8 25.5 30.8 .183 .302 .268 .265 .320 28.6 28.9 8.6
Player 3932 670 32 4.8 3.2 85.9 110.8 19.7 34.6 .224 .358 .325 .295 .331 30.1 21.8 9.3
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 36.8 21.6 24.8 16.8 54.8 27.2 14.8 3.6 28.4 34.4 22.8 3.2 4.8 3.4
2016 26.8 28.8 28.8 15.7 48.4 29.4 22.2 2.6 20.9 37.9 24.8 9.2 4.6 3.1
2017 36.0 23.3 25.4 15.3 47.1 37.0 15.9 7.9 25.4 33.3 23.3 5.3 4.2 2.9
2018 30.8 28.2 20.5 20.5 56.4 24.4 17.9 3.8 23.1 37.2 21.8 5.1 6.4 3.9
Player 33.6 24.5 25.4 16.6 51.3 30.1 17.2 4.6 25.2 35.2 23.3 5.4 4.8 3.2
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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -2 155 28.3 34 .207 .483 .347 12.3 14.7 9.6 .266 .446 .361 37.5
2018 Sinker -0.2 0 119 21.8 37 .281 .531 .373 23.3 29.7 33.3 .179 .277 .272 40.9
2018 Slider -3.1 -3 84 15.4 13 .000 .000 .054 61.3 61.5 23.5 .010 .020 .066 0.0
2018 Curveball 0.4 0 63 11.5 12 .200 .500 .391 26.9 41.7 20.8 .291 .480 .432 33.3
2018 Cutter -1.8 -1 58 10.6 14 .143 .357 .207 40.7 35.7 31.3 .156 .332 .207 11.1
2018 Changeup -3.0 -2 53 9.7 15 .000 .000 .153 26.7 20.0 17.6 .108 .141 .187 10.0
2018 Split-Finger -5.3 0 8 1.5 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .467 .559 .451 0.0
2018 Sweeper -4.2 0 4 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -7 337 30.4 100 .186 .314 .291 7.9 12.0 12.2 .211 .325 .294 25.7
2017 Sinker -0.2 0 266 24.0 73 .297 .406 .358 11.4 9.6 10.6 .293 .397 .338 36.2
2017 Slider 2.2 4 173 15.6 37 .219 .500 .353 36.7 43.2 27.1 .232 .455 .345 50.0
2017 Changeup 0.9 1 122 11.0 21 .389 .611 .469 37.3 23.8 13.5 .187 .336 .289 15.4
2017 Curveball 2.5 3 101 9.1 22 .250 .550 .366 30.6 40.9 25.0 .225 .364 .295 36.4
2017 Cutter -7.9 -6 73 6.6 19 .105 .105 .095 19.4 21.1 20.0 .187 .230 .180 20.0
2017 Split-Finger -1.0 0 18 1.6 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 50.0 14.3 .460 .562 .448 100.0
2017 Sweeper -1.3 0 9 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 83.3 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Slurve 2.2 0 7 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 674 2,665 -7 -16 14 10 1
2009 496 2,042 -16 -17 12 8 -14
2010 663 2,769 -8 -2 16 9 15
2011 674 2,688 -2 -6 17 9 17
2012 363 1,477 3 -17 10 6 3
2013 372 1,557 -2 -17 8 5 -7
2014 363 1,445 -10 -8 9 7 -2
2015 357 1,426 0 -10 12 4 7
2016 229 867 -2 -2 6 4 5
2017 277 1,111 -3 -18 9 6 -6
2018 127 544 -9 -4 3 3 -7
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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 1,418 50.8 65.6 86.0 25.4 57.6 42.4 25.0 45.8 21.6 7.8 78.2
2016 857 51.7 62.1 85.5 20.5 51.8 44.3 25.1 42.0 22.2 8.4 79.2
2017 1,110 47.4 60.6 84.3 20.1 67.5 43.0 20.3 39.3 20.2 7.4 75.6
