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Yusei Kikuchi

#16 - Starting Pitcher

Los Angeles Angels

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 6/17/1991 (33)
Height, Weight 6'0", 210 lb
Hometown Morioka, JPN

2025 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0-3 29.1 3.38 1.26 23.1% 11.6%
130th 1
W
23rd 20
IP
70th 4.50
ERA
86th 1.36
WHIP
72nd 21.6%
K%
145th 8.7%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.3 10.5% 27.1% 50.6% 5.0% 5.12 2.75
65th 93.6
FB MPH
104th 11.4%
SwStr%
108th 27.9%
CSW%
68th 49.2%
Str-ICR
67th 5.5%
MTK%
50th 5.02
PLV
46th -
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Yusei Kikuchi Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2019 SEA 32 32 161.2 6-11 12 5.46 1.52 - 5.72 - - 16.1% 6.9% 10.9 2.00 .310 - 70.8% - - 9.5% 25.8% 0.39 -
2020 SEA 9 9 47.0 2-4 3 5.17 1.30 3.67 3.30 3.49 3.50 24.2% 10.3% 7.9 0.57 .306 17.6% 59.9% 30.7% 57.6% 13.8% 28.8% 0.49 4.91
2021 SEA 29 29 157.0 7-9 14 4.41 1.32 4.77 4.61 3.87 3.55 24.5% 9.3% 8.3 1.55 .289 31.0% 74.6% 40.8% 50.7% 13.4% 29.9% 0.56 5.03
2022 TOR 32 20 100.2 6-7 3 5.19 1.50 5.43 5.63 4.01 3.72 27.3% 12.8% 8.3 2.06 .293 38.3% 72.8% 47.9% 47.9% 14.7% 29.0% 0.53 4.99
2023 TOR 32 32 167.2 11-6 9 3.86 1.27 4.22 4.12 3.68 2.90 25.9% 6.9% 8.9 1.45 .315 25.0% 77.6% 41.1% 42.1% 13.6% 29.2% 0.54 5.22
2024 HOU/TOR 32 32 175.2 9-10 12 4.05 1.20 3.58 3.46 3.31 2.53 28.0% 6.0% 8.6 1.28 .312 19.8% 71.9% 39.5% 43.8% 14.1% 30.9% 0.59 5.28
2025 LAA 5 5 29.1 0-3 3 3.38 1.26 3.71 4.33 4.43 2.75 23.1% 11.6% 7.1 1.23 .253 16.7% 79.6% 34.2% 40.5% 10.5% 27.1% 0.45 5.12
SP MLB Percentile 45 45 86 0-2 81 61 52 63 44 36 75 60 21 72 45 66 52 61 81 38 40 40 41 68
SP MLB AVG 4 4 20.0 1-1 1 4.50 1.36 4.44 4.36 4.19 3.31 21.6% 8.7% 8.8 1.34 .287 20.3% 73.5% 40.2% 43.2% 11.4% 27.9% 0.47 5.02
Career 171 159 839.0 41-50 56 4.53 1.34 - - - 2.51 24.1% 8.2% 8.9 1.56 .304 34.4% 72.9% 31.3% 46.3% 12.9% 28.9% 0.52 5.13

Yusei Kikuchi Repertoire

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Yusei Kikuchi Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2019 SEA 32 32 161.2 6-11 12 0 0 2,721 1,742 979 721 195 112 41 6 36 116 50 6 5
2020 SEA 9 9 47.0 2-4 3 0 0 795 489 306 194 41 26 11 1 3 47 20 0 3
2021 SEA 29 29 157.0 7-9 14 0 0 2,562 1,663 899 666 145 88 28 2 27 163 62 5 6
2022 TOR 32 20 100.2 6-7 3 1 0 1,843 1,139 704 454 93 46 21 3 23 124 58 9 3
2023 TOR 32 32 167.2 11-6 9 0 0 2,818 1,812 1,006 700 165 110 27 1 27 181 48 4 7
2024 HOU/TOR 32 32 175.2 9-10 12 0 0 2,923 1,909 1,014 736 167 118 23 1 25 206 44 2 4
2025 LAA 5 5 29.1 0-3 3 0 0 476 295 181 121 23 14 5 0 4 28 14 0 0
SP MLB Percentile 45 45 86 0-2 81 0 0 92 78 4 86 36 38 20 26 18 79 3 50 43
SP MLB AVG 4 4 20.0 1-1 1 0 0 342 218 124 88 19 12 4 0 3 19 7 1 1
Career 171 159 839.0 41-50 56 1 0 14,138 9,049 5,089 3,592 829 514 156 14 145 865 296 26 28

