Christian Yelich
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 206LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #23, Florida Marlins | Westlake HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 671 575 99 145 14 19 .252 .355 .383 .738
2023 632 550 106 153 19 28 .278 .370 .447 .817
2024 315 270 44 85 11 21 .315 .406 .504 .910
12 Seasons 6,383 5,535 945 1,590 204 205 .287 .377 .466 .843
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .252 14 19 .738
2023 .278 19 28 .817
2024 .315 11 21 .910
12 Seasons .287 204 205 .843
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 23 2125 375 18 4.8 3.4 91.7 112.5 0.0 30.1 .303 .443 .343 .358 .414 45.1 19.2 9.0
2016 24 2715 445 43 9.7 6.5 92.6 113.6 2.7 31.9 .306 .513 .367 .388 .461 49.9 20.9 10.9
2017 25 2883 471 33 7.0 4.8 90.6 112.4 4.6 29.5 .287 .460 .348 .363 .411 45.8 19.7 11.5
2018 26 2532 441 57 12.9 8.8 92.6 113.6 5.0 36.7 .318 .571 .422 .416 .499 50.8 20.7 10.4
2019 27 2285 374 59 15.8 10.2 93.3 117.9 11.3 33.2 .314 .629 .442 .429 .514 49.1 20.3 13.8
2020 28 1100 124 15 12.1 6.1 94.0 112.0 7.1 32.3 .250 .473 .343 .378 .494 55.6 30.8 18.6
2021 29 2012 289 22 7.6 4.6 91.0 114.9 2.8 29.4 .254 .392 .325 .337 .385 48.8 23.8 14.7
2022 30 2747 416 34 8.2 5.1 91.5 117.2 3.6 30.3 .258 .402 .328 .338 .396 48.6 24.1 13.1
2023 31 2559 411 38 9.2 6.0 91.7 113.5 3.5 30.4 .284 .460 .353 .362 .425 50.1 22.2 12.3
2024 32 1268 214 17 7.9 5.4 91.1 113.2 5.2 32.2 .294 .471 .391 .373 .416 46.7 18.4 12.7
Player 22226 3560 336 9.4 6.2 91.9 117.9 4.4 31.6 .290 .484 .367 .375 .440 48.7 21.6 12.3
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 63.7 8.5 27.5 0.3 26.7 46.4 26.9 1.1 51.2 8.0 27.5 5.6 4.8 3.4
2016 58.4 11.5 28.1 2.0 33.0 38.2 28.8 2.0 42.2 9.0 26.5 7.2 9.7 6.5
2017 55.6 16.3 25.5 2.5 26.8 44.2 28.9 3.6 40.8 14.9 27.0 5.5 7.0 4.8
2018 52.8 16.8 27.4 2.9 31.3 44.2 24.3 2.3 42.2 10.2 24.0 7.9 12.9 8.8
2019 42.8 28.1 24.1 5.1 35.8 40.6 23.3 2.4 30.7 19.8 23.8 6.4 15.8 10.2
2020 51.6 22.6 23.4 2.4 33.9 37.1 29.0 1.6 33.1 15.3 28.2 8.1 12.1 6.1
2021 55.7 17.0 23.9 3.5 33.9 36.3 29.8 3.1 43.9 16.3 20.8 8.3 7.6 4.6
2022 59.1 18.0 19.7 3.1 33.4 38.9 27.6 3.1 43.3 13.2 25.5 6.7 8.2 5.1
2023 57.4 17.3 22.4 2.9 35.0 34.1 30.9 2.4 42.1 11.4 28.5 6.1 9.2 6.0
2024 54.2 19.2 23.4 3.3 39.3 34.6 26.2 5.1 35.0 15.4 27.1 8.9 7.9 5.4
Player 55.5 16.9 24.7 2.8 32.4 40.1 27.5 2.6 41.3 12.9 25.8 6.9 9.4 6.2
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 4 385 30.4 100 .345 .529 .419 14.1 17.0 13.6 .313 .515 .399 52.9
2024 Sinker 1.6 3 205 16.2 64 .333 .458 .436 14.0 10.9 16.3 .297 .420 .405 50.0