2018 547 51.3 61.3 78.4 23.8 52.4 46.3 25.0 43.1 28.4 9.6 73.1
Player 3,932 50.1 62.8 84.4 22.6 58.4 43.5 23.7 42.8 22.3 8.0 76.9
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 25 10 27 41 27 30 45 8 72 16 37 59 49 74 70
2016 80 70
2017 80 66
2018 65 55
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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 20.9 9 9.9 -1 6 7 4 44.4
2017 22.1 7 3.5 4 6 0 3 42.9
2018 22.2 6 5.0 1 4 2 3 50.0
Player 21.6 22 18.3 4 16 9 10 45.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 9 9 7 10 10 10 12 8 11 8 11 15 8 8 10 9 8 9 10 12 9 9 12 10 8 9 10 14 9 12 9
2017 7 3 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 6 4 4 3
2018 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
Player 22 17 18 18 18 18 21 16 19 16 19 29 16 15 18 17 15 17 18 20 18 18 20 19 14 17 18 25 18 21 17
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.6 88.2 2.6 ↑ 85.1 -3.1 ↓ 83.8 -1.3 ↓
Launch Angle 19.4 21.8 2.4 ↑ 16.0 -5.8 ↓ 25.5 9.5 ↑
Barrel % 4.8 4.6 -0.2 ↓ 4.2 -0.4 ↓ 6.4 2.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 26.0 36.6 10.6 ↑ 30.9 -5.7 ↓ 28.6 -2.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.6 39.2 5.6 ↑ 33.9 -5.3 ↓ 30.8 -3.1 ↓
xBA .227 .231 0.004 ↑ .234 0.003 ↑ .183 -0.051 ↓
BA .252 .276 0.024 ↑ .235 -0.041 ↓ .168 -0.067 ↓
xwOBA .292 .306 0.014 ↑ .304 -0.002 ↓ .265 -0.039 ↓
wOBA .332 .364 0.032 ↑ .310 -0.054 ↓ .268 -0.042 ↓
xSLG .360 .385 0.025 ↑ .358 -0.027 ↓ .302 -0.056 ↓
SLG .453 .498 0.045 ↑ .387 -0.111 ↓ .363 -0.024 ↓
K% 20.5 22.0 1.5 ↑ 19.9 -2.1 ↓ 28.9 9.0 ↑
BB% 8.4 9.3 0.9 ↑ 10.9 1.6 ↑ 8.6 -2.3 ↓
Swing % 45.8 42.0 -3.8 ↓ 39.3 -2.7 ↓ 43.1 3.8 ↑
Whiff% 21.6 22.2 0.6 ↑ 20.2 -2.0 ↓ 28.4 8.2 ↑
In Zone % 50.8 51.7 0.9 ↑ 47.4 -4.3 ↓ 51.3 3.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 49.2 48.3 -0.9 ↓ 52.6 4.3 ↑ 48.7 -3.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 20.5 -4.9 ↓ 20.1 -0.4 ↓ 23.8 3.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 25.1 0.1 ↑ 20.3 -4.8 ↓ 25.0 4.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.6 55.5 -4.1 ↓ 62.7 7.2 ↑ 68.0 5.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 224 68 30.4 .407 .282
2017 Shifts R 274 96 35.0 .298 .339
2018 Shifts R 128 58 45.3 .317 .210
! 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 %
2010 954 15.1 44.2% 2.7% 566 23.0 1.1% 14.5%
2011 771 15.2 47.9% 2.1% 471 24.9 1.1% 20.8%
2012 448 15.4 46.2% 1.8% 302 23.1 1.7% 13.6%
2013 438 15.7 42.2% 3.9% 308 23.9 2.9% 16.9%
2014 402 16.4 34.8% 1.2% 264 23.8 1.5% 16.3%
2015 424 17.1 35.1% 4.5% 231 23.4 8.2% 13.9%
2016 269 16.8 36.8% 4.5% 158 23.4 3.8% 15.8%
2017 348 16.4 32.5% 1.1% 235 24.3 0.4% 17.9%
2018 176 16.9 33.0% 2.8% 95 22.8 1.1% 11.6%
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