Christian Yelich
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 207LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #23, Florida Marlins | Westlake HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 475 399 70 99 9 9 .248 .362 .373 .735
2022 671 575 99 145 14 19 .252 .355 .383 .738
2023 632 550 106 153 19 28 .278 .370 .447 .817
11 Seasons 6,068 5,265 901 1,505 193 184 .286 .376 .464 .840
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .248 9 9 .735
2022 .252 14 19 .738
2023 .278 19 28 .817
11 Seasons .286 193 184 .840
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 23 2125 375 18 4.8 3.4 91.7 112.5 0.1 30.1 .296 .435 .343 .352 .406 45.1 19.2 9.0
2016 24 2715 445 43 9.7 6.5 92.6 113.6 2.7 31.9 .301 .507 .367 .383 .455 49.9 20.9 10.9
2017 25 2883 471 33 7.0 4.8 90.6 112.4 4.6 29.5 .281 .453 .348 .357 .403 45.8 19.7 11.5
2018 26 2532 441 57 12.9 8.8 92.6 113.6 5.0 36.7 .312 .564 .422 .412 .491 50.8 20.7 10.4
2019 27 2285 374 59 15.8 10.2 93.3 117.9 11.3 33.2 .310 .624 .442 .426 .509 49.1 20.3 13.8
2020 28 1100 124 15 12.1 6.1 94.0 112.0 7.1 32.3 .246 .468 .343 .374 .488 55.6 30.8 18.6
2021 29 2012 289 22 7.6 4.6 91.0 114.9 2.8 29.4 .247 .385 .325 .332 .377 48.8 23.8 14.7
2022 30 2747 416 34 8.2 5.1 91.5 117.2 3.6 30.3 .254 .399 .328 .335 .391 48.6 24.1 13.1
2023 31 2559 411 38 9.2 6.0 91.7 113.5 3.5 30.4 .279 .454 .353 .358 .419 50.1 22.2 12.3
Player 20958 3346 319 9.5 6.2 92.0 117.9 4.3 31.6 .284 .479 .365 .370 .435 48.8 21.8 12.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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 63.7 8.5 27.5 0.3 26.7 46.4 26.9 1.1 50.9 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 27.0 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 24.5 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
Player 55.6 16.8 24.8 2.7 31.9 40.4 27.6 2.5 41.6 12.8 25.7 6.7 9.5 6.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.3 11 822 32.1 201 .329 .587 .445 19.9 18.4 16.7 .327 .554 .430 51.9
2023 Slider 0.6 3 410 16.0 96 .241 .333 .292 38.4 34.4 23.7 .205 .329 .270 50.0
2023 Sinker 1.6 6 373 14.6 91 .309 .531 .395 13.4 15.4 14.3 .324 .563 .411 55.2
2023 Curveball -0.7 -2 288 11.3 66 .194 .242 .236 35.2 30.3 23.5 .213 .349 .267 40.5
2023 Changeup 2.3 7 286 11.2 79 .267 .413 .347 32.6 19.0 17.6 .283 .415 .319 50.0
2023 Cutter 0.9 2 207 8.1 55 .340 .489 .410 26.4 16.4 19.1 .301 .469 .381 44.7
2023 Sweeper -2.7 -3 112 4.4 18 .063 .063 .128 36.2 33.3 15.0 .182 .233 .237 60.0
2023 Splitter 3.7 2 58 2.3 19 .200 .400 .347 32.0 31.6 26.1 .219 .302 .325 44.4
2023 Forkball 1.8 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 1.2 11 970 35.3 222 .301 .459 .390 20.2 20.7 16.0 .301 .502 .405 55.8
2022 Sinker 0.3 1 459 16.7 130 .288 .369 .359 15.2 19.2 22.7 .231 .315 .302 43.7