2024 Slider 3.7 6 174 13.7 38 .303 .667 .449 33.7 23.7 16.4 .278 .521 .367 52.0
2024 Cutter -0.8 -1 147 11.6 34 .219 .313 .257 20.5 17.6 13.6 .245 .291 .263 19.2
2024 Changeup 0.1 0 126 9.9 29 .286 .321 .284 30.4 20.7 14.3 .308 .449 .339 36.4
2024 Curveball 3.1 4 124 9.8 20 .333 .667 .448 41.2 30.0 15.8 .287 .644 .423 66.7
2024 Sweeper 3.1 2 55 4.3 11 .400 .700 .491 34.8 18.2 14.3 .323 .594 .421 37.5
2024 Split-Finger 2.6 1 49 3.9 15 .231 .308 .297 31.6 33.3 26.3 .235 .271 .289 50.0
2024 Slurve 30.9 1 3 0.2 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .763 1.889 1.098 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 10 825 32.2 200 .331 .590 .447 20.0 18.5 16.7 .334 .569 .438 53.1
2023 Slider 1.0 4 388 15.2 94 .259 .353 .308 38.7 34.0 24.4 .216 .344 .281 50.9
2023 Sinker 1.7 6 370 14.5 92 .305 .524 .391 13.3 15.2 14.4 .325 .551 .407 52.9
2023 Curveball -0.8 -2 291 11.4 66 .194 .242 .236 35.0 30.3 23.5 .218 .355 .271 40.5
2023 Changeup 2.4 7 285 11.1 79 .267 .413 .347 32.8 19.0 17.9 .289 .423 .325 50.0
2023 Cutter 0.7 2 207 8.1 54 .326 .478 .401 26.4 16.7 19.1 .304 .476 .386 45.9
2023 Sweeper -2.8 -4 131 5.1 21 .053 .053 .110 36.4 33.3 14.6 .167 .214 .215 50.0
2023 Split-Finger 3.5 2 62 2.4 19 .200 .400 .347 30.8 31.6 25.0 .224 .308 .329 44.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 272 1,170 -1 -6 8 5 6
2014 657 2,803 0 -18 22 13 18
2015 522 2,112 4 -21 13 8 3
2016 655 2,702 12 -22 17 12 19
2017 683 2,871 -17 -15 27 14 8
2018 694 2,705 32 -8 20 13 57
2019 559 2,267 24 -11 22 16 50
2020 254 1,136 -5 -15 10 7 -3
2021 487 2,083 -17 -10 20 13 6
2022 666 2,747 -3 -22 24 15 14
2023 635 2,594 -7 -1 23 12 27
2024 312 1,268 6 -2 11 6 20
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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 2,125 46.2 64.8 84.5 24.6 58.4 42.2 24.0 43.2 22.4 7.1 74.0
2016 2,715 45.7 63.4 85.6 20.9 49.8 43.1 18.4 40.3 24.4 5.7 76.3
2017 2,883 47.2 64.0 85.7 23.1 57.7 42.1 19.5 42.5 22.1 7.1 77.3
2018 2,532 48.0 65.2 85.4 25.0 55.5 42.9 28.9 44.3 22.9 6.3 81.3
2019 2,285 41.3 69.8 83.9 27.9 50.3 40.6 30.3 45.2 28.3 4.9 81.3
2020 1,100 42.3 57.6 78.4 17.8 38.1 41.5 13.4 34.6 33.6 5.1 66.1
2021 2,012 47.6 67.1 83.2 18.0 47.9 41.6 22.8 41.4 24.9 6.3 74.0
2022 2,747 47.5 65.4 85.1 23.2 48.5 41.6 21.7 43.2 25.1 7.0 73.6
2023 2,559 46.6 68.1 82.3 24.8 51.6 42.4 26.3 45.0 26.8 6.5 84.4
2024 1,268 46.4 69.9 84.7 24.9 57.4 42.3 24.5 45.7 23.1 6.5 80.7
Player 22,226 46.1 65.7 84.3 23.3 52.3 42.1 23.4 42.9 24.9 6.3 77.4
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 85 99 73 46 94 47 45 92 90 91 48 69 44 80 93
