Kyle Seager
3B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 216LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 3, #82, Seattle Mariners | UNC Chapel Hill
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 443 393 55 94 23 2 .239 .321 .468 .789
2020 248 203 35 49 9 5 .241 .355 .433 .788
2021 670 603 73 128 35 3 .212 .285 .438 .723
11 Seasons 6,204 5,561 705 1,395 242 55 .251 .321 .442 .763
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .239 23 2 .789
2020 .241 9 5 .788
2021 .212 35 3 .723
11 Seasons .251 242 55 .763
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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 27 2537 529 37 7.0 5.4 89.3 109.3 16.8 36.1 .282 .467 .335 .353 .385 34.6 14.3 7.9
2016 28 2583 491 44 9.0 6.5 90.3 109.2 16.8 36.3 .293 .512 .363 .377 .417 41.3 16.0 10.2
2017 29 2565 474 41 8.6 6.3 88.3 109.1 21.0 35.2 .258 .477 .326 .344 .380 33.9 16.9 8.9
2018 30 2489 449 25 5.6 4.0 89.8 110.5 18.5 37.0 .246 .411 .288 .305 .365 39.6 21.9 6.0
2019 31 1821 309 26 8.4 5.9 89.5 107.1 18.4 36.9 .258 .487 .332 .350 .394 39.7 19.4 9.9
2020 32 963 176 18 10.2 7.3 89.1 108.7 17.7 30.7 .252 .472 .338 .365 .364 39.8 13.3 12.9
2021 33 2554 446 55 12.3 8.2 89.0 111.0 19.5 35.7 .221 .452 .308 .319 .383 40.1 24.0 8.8
Player 15512 2874 246 8.6 6.1 89.4 111.0 18.4 35.8 .259 .467 .326 .343 .386 38.1 18.3 8.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 36.5 25.5 30.8 7.2 40.3 35.5 23.1 2.3 26.3 30.6 27.4 4.2 7.0 5.4
2016 36.9 26.7 28.5 7.9 39.5 32.6 27.9 2.4 24.0 27.7 26.9 7.7 9.0 6.5
2017 32.9 35.7 21.9 9.5 37.6 38.4 24.1 2.5 21.7 36.1 22.4 7.6 8.6 6.3
2018 34.7 32.1 24.9 8.2 41.9 38.3 19.6 1.6 23.6 33.0 27.8 8.2 5.6 4.0
2019 33.7 32.7 26.5 7.1 35.6 40.5 23.9 2.9 23.3 29.4 27.8 6.8 8.4 5.9
2020 36.4 36.4 19.3 8.0 35.8 41.5 22.7 3.4 23.3 34.1 22.7 6.3 10.2 7.3
2021 33.4 37.7 19.7 9.2 43.3 33.0 23.8 3.8 23.1 35.0 17.9 7.8 12.3 8.2
Player 34.9 31.7 25.2 8.2 39.6 36.4 23.7 2.6 23.7 32.2 24.8 7.0 8.6 6.1
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 15 747 29.2 214 .284 .612 .412 17.0 11.7 12.3 .279 .636 .420 48.4
2021 Slider -1.0 -5 440 17.2 116 .162 .314 .250 43.5 33.6 30.2 .172 .332 .253 25.4
2021 Changeup 0.9 4 370 14.5 85 .165 .329 .262 41.3 31.8 26.2 .185 .353 .268 26.9
2021 Curveball -0.6 -2 366 14.3 81 .156 .299 .217 42.1 44.4 33.3 .136 .247 .188 31.7
2021 Sinker -0.7 -2 314 12.3 93 .235 .400 .308 11.5 12.9 22.2 .312 .582 .405 54.8
2021 Cutter 4.6 7 159 6.2 43 .300 .775 .460 27.2 18.6 16.7 .221 .495 .326 37.5
2021 Split-Finger -0.3 0 103 4.0 25 .043 .043 .164 47.7 40.0 30.3 .109 .140 .155 30.8
2021 Sweeper -1.6 -1 40 1.6 7 .143 .571 .286 47.1 57.1 40.0 .128 .220 .148 33.3
2021 Slurve -7.8 -1 14 0.5 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .125 .138 .114 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -5 343 35.6 109 .170 .398 .306 10.5 6.4 8.2 .260 .570 .406 48.8