2022 Slider 0.7 3 422 15.4 101 .253 .374 .331 30.6 27.7 18.2 .242 .360 .305 49.2
2022 Curveball -0.8 -2 315 11.5 68 .143 .254 .208 38.1 35.3 24.7 .227 .371 .291 51.3
2022 Changeup 2.5 6 256 9.3 63 .228 .474 .361 34.2 28.6 22.2 .235 .454 .330 43.6
2022 Cutter -1.3 -3 218 7.9 47 .263 .342 .333 23.0 19.1 16.4 .266 .364 .343 30.0
2022 Sweeper -1.7 -1 47 1.7 16 .133 .267 .200 52.6 50.0 47.1 .141 .188 .178 42.9
2022 Splitter -3.9 -2 40 1.5 16 .071 .071 .144 40.0 25.0 28.6 .191 .239 .254 50.0
2022 Slurve -1.4 0 20 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .136 .165 .127 66.7
2021 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 747 37.1 177 .273 .420 .366 18.7 21.5 16.9 .256 .398 .342 45.1
2021 Slider 0.2 1 317 15.8 63 .216 .235 .285 36.9 31.7 17.2 .190 .296 .298 56.3
2021 Sinker 1.5 4 267 13.3 77 .279 .377 .371 10.8 20.8 22.5 .267 .358 .361 64.4
2021 Changeup 2.9 7 246 12.2 70 .279 .590 .419 29.9 20.0 17.1 .263 .507 .374 44.7
2021 Curveball -0.3 -1 222 11.0 36 .125 .188 .197 33.8 27.8 13.0 .241 .333 .297 45.5
2021 Cutter 0.2 0 132 6.6 26 .240 .240 .235 31.1 23.1 16.7 .286 .448 .331 47.4
2021 Splitter -2.1 -1 44 2.2 9 .222 .222 .200 39.1 33.3 20.0 .221 .247 .208 33.3
2021 Sweeper -2.4 -1 26 1.3 6 .250 .250 .267 33.3 50.0 21.4 .107 .122 .193 0.0
2021 Slurve -10.6 -1 11 0.5 6 .000 .000 .000 55.6 50.0 42.9 .125 .221 .142 33.3
2020 4-Seamer 2.4 8 354 32.2 75 .321 .714 .507 26.7 22.7 21.8 .323 .700 .495 66.7
2020 Sinker -1.1 -2 199 18.1 45 .184 .368 .326 22.6 31.1 26.4 .238 .409 .342 58.3
2020 Curveball -2.2 -4 174 15.8 40 .129 .258 .284 52.7 42.5 31.5 .161 .284 .303 50.0
2020 Slider 0.6 1 159 14.5 40 .235 .471 .380 41.3 37.5 22.7 .269 .551 .397 68.4
2020 Changeup -1.2 -1 121 11.0 23 .100 .250 .217 41.0 30.4 21.9 .214 .339 .299 30.8
2020 Cutter -6.7 -4 59 5.4 15 .071 .143 .139 27.3 33.3 35.7 .116 .142 .158 22.2
2020 Sweeper 2.4 0 16 1.5 3 .333 .333 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .440 .606 .449 33.3
2020 Splitter -0.9 0 12 1.1 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .196 .240 .204 66.7
2020 Slurve -1.6 0 6 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seamer 1.5 11 746 32.6 179 .349 .711 .486 16.2 12.8 10.8 .318 .639 .439 49.6
2019 Sinker 1.0 4 416 18.2 107 .320 .649 .451 12.6 14.0 16.5 .349 .679 .453 53.7
2019 Slider 3.0 11 380 16.6 98 .287 .678 .439 46.0 33.7 25.2 .261 .556 .375 38.9
2019 Changeup 4.2 13 310 13.6 78 .385 .738 .513 39.1 20.5 16.7 .313 .651 .447 49.0
2019 Curveball 2.5 6 224 9.8 47 .262 .619 .401 45.5 40.4 25.0 .278 .689 .424 65.2
2019 Cutter 2.8 4 154 6.7 41 .400 .600 .471 24.0 17.1 15.9 .369 .564 .439 42.9
2019 Splitter 3.0 1 27 1.2 6 .333 .500 .358 56.3 50.0 75.0 .112 .166 .120 33.3
2019 Sweeper 0.3 0 6 0.3 3 .000 .000 .233 60.0 66.7 66.7 -- -- .233 --