Yusei Kikuchi Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2019 SEA 16.1% 6.9% .295 .539 .887 .368 .310 .355 - - - - - - - -
2020 SEA 24.2% 10.3% .238 .366 .680 .299 .306 .323 .229 .290 .292 .334 89.4 88.2 4.5 3.67
2021 SEA 24.5% 9.3% .243 .432 .751 .325 .289 .333 .252 .335 .301 .404 91.4 92.6 7.5 4.77
2022 TOR 27.3% 12.8% .243 .493 .846 .366 .293 .355 .249 .366 .307 .456 91.5 95.1 9.7 5.43
2023 TOR 25.9% 6.9% .255 .426 .737 .319 .315 .355 .240 .314 .289 .391 90.0 92.2 13.1 4.22
2024 HOU/TOR 28.0% 6.0% .245 .391 .682 .297 .312 .348 .234 .294 .296 .380 89.4 89.6 13.7 3.58
2025 LAA 23.1% 11.6% .217 .377 .683 .306 .253 .291 .209 .307 .236 .347 89.8 93.5 17.4 3.71
SP MLB Percentile 60 21 71 57 58 57 66 65 77 63 85 67 44 20 24 63
SP MLB AVG 21.6% 8.7% .247 .413 .730 .323 .287 .321 .249 .331 .286 .383 89.3 90.7 13.6 4.44
Career 24.1% 8.2% .255 .446 .767 .337 .304 .346 .230 .320 .293 .403 90.4 91.8 11.1 -

Yusei Kikuchi Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2019 SEA 36.5% (92.4) - - 21.4% (85.9) - 12.6% (75.0) 4.8% (84.3) - - 36.5% 38.8%
2020 SEA 37.0% (95.0) - 39.6% (92.1) 15.8% (83.3) - 0.1% (87.6) 6.0% (86.7) - - 37.0% 61.6%
2021 SEA 36.0% (95.1) - 34.5% (91.3) 18.9% (82.5) - - 10.5% (86.2) - - 36.0% 63.9%
2022 TOR 51.1% (94.9) - 7.0% (90.0) 28.3% (86.5) - - 13.6% (87.0) - - 51.1% 48.9%
2023 TOR 45.1% (95.1) - - 25.9% (88.7) - 19.3% (83.1) 9.7% (88.7) - - 45.1% 54.9%
2024 HOU/TOR 47.0% (95.5) - - 23.6% (88.3) - 18.3% (82.4) 11.1% (86.8) - - 47.0% 53.0%
2025 LAA 38.0% (94.3) 0.6% (90.3) - 35.9% (86.7) 2.1% (81.2) 9.2% (79.7) 14.1% (84.7) - - 38.7% 61.3%
SP MLB Percentile 54 (59) - - 92 (71) - 27 (48) 45 (26) - - 17.5% 81.4%
SP MLB AVG 35.5% (93.6) 20.2% (93.0) 17.9% (88.9) 19.5% (85.3) 16.7% (81.7) 14.9% (79.6) 15.9% (86.0) 20.6% (86.2) - (-) 47.1% 52.9%
Career 42.3% (94.7) 0.0% (90.3) 9.4% (91.3) 23.4% (86.5) 0.1% (86.5) 10.4% (80.9) 9.6% (86.7) - - 42.3% 52.9%

Yusei Kikuchi Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2019 SEA 25.2% (75) - - 23.2% (92) - 36.6% (15) 13.8% (11) - - 25.2% 42.9%
2020 SEA 27.6% (38) - 28.3% (41) 35.7% (24) - 0.0% (0) 22.9% (6) - - 27.6% 30.2%
2021 SEA 31.2% (115) - 28.4% (84) 33.1% (86) - - 24.2% (59) - - 31.2% 29.1%
2022 TOR 28.7% (98) - 26.4% (20) 33.9% (107) - - 21.6% (46) - - 28.7% 29.4%
2023 TOR 29.0% (149) - - 30.0% (132) - 35.0% (80) 16.8% (22) - - 29.0% 29.5%
2024 HOU/TOR 33.0% (194) - - 30.3% (103) - 33.1% (66) 19.7% (48) - - 33.0% 29.1%
2025 LAA 25.4% (19) 33.3% (0) - 29.2% (17) 30.0% (2) 34.1% (3) 20.9% (9) - - 25.5% 28.1%
SP MLB Percentile 35 (78) 22 (-) - 47 (80) 55 (7) 62 (31) 40 (63) - - 35.0% 48.6%
SP MLB AVG 27.1% (12) 26.3% (4) 26.9% (6) 29.4% (10) 28.2% (8) 31.1% (7) 23.4% (9) 24.2% (13) - (-) 27.4% 28.2%
Career 29.4% (688) 33.3% (0) 28.1% (145) 30.1% (561) 30.0% (2) 34.6% (164) 20.0% (201) - - 29.4% 31.2%

