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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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 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 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 36.5 63.5 25.5 30.8 7.2 40.3 35.5 23.1 17.2 13.8 4.7 23.1 21.7 18.3
2016 36.9 63.1 26.7 28.5 7.9 39.5 32.6 27.9 19.8 12.6 4.5 19.8 20.0 23.4
2017 32.9 67.1 35.7 21.9 9.5 37.6 38.4 24.1 17.7 11.0 4.2 19.8 27.4 19.8
2018 34.7 65.3 32.1 24.9 8.2 41.9 38.3 19.6 20.0 12.7 2.0 21.8 25.6 17.6
2019 33.7 66.3 32.7 26.5 7.1 35.6 40.5 23.9 15.2 15.2 3.2 20.4 25.2 20.7
2020 36.4 63.6 36.4 19.3 8.0 35.8 41.5 22.7 18.8 14.8 2.8 17.0 26.7 19.9
2021 33.4 66.6 37.7 19.7 9.2 43.3 33.0 23.8 19.7 9.9 3.8 23.5 23.1 20.0
Player 34.9 65.1 31.7 25.2 8.2 39.6 36.4 23.7 18.4 12.6 3.8 21.2 23.9 19.9
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.3 26.3 30.6 27.4 4.2 7.0 5.4
2016 2.4 24.0 27.7 26.9 7.7 9.0 6.5
2017 2.5 21.7 36.1 22.4 7.6 8.6 6.3
2018 1.6 23.6 33.0 27.8 8.2 5.6 4.0
2019 2.9 23.3 29.4 27.8 6.8 8.4 5.9
2020 3.4 23.3 34.1 22.7 6.3 10.2 7.3
2021 3.8 23.1 35.0 17.9 7.8 12.3 8.2
Player 2.6 23.7 32.2 24.8 7.0 8.6 6.1
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 1.3 10 746 29.2 214 .284 .612 .412 17.0 11.7 12.3 .279 .636 .420 48.4
2021 Slider -1.4 -6 432 16.9 114 .165 .320 .254 44.4 34.2 30.7 .171 .333 .255 26.2
2021 Changeup 0.0 0 369 14.4 85 .165 .329 .262 40.9 31.8 26.2 .185 .353 .268 26.9
2021 Curveball -1.4 -5 363 14.2 79 .160 .307 .223 41.4 43.0 32.1 .140 .254 .192 31.7
2021 Sinker -0.9 -3 315 12.3 93 .235 .400 .308 11.5 12.9 22.2 .312 .582 .405 54.8
2021 Cutter 2.9 5 163 6.4 44 .293 .756 .450 27.4 18.2 16.3 .217 .486 .320 36.4
2021 Split-Finger -1.6 -2 103 4.0 25 .043 .043 .164 47.7 40.0 30.3 .109 .140 .155 30.8
2021 Sweeper -3.2 -2 47 1.8 10 .100 .400 .200 50.0 60.0 46.2 .124 .190 .135 25.0
2021 Slurve -5.8 -1 15 0.6 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .125 .138 .114 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -4 343 35.6 109 .170 .398 .306 10.5 6.4 8.2 .260 .570 .406 48.8
2020 Changeup 1.3 2 170 17.7 35 .296 .407 .423 25.4 14.3 11.6 .362 .501 .449 31.8
2020 Slider 0.1 0 153 15.9 33 .154 .308 .280 27.6 24.2 16.0 .151 .295 .275 21.1
2020 Curveball -1.6 -2 115 11.9 23 .174 .217 .172 40.0 43.5 25.6 .142 .235 .161 23.1
2020 Sinker 8.2 9 108 11.2 36 .567 .900 .628 8.2 2.8 4.8 .347 .576 .426 45.2
2020 Cutter -2.4 -1 50 5.2 7 .143 .286 .179 42.9 28.6 12.5 .105 .228 .139 20.0
2020 Sweeper -3.9 -1 13 1.3 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .106 .120 .102 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 3.1 0 10 1.0 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Knuckleball 4.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 200 732 -4 -4 3 2 -2
2012 644 2,338 5 -18 8 8 4
2013 687 2,800 1 -27 22 13 9
2014 650 2,550 -6 1 15 10 20
2015 680 2,518 -2 -8 11 9 10
2016 666 2,546 5 -14 23 10 24
2017 642 2,549 -14 -15 18 12 2
2018 626 2,487 -16 -27 16 9 -18
2019 438 1,800 1 -15 14 10 10
2020 245 963 -11 1 7 7 4
2021 668 2,554 -3 -31 19 13 -3
Player 6,146 23,837 -45 -157 155 -45 58