2020 Changeup 1.9 3 171 17.8 35 .296 .407 .423 25.4 14.3 11.6 .362 .501 .449 31.8
2020 Slider -0.6 -1 153 15.9 33 .154 .308 .280 27.6 24.2 16.0 .151 .295 .275 21.1
2020 Curveball -0.7 -1 115 11.9 23 .174 .217 .172 40.0 43.5 25.6 .142 .235 .161 23.1
2020 Sinker 9.8 11 108 11.2 36 .567 .900 .628 8.2 2.8 4.8 .347 .576 .426 45.2
2020 Cutter -2.7 -1 50 5.2 7 .143 .286 .179 42.9 28.6 12.5 .105 .228 .139 20.0
2020 Sweeper -5.3 -1 13 1.3 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .106 .120 .102 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 3.0 0 10 1.0 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -7 634 34.8 154 .201 .418 .319 14.7 16.2 14.5 .259 .552 .374 46.4
2019 Sinker 5.6 16 286 15.7 71 .441 1.000 .630 6.4 1.4 1.9 .414 .835 .545 50.0
2019 Curveball -0.2 0 253 13.9 45 .150 .250 .230 33.0 44.4 19.0 .154 .212 .217 30.0
2019 Slider 2.5 6 250 13.7 74 .254 .433 .341 31.3 31.1 25.3 .240 .390 .314 36.4
2019 Changeup -2.7 -6 230 12.6 60 .158 .211 .188 33.0 15.0 12.9 .209 .314 .246 20.8
2019 Cutter 1.1 1 88 4.8 19 .235 .588 .342 22.2 10.5 9.5 .280 .604 .387 50.0
2019 Split-Finger 2.9 1 33 1.8 9 .333 .667 .417 35.3 33.3 20.0 .213 .332 .233 16.7
2019 Sweeper -3.0 0 15 0.8 3 .000 .000 .233 50.0 33.3 16.7 .124 .136 .319 0.0
2019 Slurve -13.8 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .135 .146 .122 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -7 802 32.2 194 .224 .408 .309 18.7 18.6 15.9 .257 .470 .346 46.0
2018 Sinker -0.3 -1 520 20.9 150 .252 .468 .342 8.8 10.7 13.7 .312 .506 .375 49.6
2018 Slider 0.6 2 375 15.1 92 .253 .368 .292 35.2 34.8 23.2 .238 .318 .264 25.5
2018 Curveball -2.8 -8 299 12.0 70 .103 .221 .141 40.0 42.9 31.3 .141 .247 .170 30.8
2018 Changeup 1.1 3 269 10.8 67 .262 .477 .338 23.1 16.4 15.1 .204 .299 .233 20.0
2018 Cutter -3.5 -4 123 4.9 31 .179 .286 .226 20.6 16.1 20.0 .261 .512 .340 33.3
2018 Split-Finger 1.4 1 51 2.0 11 .182 .727 .364 41.7 54.5 30.0 .168 .444 .260 80.0
2018 Sweeper -1.6 0 20 0.8 3 .000 .000 .233 9.1 0.0 0.0 .235 .729 .505 50.0
2018 Knuckleball -6.2 -1 15 0.6 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .324 .377 .312 25.0
2018 Slurve -8.5 -1 10 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 33.3 20.0 .178 .208 .171 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 712 27.8 190 .290 .543 .404 11.7 12.1 12.8 .298 .650 .436 43.2
2017 Sinker -0.6 -3 533 20.8 141 .286 .476 .347 9.2 8.5 10.8 .273 .463 .338 37.6
2017 Slider -0.8 -3 401 15.6 90 .159 .293 .221 35.8 30.0 19.3 .164 .250 .219 22.8
2017 Curveball 0.2 1 355 13.8 77 .211 .451 .301 30.6 28.6 19.5 .202 .383 .280 26.0
2017 Changeup 1.1 4 317 12.4 78 .274 .507 .353 29.5 17.9 18.2 .325 .557 .393 30.5
2017 Cutter 1.1 1 106 4.1 30 .222 .333 .315 27.5 20.0 18.8 .245 .356 .301 23.8