2016 95 98 89 73 96 85 79 96 93 99 40 83 36 94 93 88
2017 84 89 66 51 92 71 56 92 88 95 55 80 57 79 83 62
2018 99 100 99 94 98 97 92 96 92 97 50 72 59 67 87 79
2019 99 99 99 98 99 97 97 98 99 96 60 93 21 54 87 15
2020 87 51 73 76 95 75 80 99 86 98 11 98 13 93 83 13 17
2021 61 52 31 28 89 35 42 80 94 87 32 98 46 96 82 74 20
2022 74 69 52 42 92 70 53 89 99 90 31 94 46 81 72 12 27
2023 85 89 74 55 93 70 58 86 87 93 49 87 40 75 71 84 40
2024 88 80 39
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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 21.9 21 21.4 0 11 22 7 33.3
2017 21.5 18 18.3 0 11 13 8 44.4
2018 22.7 38 30.6 7 22 27 9 23.7
2019 22.8 44 37.1 7 10 21 20 45.5
2020 22.8 12 10.8 1 5 9 3 25.0
2021 22.5 9 6.8 2 6 7 1 11.1
2022 22.3 14 12.7 1 5 10 5 35.7
2023 20.9 19 17.7 1 8 17 6 31.6
2024 22.1 11 9.6 1 1 6 5 45.5
Player 22.3 186 164.9 21 79 132 64 34.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 21 26 19 19 23 18 26 19 17 13 21 26 21 18 19 21 11 15 25 27 18 19 32 27 20 21 22 31 26 27 15
2017 18 21 16 17 23 17 21 15 17 14 18 23 15 17 16 20 12 17 21 20 19 21 23 18 15 15 20 24 21 20 12
2018 38 44 21 26 26 27 34 29 18 25 27 37 35 28 28 33 29 29 31 36 36 34 41 38 29 28 23 32 38 31 24
2019 44 44 36 39 37 36 39 36 29 29 32 36 40 39 35 37 36 34 40 40 40 42 44 43 37 36 33 39 45 35 25
2020 12 13 15 10 11 12 12 10 5 8 9 12 10 11 11 11 11 11 13 13 11 13 13 12 9 8 9 11 11 10 8
2021 9 8 5 7 7 6 8 8 2 5 4 7 8 6 7 9 7 7 9 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 9 8 6 6 5
2022 14 9 11 9 14 15 16 8 8 11 12 17 12 12 13 12 12 12 11 13 12 14 16 13 10 12 14 20 12 16 14
2023 19 7 17 15 23 18 23 11 21 13 19 27 13 12 23 15 18 13 17 24 15 17 26 19 11 13 20 26 17 22 16
2024 11 10 9 9 10 11 11 9 7 8 9 7 10 9 11 9 10 9 10 11 11 9 12 10 9 10 9 10 10 11 9
Player 186 182 149 151 174 160 190 145 124 126 151 192 164 152 163 167 146 147 177 191 169 177 216 189 145 149 159 201 186 178 128
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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.7 92.6 0.9 90.6 -2.0 92.6 2.0 93.3 0.7 94.0 0.7 91.0 -3.0 91.5 0.5 91.7 0.2 91.1 -0.6
Launch Angle 0.0 2.7 2.7 4.6 1.9 5.0 0.4 11.3 6.3 7.1 -4.2 2.8 -4.3 3.6 0.8 3.5 -0.1 5.2 1.7
Barrel % 4.8 9.7 4.9 7.0 -2.7 12.9 5.9 15.8 2.9 12.1 -3.7 7.6 -4.5 8.2 0.6 9.2 1.0 7.9 -1.3
Hard Hit % 45.1 49.9 4.8 45.8 -4.1 50.8 5.0 49.1 -1.7 55.6 6.5 48.8 -6.8 48.6 -0.2 50.1 1.5 46.7 -3.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.1 31.9 1.8 29.5 -2.4 36.7 7.2 33.2 -3.5 32.3 -0.9 29.4 -2.9 30.3 0.9 30.4 0.1 32.2 1.8