2019 Slurve -1.1 0 5 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .507 .568 .456 0.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.8 15 820 32.4 177 .364 .669 .478 12.6 19.2 16.1 .342 .669 .468 55.1
2018 Sinker 1.1 6 552 21.8 155 .328 .507 .403 11.2 9.7 14.9 .349 .567 .436 56.3
2018 Slider 1.9 7 399 15.8 121 .257 .550 .383 38.4 35.5 27.7 .238 .464 .343 44.8
2018 Changeup 2.5 8 320 12.6 86 .303 .579 .426 34.5 17.4 15.2 .283 .491 .375 42.6
2018 Curveball 3.7 10 272 10.7 60 .375 .679 .494 35.0 21.7 16.9 .321 .547 .391 48.8
2018 Cutter 7.8 9 118 4.7 31 .419 .839 .529 21.4 25.8 29.6 .370 .734 .470 47.8
2018 Splitter 7.2 2 30 1.2 12 .273 .545 .371 31.3 25.0 27.3 .319 .417 .359 37.5
2018 Sweeper -4.5 -1 15 0.6 5 .000 .000 .140 40.0 40.0 100.0 .056 .169 .221 50.0
2018 Slurve -4.3 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seamer 1.8 17 983 34.1 243 .354 .622 .449 12.3 11.9 11.3 .332 .604 .429 51.6
2017 Sinker 0.8 4 543 18.8 130 .351 .482 .414 10.4 10.8 12.1 .345 .527 .412 51.0
2017 Slider -0.5 -2 374 13.0 94 .214 .298 .273 37.9 43.6 26.5 .190 .289 .257 46.5
2017 Curveball -1.9 -7 367 12.7 68 .153 .203 .217 36.0 32.4 20.0 .186 .229 .246 34.2
2017 Changeup -1.0 -4 366 12.7 78 .211 .296 .254 36.2 21.8 17.5 .229 .307 .267 34.5
2017 Cutter 1.5 2 122 4.2 40 .235 .382 .330 26.4 25.0 22.7 .216 .375 .316 25.0
2017 Splitter -2.7 -2 72 2.5 19 .188 .250 .271 30.6 5.3 4.5 .317 .480 .393 40.0
2017 Knuckleball 0.2 0 30 1.0 7 .333 .333 .357 17.6 14.3 7.1 .412 .503 .439 40.0
2017 Sweeper -9.6 -1 11 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 60.0 33.3 50.0 .364 .566 .398 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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
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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 22.1 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 22.8 6.3 81.3
2019 2,285 41.3 69.8 83.9 27.9 50.3 40.6 30.3 45.2 28.2 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 25.0 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
Player 20,958 46.1 65.4 84.3 23.2 52.0 42.1 23.3 42.7 24.9 6.3 77.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 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 82 98 68 45 91 47 45 92 90 91 48 69 45 80 90
2016 93 97 88 73 95 85 79 96 93 99 40 83 36 94 92 89
2017 79 84 63 51 89 71 56 92 88 95 55 80 57 79 80 68
2018 99 100 98 94 98 97 92 96 92 97 50 72 58 67 84 81
2019 99 98 99 97 99 97 97 98 99 96 60 93 22 54 88 16
2020 85 44 70 76 94 75 80 99 86 98 11 98 12 93 81 14 20
2021 54 39 26 27 84 35 42 80 94 87 32 98 46 96 81 75 23
2022 71 60 50 42 90 70 53 89 99 90 31 94 47 81 71 12 27
2023 83 86 70 54 91 70 58 86 87 93 49 87 40 75 70 84 40
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Expected Home Runs