Yusei Kikuchi Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2019 SEA - - - - - - - - 18.0% - - - - -
2020 SEA 57.6% 21.6% 13.6% 7.2% 29.6% 48.0% 24.4% 27.6% 16.7% 68.8% 24.8% 4.0% 2.4% 30.7%
2021 SEA 50.7% 24.2% 20.0% 5.1% 38.0% 38.3% 41.1% 20.6% 18.0% 59.0% 25.3% 5.1% 10.6% 40.8%
2022 TOR 47.9% 23.8% 23.0% 5.4% 41.4% 42.6% 38.8% 18.6% 18.5% 51.7% 27.6% 6.9% 13.8% 47.9%
2023 TOR 42.1% 24.7% 23.2% 10.1% 38.6% 38.5% 31.3% 30.2% 18.5% 58.8% 26.2% 6.2% 8.8% 41.1%
2024 HOU/TOR 43.8% 21.3% 26.3% 8.8% 34.4% 39.0% 32.0% 28.9% 17.8% 60.3% 24.0% 7.1% 8.8% 39.5%
2025 LAA 40.5% 16.5% 30.4% 12.7% 26.6% 45.6% 30.4% 24.1% 18.3% 65.8% 19.0% 6.3% 8.9% 34.2%
SP MLB Percentile 38 87 79 70 91 66 39 43 56 81 84 54 40 81
SP MLB AVG 43.2% 21.6% 25.0% 10.1% 35.5% 42.3% 32.4% 25.3% 17.8% 59.8% 24.8% 6.9% 8.5% 40.2%
Career 46.3% 23.0% 22.9% 7.8% 36.6% 40.1% 34.3% 25.5% 18.1% 59.1% 25.2% 6.1% 9.5% 31.3%

Yusei Kikuchi Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2019 SEA .295 .368 .310 .355 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 SEA .238 .299 .306 .323 .229 .290 .292 .334 89.4 88.2 4.5 17.6% 30.7% 20.1%
2021 SEA .243 .325 .289 .333 .252 .335 .301 .404 91.4 92.6 7.5 31.0% 40.8% 26.7%
2022 TOR .243 .366 .293 .355 .249 .366 .307 .456 91.5 95.1 9.7 38.3% 47.9% 27.8%
2023 TOR .255 .319 .315 .355 .240 .314 .289 .391 90.0 92.2 13.1 25.0% 41.1% 27.4%
2024 HOU/TOR .245 .297 .312 .348 .234 .294 .296 .380 89.4 89.6 13.7 19.8% 39.5% 26.0%
2025 LAA .217 .306 .253 .291 .209 .307 .236 .347 89.8 93.5 17.4 16.7% 34.2% 22.3%
SP MLB Percentile 71 57 66 65 77 63 85 67 44 20 24 52 81 82
SP MLB AVG .247 .323 .287 .321 .249 .331 .286 .383 89.3 90.7 13.6 20.3% 40.2% 27.6%
Career .255 .337 .304 .346 .230 .320 .293 .403 90.4 91.8 11.1 34.4% 31.3% 21.0%

Yusei Kikuchi Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2019 SEA - 64.0% 47.7% - 20.0% 18.0% 80.0% - - 16.3% 9.5% 25.8% 20.2% 56.9% 0.39 -
2020 SEA 46.5% 61.5% 46.5% 26.4% 29.7% 16.7% 70.3% 77.8% 52.7% 15.0% 13.8% 28.8% 16.0% 56.4% 0.49 51.7%
2021 SEA 48.7% 64.9% 48.5% 31.0% 27.7% 18.0% 72.3% 81.7% 53.2% 16.4% 13.4% 29.9% 17.0% 59.3% 0.56 51.0%
2022 TOR 44.3% 61.8% 47.5% 29.9% 31.0% 18.5% 69.0% 77.2% 53.7% 14.3% 14.7% 29.0% 14.3% 56.8% 0.53 48.1%
2023 TOR 46.3% 64.3% 48.7% 31.8% 27.9% 18.5% 72.1% 83.0% 51.8% 15.6% 13.6% 29.2% 16.6% 58.4% 0.54 50.7%
2024 HOU/TOR 48.0% 65.3% 48.4% 29.8% 29.0% 17.8% 71.0% 79.8% 52.2% 16.9% 14.1% 30.9% 16.6% 59.6% 0.59 52.2%
2025 LAA 52.3% 62.0% 45.4% 23.8% 23.1% 18.3% 76.9% 82.7% 59.3% 16.6% 10.5% 27.1% 16.6% 57.1% 0.45 50.6%
SP MLB Percentile 92 31 33 11 42 56 42 66 48 51 40 40 36 43 41 61
SP MLB AVG 46.5% 63.4% 46.9% 29.8% 24.3% 17.8% 75.7% 84.8% 58.4% 16.5% 11.4% 27.9% 17.7% 57.7% 0.47 49.2%
Career 38.1% 64.0% 48.0% 30.1% 26.9% 18.1% 73.1% 80.6% 52.8% 16.0% 12.9% 28.9% 17.0% 58.1% 0.52 53.4%