xBA .303 .306 0.003 .287 -0.019 .318 0.031 .314 -0.004 .250 -0.064 .254 0.004 .258 0.004 .284 0.026 .294 0.010
BA .300 .298 -0.002 .282 -0.016 .326 0.044 .329 0.003 .205 -0.124 .248 0.043 .252 0.004 .278 0.026 .315 0.037
xwOBA .358 .388 0.030 .363 -0.025 .416 0.053 .429 0.013 .378 -0.051 .337 -0.041 .338 0.001 .362 0.024 .373 0.011
wOBA .343 .367 0.024 .348 -0.019 .422 0.074 .442 0.020 .343 -0.099 .325 -0.018 .328 0.003 .353 0.025 .391 0.038
xSLG .443 .513 0.070 .460 -0.053 .571 0.111 .629 0.058 .473 -0.156 .392 -0.081 .402 0.010 .460 0.058 .471 0.011
SLG .416 .483 0.067 .439 -0.044 .598 0.159 .671 0.073 .430 -0.241 .373 -0.057 .383 0.010 .447 0.064 .504 0.057
K% 19.2 20.9 1.7 19.7 -1.2 20.7 1.0 20.3 -0.4 30.8 10.5 23.8 -7.0 24.1 0.3 22.2 -1.9 18.4 -3.8
BB% 9.0 10.9 1.9 11.5 0.6 10.4 -1.1 13.8 3.4 18.6 4.8 14.7 -3.9 13.1 -1.6 12.3 -0.8 12.7 0.4
Swing % 43.2 40.3 -2.9 42.5 2.2 44.3 1.8 45.2 0.9 34.6 -10.6 41.4 6.8 43.2 1.8 45.0 1.8 45.7 0.7
Whiff% 22.4 24.4 2.0 22.1 -2.3 22.9 0.8 28.3 5.4 33.6 5.3 24.9 -8.7 25.1 0.2 26.8 1.7 23.1 -3.7
In Zone % 46.2 45.7 -0.5 47.2 1.5 48.0 0.8 41.3 -6.7 42.3 1.0 47.6 5.3 47.5 -0.1 46.6 -0.9 46.4 -0.2
Out of Zone % 53.8 54.3 0.5 52.8 -1.5 52.0 -0.8 58.7 6.7 57.7 -1.0 52.4 -5.3 52.5 0.1 53.4 0.9 53.6 0.2
Out of Zone Swing % 24.6 20.9 -3.7 23.1 2.2 25.0 1.9 27.9 2.9 17.8 -10.1 18.0 0.2 23.2 5.2 24.8 1.6 24.9 0.1
First Pitch Swing % 24.0 18.4 -5.6 19.5 1.1 28.9 9.4 30.3 1.4 13.4 -16.9 22.8 9.4 21.7 -1.1 26.3 4.6 24.5 -1.8
First Pitch Strike % 56.6 55.1 -1.5 52.4 -2.7 60.6 8.2 56.0 -4.6 50.6 -5.4 55.7 5.1 56.1 0.4 58.0 1.9 54.5 -3.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 631 3 0.5 .364 .293
2017 Shifts L 683 4 0.6 .347 .392
2018 Shifts L 649 11 1.7 .421 .487
2019 Shifts L 563 182 32.3 .429 .470
2020 Shifts L 245 133 54.3 .376 .315
2021 Shifts L 466 246 52.8 .348 .305
2022 Shifts L 664 203 30.6 .311 .368
2023 Shades L 625 211 33.8 .389 .284
2024 Shades L 312 109 34.9 .388 .398
! 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 %
2013 378 16.2 35.7% 1.6% 210 22.1 1.0% 6.2%
2014 1089 16.2 35.9% 1.4% 394 22.0 0.5% 10.4%
2015 689 16.9 33.8% 5.5% 332 24.9 6.6% 21.7%
2016 806 17.6 27.2% 3.5% 596 24.2 3.5% 21.8%
2017 884 17.6 20.9% 1.6% 552 23.1 0.7% 11.8%
2018 753 17.0 24.4% 2.0% 435 23.4 0.7% 10.6%
2019 695 18.8 13.7% 2.2% 364 24.8 0.0% 15.1%
2020 397 18.5 14.6% 2.0% 218 24.1 0.9% 8.7%
2021 677 18.9 12.3% 4.0% 331 24.7 0.3% 13.6%
2022 900 17.9 20.0% 2.4% 440 23.5 0.5% 7.7%
2023 857 15.1 48.0% 0.0% 364 18.8 8.0% 0.8%
2024 339 15.9 33.0% 0.6% 236 18.5 3.0% 0.4%
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Statcast Rankings