Kyle Seager
3B | B/T: L/R | 6' 0" 216LBS | Age: 35

Draft: 2009 | Rd: 3, #82, Seattle Mariners | UNC Chapel Hill

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 670 603 73 128 35 101 3 .212 .285 .438 .723
11 Seasons 6204 5561 705 1395 242 807 55 .251 .321 .442 .763
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2021 .212 35 101 3 .723
11 Seasons .251 242 807 55 .763

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 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 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 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 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 19.8 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 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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-Seamer 1.9 14 751 29.4 215 .283 .609 .410 16.9 11.6 12.3 .278 .633 .418 48.8
2021 Slider -1.1 -5 446 17.5 116 .162 .314 .250 43.1 33.6 30.0 .172 .332 .253 25.4
2021 Changeup 0.9 3 370 14.5 85 .165 .329 .262 41.3 31.8 26.2 .185 .353 .268 26.9
2021 Curveball -0.7 -3 368 14.4 82 .154 .295 .215 41.8 43.9 33.3 .135 .244 .186 31.0
2021 Sinker -0.6 -2 309 12.1 92 .238 .405 .311 11.6 13.0 22.6 .315 .588 .409 54.2
2021 Cutter 4.6 7 160 6.3 43 .300 .775 .460 27.2 18.6 16.3 .221 .496 .326 37.5
2021 Splitter -0.3 0 103 4.0 25 .043 .043 .164 47.7 40.0 30.3 .109 .140 .155 30.8
2021 Sweeper -1.4 0 34 1.3 7 .143 .571 .286 53.3 57.1 44.4 .128 .220 .148 33.3
2021 Slurve -5.5 -1 12 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .162 .177 .146 0.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.3 -4 344 35.7 109 .180 .404 .308 10.4 6.4 8.1 .259 .566 .401 48.2
2020 Changeup 2.1 4 175 18.2 35 .296 .407 .423 25.4 14.3 11.6 .362 .501 .449 31.8
2020 Slider -0.6 -1 156 16.2 33 .154 .308 .280 27.6 24.2 15.7 .151 .295 .275 21.1
2020 Curveball -1.2 -1 121 12.6 24 .167 .208 .165 40.5 41.7 25.0 .138 .229 .156 21.4
2020 Sinker 9.7 10 107 11.1 36 .552 .897 .622 8.3 2.8 5.0 .354 .590 .442 46.7
2020 Cutter -2.7 -1 50 5.2 7 .143 .286 .179 42.9 28.6 12.5 .105 .228 .139 20.0
2020 Splitter -1.1 0 6 0.6 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper -0.7 0 4 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .165 .165 .151 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -1.1 -7 626 34.4 153 .195 .414 .315 14.9 16.3 14.8 .260 .553 .375 46.8
2019 Sinker 5.4 16 294 16.1 72 .450 1.000 .633 6.2 1.4 1.7 .411 .827 .541 49.2
2019 Curveball 0.2 0 257 14.1 47 .167 .286 .247 32.2 42.6 18.7 .173 .230 .229 27.3
2019 Slider 2.0 5 253 13.9 73 .242 .409 .328 31.9 31.5 25.0 .231 .382 .308 37.2
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 Splitter 2.9 1 33 1.8 9 .333 .667 .417 35.3 33.3 20.0 .213 .332 .233 16.7
2019 Sweeper -0.8 0 8 0.4 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2019 Slurve -13.8 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .135 .146 .122 0.0
2018 4-Seamer -0.9 -7 803 32.3 194 .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 0.4 2 390 15.7 94 .247 .360 .286 35.0 35.1 22.9 .237 .326 .267 26.8
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 -3.8 -4 119 4.8 31 .179 .286 .226 20.6 16.1 20.0 .261 .512 .340 33.3