Yusei Kikuchi Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2019 SEA - - - - - - - - - -
2020 SEA 46.5% 39.3% 29.3% 31.4% 23.5% 24.4% 52.2% 32.0% 38.6% 8.3%
2021 SEA 48.7% 38.6% 30.0% 31.4% 26.3% 24.4% 49.3% 29.6% 40.4% 7.7%
2022 TOR 44.3% 37.5% 25.1% 37.4% 26.3% 24.9% 48.8% 33.7% 41.3% 6.3%
2023 TOR 46.3% 35.9% 27.0% 37.2% 30.1% 23.8% 46.1% 32.6% 40.5% 7.4%
2024 HOU/TOR 48.0% 41.8% 29.1% 29.1% 29.1% 25.1% 45.8% 26.6% 44.3% 7.4%
2025 LAA 52.3% 47.9% 22.9% 29.2% 30.3% 29.6% 40.1% 27.5% 49.6% 7.4%
SP MLB Percentile 92 91 84 13 51 7 33 44 75 74
SP MLB AVG 46.5% 35.7% 26.2% 38.1% 30.9% 24.5% 44.6% 28.6% 45.2% 6.5%
Career 38.1% 39.0% 27.9% 33.1% 27.9% 24.7% 47.4% 30.3% 41.8% 7.3%

Yusei Kikuchi Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2019 SEA 60.8% 11.8% 27.4% 16.4% 59.1% 47.8% 21.6% - 15.6%
2020 SEA 56.6% 13.5% 29.9% 12.9% 50.5% 43.8% 20.4% 23.5% 19.7%
2021 SEA 60.3% 10.2% 29.5% 14.7% 62.7% 52.4% 22.1% 25.7% 21.6%
2022 TOR 58.0% 13.3% 28.8% 12.4% 57.0% 49.1% 17.8% 26.6% 23.4%
2023 TOR 58.3% 11.6% 30.1% 13.8% 59.3% 50.1% 20.1% 25.7% 21.3%
2024 HOU/TOR 58.8% 9.7% 31.6% 13.8% 65.1% 55.3% 22.0% 25.2% 22.2%
2025 LAA 58.8% 14.5% 26.7% 14.3% 58.7% 48.8% 19.3% 21.3% 22.0%
SP MLB Percentile 56 17 21 37 31 41 26 29 72
SP MLB AVG 58.4% 12.1% 29.6% 15.1% 61.3% 50.0% 21.4% 24.6% 18.8%
Career 59.1% 11.4% 29.5% 14.3% 60.3% 50.6% 20.9% 20.9% 20.7%

Yusei Kikuchi PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2019 SEA 2,721 - - - - - - - - -
2020 SEA 795 4.91 44.5% 17.1% 38.4% 6.2% 4.5% -2.0 +0 3.50
2021 SEA 2,562 5.03 46.0% 18.0% 36.0% 10.0% 5.2% 24.2 +22 3.55
2022 TOR 1,843 4.99 47.7% 14.1% 38.2% 9.5% 3.0% 34.9 +17 3.72
2023 TOR 2,818 5.22 51.4% 15.0% 33.5% 17.9% 4.2% 31.7 +38 2.90
2024 HOU/TOR 2,923 5.28 52.5% 15.5% 32.0% 20.6% 3.3% 25.6 +41 2.53
2025 LAA 476 5.12 48.3% 19.3% 32.4% 16.0% 5.0% 4.2 -1 2.75
SP MLB Percentile 92 68 68 64 75 75 63 31 68 75
SP MLB AVG 342 5.02 46.2% 18.5% 35.3% 11.0% 5.5% - +2 3.31
Career 14,138 5.13 49.3% 16.0% 34.7% 14.6% 4.1% 118.7 +118 2.51
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