2017 Split-Finger -4.9 -4 88 3.4 26 .080 .080 .096 28.3 15.4 14.3 .217 .308 .244 23.8
2017 Sweeper 2.4 0 20 0.8 4 .250 .500 .313 33.3 25.0 16.7 .263 .320 .253 33.3
2017 Slurve -5.1 -1 11 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 33.3 .073 .078 .068 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 27.0 1 5 0.2 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .172 .193 .157 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 200 732 -4 -6 2 2 -6
2012 644 2,338 15 -16 7 8 14
2013 687 2,800 6 -24 19 12 13
2014 650 2,550 0 5 14 9 28
2015 680 2,518 1 -14 9 10 6
2016 666 2,546 9 -13 21 10 28
2017 642 2,549 -18 -12 15 13 -2
2018 626 2,487 -16 -25 15 9 -17
2019 438 1,800 2 -15 12 10 9
2020 245 963 -14 5 7 7 6
2021 668 2,554 8 -26 19 13 14
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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 2,537 49.7 62.8 89.1 28.4 66.3 42.0 23.5 45.4 17.6 7.1 69.3
2016 2,583 48.6 61.3 86.3 24.2 67.9 43.0 21.6 42.2 18.5 7.7 68.8
2017 2,565 49.7 62.4 84.1 23.6 64.9 42.1 23.6 42.9 20.9 8.3 70.3
2018 2,489 48.6 68.2 85.3 27.4 58.9 42.7 27.5 47.2 22.3 6.7 82.6
2019 1,821 48.5 66.9 84.9 25.4 61.7 42.3 29.6 45.6 21.3 7.4 82.7
2020 963 47.0 62.5 86.9 20.6 60.0 42.9 21.5 40.3 20.4 6.6 73.4
2021 2,554 47.2 72.3 79.4 29.2 50.0 42.8 33.6 49.6 29.6 7.2 79.8
Player 15,512 48.6 65.3 84.9 26.0 61.1 42.5 26.1 45.1 21.8 7.3 74.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 82 88 82 73 79 84 66 60 70 48 81 54 75 57 33
2016 92 95 88 79 93 87 74 73 69 74 74 77 72 78 28 96
2017 69 47 73 74 55 87 68 55 68 39 70 54 63 76 32 95
2018 30 40 47 45 18 49 35 68 77 61 42 18 63 54 28 14
2019 73 51 74 76 65 47 55 57 50 52 65 66 71 71 42 82
2020 81 54 72 76 85 87 66 55 56 51 94 81 78 84 23 87 11
2021 39 10 65 81 10 90 80 43 78 42 31 50 18 38 25 90 7
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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 21.1 30 32.4 -2 14 29 10 33.3
2017 20.7 27 24.1 3 21 19 8 29.6
2018 20.9 22 19.7 2 15 16 7 31.8
2019 20.8 23 16.0 7 14 15 4 17.4
2020 21.0 9 9.1 0 4 8 4 44.4
2021 21.1 35 35.4 0 11 26 14 40.0
Player 20.9 146 136.6 9 79 113 47 32.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 30 35 25 35 32 24 33 37 26 22 31 38 33 30 31 38 20 29 32 38 37 21 43 46 34 31 33 46 39 30 22
2017 27 25 16 29 23 23 26 27 15 22 20 27 28 23 24 26 24 23 24 21 26 25 32 28 27 23 17 32 30 24 12
2018 22 28 12 20 19 16 22 17 17 16 18 25 27 16 18 23 19 18 20 22 21 22 26 24 16 16 18 20 25 16 14
2019 23 19 9 18 16 15 16 17 14 9 15 19 23 14 16 19 15 14 13 18 15 19 21 21 16 14 14 19 21 13 7
2020 9 12 8 10 9 13 9 10 7 5 5 9 10 7 11 8 12 11 10 10 11 10 12 11 9 4 9 8 11 7 5
2021 35 39 29 39 38 36 38 39 24 29 31 37 37 31 37 41 36 37 38 37 34 38 44 38 33 32 39 38 35 32 27
Player 146 158 99 151 137 127 144 147 103 103 120 155 158 121 137 155 126 132 137 146 144 135 178 168 135 120 130 163 161 122 87