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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 29.7 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 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 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 82 88 82 73 79 84 66 60 70 48 81 54 76 57 33
2016 92 95 88 79 93 87 74 73 69 74 74 77 73 78 28 96
2017 69 48 73 74 55 87 68 55 68 39 70 54 64 76 32 95
2018 31 40 47 45 18 49 35 68 77 61 42 18 63 54 28 15
2019 73 51 74 76 65 47 55 57 50 52 65 66 71 71 42 82
2020 82 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 91 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 21.14 30 32.4 -2 13 31 9 30.0
2017 20.72 27 24.1 3 21 20 7 25.9
2018 20.90 22 19.7 2 15 16 7 31.8
2019 20.78 23 16.0 7 14 14 5 21.7
2020 20.98 9 9.1 0 4 8 4 44.4
2021 21.10 35 35.4 0 11 26 14 40.0
Player 20.95 146 136.6 9 78 115 46 31.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 30 36 23 35 31 24 33 38 26 22 31 38 33 30 31 38 19 29 32 38 37 22 44 45 34 32 32 46 39 31 22
2017 27 25 16 29 23 23 25 27 15 22 20 26 29 23 24 26 24 23 25 22 27 24 32 28 27 23 17 31 30 25 11
2018 22 29 12 20 18 16 23 17 17 14 18 24 27 16 17 23 18 18 20 22 20 22 26 24 17 16 18 21 25 17 15
2019 23 19 9 18 16 16 16 17 14 9 15 19 23 14 16 19 15 14 12 18 16 18 21 21 16 14 14 19 21 13 7
2020 9 12 7 10 9 13 10 10 7 4 5 9 10 7 11 8 12 11 10 10 11 9 12 11 9 4 9 8 11 10 5
2021 35 40 30 39 38 36 38 39 24 30 31 37 37 31 37 40 35 37 38 38 34 38 44 38 33 31 40 38 35 31 26
Player 146 161 97 151 135 128 145 148 103 101 120 153 159 121 136 154 123 132 137 148 145 133 179 167 136 120 130 163 161 127 86
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 1.0 90.3 -2.0 88.3 1.5 89.8 -0.3 89.5 -0.4 89.1 -0.1 89.0
Launch Angle 16.8 0.0 16.8 4.2 21.0 -2.5 18.5 -0.1 18.4 -0.7 17.7 1.8 19.5
Barrel % 7.0 2.0 9.0 -0.4 8.6 -3.0 5.6 2.8 8.4 1.8 10.2 2.1 12.3
Hard Hit % 34.6 6.7 41.3 -7.4 33.9 5.7 39.6 0.1 39.7 0.1 39.8 0.3 40.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.1 0.2 36.3 -1.1 35.2 1.8 37.0 -0.1 36.9 -6.2 30.7 5.0 35.7
xBA .282 0.011 .293 -0.035 .258 -0.012 .246 0.012 .258 -0.006 .252 -0.031 .221
BA .266 0.012 .278 -0.029 .249 -0.028 .221 0.018 .239 0.002 .241 -0.029 .212
xwOBA .353 0.024 .377 -0.033 .344 -0.039 .305 0.045 .350 0.015 .365 -0.046 .319
wOBA .335 0.028 .363 -0.037 .326 -0.038 .288 0.044 .332 0.006 .338 -0.030 .308
xSLG .467 0.045 .512 -0.035 .477 -0.066 .411 0.076 .487 -0.015 .472 -0.020 .452
SLG .451 0.048 .499 -0.049 .450 -0.050 .400 0.068 .468 -0.035 .433 0.005 .438
K% 14.3 1.7 16.0 0.9 16.9 5.0 21.9 -2.5 19.4 -6.1 13.3 10.7 24.0
BB% 7.9 2.3 10.2 -1.3 8.9 -2.9 6.0 3.9 9.9 3.0 12.9 -4.1 8.8
Swing % 45.4 -3.2 42.2 0.7 42.9 4.3 47.2 -1.6 45.6 -5.3 40.3 9.3 49.6
Whiff% 17.6 0.9 18.5 2.4 20.9 1.4 22.3 -1.0 21.3 -0.9 20.4 9.3 29.7
In Zone % 49.7 -1.1 48.6 1.1 49.7 -1.1 48.6 -0.1 48.5 -1.5 47.0 0.2 47.2
Out of Zone % 50.3 1.1 51.4 -1.1 50.3 1.1 51.4 0.1 51.5 1.5 53.0 -0.2 52.8
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 -4.2 24.2 -0.6 23.6 3.8 27.4 -2.0 25.4 -4.8 20.6 8.6 29.2
First Pitch Swing % 23.5 -1.9 21.6 2.0 23.6 3.9 27.5 2.1 29.6 -8.1 21.5 12.1 33.6
First Pitch Strike % 58.5 -3.5 55.0 1.1 56.1 3.1 59.2 -0.1 59.1 -4.6 54.5 3.5 58.0
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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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