2018 Splitter 1.4 1 51 2.0 11 .182 .727 .364 41.7 54.5 30.0 .168 .444 .260 80.0
2018 Knuckleball -6.2 -1 15 0.6 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .324 .378 .312 25.0
2018 Sweeper -0.8 0 14 0.6 2 .000 .000 .350 14.3 0.0 0.0 .076 .079 .384 0.0
2018 Slurve -7.0 0 4 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .267 .312 .256 50.0
2017 4-Seamer 0.2 2 714 27.8 190 .290 .543 .404 11.7 12.1 12.8 .298 .650 .436 43.2
2017 Sinker -0.5 -3 530 20.7 140 .288 .480 .349 8.8 7.9 10.0 .276 .467 .341 37.6
2017 Slider -0.9 -4 409 15.9 92 .155 .286 .216 35.7 30.4 19.6 .161 .246 .216 22.4
2017 Curveball 0.2 1 356 13.9 77 .211 .451 .301 30.6 28.6 19.5 .202 .383 .280 26.0
2017 Changeup 1.1 3 326 12.7 80 .280 .507 .355 29.2 18.8 18.5 .318 .545 .385 30.0
2017 Cutter 1.1 1 106 4.1 30 .222 .333 .315 27.5 20.0 18.8 .245 .356 .301 23.8
2017 Splitter -6.1 -5 78 3.0 25 .042 .042 .064 30.6 16.0 16.0 .219 .314 .248 25.0
2017 Sweeper 2.4 0 20 0.8 4 .250 .500 .313 33.3 25.0 16.7 .263 .320 .253 33.3
2017 Knuckleball 27.0 1 5 0.2 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .172 .193 .157 0.0
2017 Slurve -6.5 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .079 .084 .073 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 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 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 88 82 73 79 84 66 60 70 48 81 54 75 57 32
2016 92 95 88 79 93 87 74 73 69 74 74 77 72 78 26
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 62 42 18 63 54 27 13
2019 73 51 74 76 65 47 55 57 50 52 65 66 71 71 40 81
2020 81 53 71 76 85 87 66 55 56 51 94 81 78 84 18 87 15
2021 39 10 64 81 10 90 80 43 78 42 31 50 18 38 23 90 9
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.1 30 31.6 -2 16 30 9 30.0
2017 20.7 27 25.0 2 23 18 8 29.6
2018 20.9 22 20.3 2 12 15 8 36.4
2019 20.8 23 16.0 7 10 12 6 26.1
2020 21.0 9 9.3 0 5 8 4 44.4
2021 21.1 35 35.6 -1 9 28 15 42.9
Player 20.9 146 137.8 8 75 111 50 34.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 30 33 39 30 30 37 23 35 31 24 36 35 20 25 28 32 34 38 21 32 46 18 27 32 34 37 42 31 20 34 43
2017 27 28 28 24 26 27 24 26 25 18 31 27 21 17 20 27 19 31 13 26 32 25 24 25 29 22 28 22 22 28 34
2018 22 27 26 14 20 23 18 26 19 11 22 19 16 18 17 22 19 26 15 18 23 19 20 19 21 25 25 17 20 18 27
2019 23 21 18 13 17 19 15 20 16 10 18 18 8 15 14 17 13 20 8 13 19 16 14 13 15 17 21 14 19 17 21
2020 9 10 8 8 11 8 0 13 10 9 9 11 5 7 6 10 8 12 6 8 8 14 11 10 11 10 9 4 10 10 12
2021 35 39 37 31 37 41 33 40 38 32 40 40 28 23 29 39 38 37 29 31 39 34 35 39 36 37 40 31 35 35 45
Player 146 158 156 120 141 155 113 160 139 104 156 150 98 105 114 147 131 164 92 128 167 126 131 138 146 148 165 119 126 142 182
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.3 90.3 1 88.3 -2 89.8 1.5 89.5 -0.3 89.1 -0.4 89 -0.1
Launch Angle 16.8 16.8 0 21 4.2 18.5 -2.5 18.4 -0.1 17.7 -0.7 19.5 1.8
Barrel % 7 9 2 8.6 -0.4 5.6 -3 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
Sweet Spot % 36.1 36.3 0.2 35.2 -1.1 37 1.8 36.9 -0.1 30.7 -6.2 35.7 5
xBA .282 .293 0.011 .258 -0.035 .246 -0.012 .258 0.012 .252 -0.006 .221 -0.031