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.3 90.3 1.0 ↑ 88.3 -2.0 ↓ 89.8 1.5 ↑ 89.5 -0.3 ↓ 89.1 -0.4 ↓ 89.0 -0.1 ↓
Launch Angle 16.8 16.8 0.0 21.0 4.2 ↑ 18.5 -2.5 ↓ 18.4 -0.1 ↓ 17.7 -0.7 ↓ 19.5 1.8 ↑
Barrel % 7.0 9.0 2.0 ↑ 8.6 -0.4 ↓ 5.6 -3.0 ↓ 8.4 2.8 ↑ 10.2 1.8 ↑ 12.3 2.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.6 41.3 6.7 ↑ 33.9 -7.4 ↓ 39.6 5.7 ↑ 39.7 0.1 ↑ 39.8 0.1 ↑ 40.1 0.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.1 36.3 0.2 ↑ 35.2 -1.1 ↓ 37.0 1.8 ↑ 36.9 -0.1 ↓ 30.7 -6.2 ↓ 35.7 5.0 ↑
xBA .282 .293 0.011 ↑ .258 -0.035 ↓ .246 -0.012 ↓ .258 0.012 ↑ .252 -0.006 ↓ .221 -0.031 ↓
BA .266 .278 0.012 ↑ .249 -0.029 ↓ .221 -0.028 ↓ .239 0.018 ↑ .241 0.002 ↑ .212 -0.029 ↓
xwOBA .353 .377 0.024 ↑ .344 -0.033 ↓ .305 -0.039 ↓ .350 0.045 ↑ .365 0.015 ↑ .319 -0.046 ↓
wOBA .335 .363 0.028 ↑ .326 -0.037 ↓ .288 -0.038 ↓ .332 0.044 ↑ .338 0.006 ↑ .308 -0.030 ↓
xSLG .467 .512 0.045 ↑ .477 -0.035 ↓ .411 -0.066 ↓ .487 0.076 ↑ .472 -0.015 ↓ .452 -0.020 ↓
SLG .451 .499 0.048 ↑ .450 -0.049 ↓ .400 -0.050 ↓ .468 0.068 ↑ .433 -0.035 ↓ .438 0.005 ↑
K% 14.3 16.0 1.7 ↑ 16.9 0.9 ↑ 21.9 5.0 ↑ 19.4 -2.5 ↓ 13.3 -6.1 ↓ 24.0 10.7 ↑
BB% 7.9 10.2 2.3 ↑ 8.9 -1.3 ↓ 6.0 -2.9 ↓ 9.9 3.9 ↑ 12.9 3.0 ↑ 8.8 -4.1 ↓
Swing % 45.4 42.2 -3.2 ↓ 42.9 0.7 ↑ 47.2 4.3 ↑ 45.6 -1.6 ↓ 40.3 -5.3 ↓ 49.6 9.3 ↑
Whiff% 17.6 18.5 0.9 ↑ 20.9 2.4 ↑ 22.3 1.4 ↑ 21.3 -1.0 ↓ 20.4 -0.9 ↓ 29.6 9.2 ↑
In Zone % 49.7 48.6 -1.1 ↓ 49.7 1.1 ↑ 48.6 -1.1 ↓ 48.5 -0.1 ↓ 47.0 -1.5 ↓ 47.2 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.3 51.4 1.1 ↑ 50.3 -1.1 ↓ 51.4 1.1 ↑ 51.5 0.1 ↑ 53.0 1.5 ↑ 52.8 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 24.2 -4.2 ↓ 23.6 -0.6 ↓ 27.4 3.8 ↑ 25.4 -2.0 ↓ 20.6 -4.8 ↓ 29.2 8.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 23.5 21.6 -1.9 ↓ 23.6 2.0 ↑ 27.5 3.9 ↑ 29.6 2.1 ↑ 21.5 -8.1 ↓ 33.6 12.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.5 55.0 -3.5 ↓ 56.1 1.1 ↑ 59.2 3.1 ↑ 59.1 -0.1 ↓ 54.5 -4.6 ↓ 58.0 3.5 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 652 312 47.9 .349 .353
2017 Shifts L 640 350 54.7 .365 .294
2018 Shifts L 626 444 70.9 .294 .286
2019 Shifts L 443 353 79.7 .336 .330
2020 Shifts L 245 187 76.3 .297 .350
2021 Shifts L 668 610 91.3 .306 .308
! 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 %
2011 220 15.9 35.5% 2.3% 101 21.5 1.0% 7.9%
2012 682 17.2 20.7% 2.8% 350 23.0 0.9% 7.4%
2013 914 17.9 13.2% 2.2% 458 23.1 0.0% 10.5%
2014 854 18.3 11.9% 3.9% 437 23.2 0.5% 10.1%
2015 793 18.8 14.5% 6.6% 402 25.1 4.2% 25.1%
2016 779 19.2 16.2% 5.3% 499 23.8 3.6% 16.6%
2017 847 18.4 13.0% 2.7% 433 23.8 0.5% 12.5%
2018 781 19.4 9.3% 3.6% 387 24.5 0.0% 16.3%
2019 513 18.9 11.9% 3.7% 348 24.4 0.0% 16.4%
2020 269 18.6 10.0% 2.2% 211 25.0 0.0% 14.2%
2021 658 20.3 4.4% 3.0% 453 25.7 0.2% 19.0%
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