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Yusei Kikuchi

#16 - Starting Pitcher

Los Angeles Angels

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 6/17/1991 (34)
Height, Weight 6'0", 210 lb
Hometown Morioka, JPN

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0-3 31.0 5.81 1.58 23.2% 9.9%
158th 2
W
98th 28.0
IP
155th 4.52
ERA
154th 1.38
WHIP
84th 22.0%
K%
132nd 9.6%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.5 12.5% 27.7% 48.7% 4.2% 5.01 3.52
55th 94.2
FB MPH
72nd 11.7%
SwStr%
101st 27.8%
CSW%
119th 49.7%
Str-ICR
91st 4.5%
MTK%
99th 5.00
PLV
135th 3.18
PLA

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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 3.67 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 2.52 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 33 33 178.1 7-11 11 3.99 1.42 4.56 4.23 4.34 3.04 22.5% 9.6% 9.1 1.21 .314 17.6% 76.1% 40.1% 42.9% 11.3% 26.9% 0.48 5.11
2026 LAA 7 7 31.0 0-3 1 5.81 1.58 4.77 3.73 4.22 3.52 23.2% 9.9% 10.2 0.87 .352 12.5% 65.5% 44.7% 42.6% 12.5% 27.7% 0.49 5.01
SP MLB Percentile 49 63 50 0-8 31 23 24 34 58 51 33 58 35 24 61 18 67 23 15 45 64 49 56 49
SP MLB AVG 6 5 28.0 2-2 2 4.52 1.38 4.47 4.44 4.28 3.18 22.0% 9.6% 8.6 1.21 .292 18.7% 72.9% 38.8% 43.8% 11.7% 27.8% 0.47 5.00
Career 206 194 1,019.0 48-61 65 4.50 1.37 4.39 4.45 3.82 3.12 23.8% 8.4% 9.0 1.48 .308 30.1% 73.0% 33.2% 45.6% 12.7% 28.6% 0.51 5.12

Yusei Kikuchi Repertoire

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Yusei Kikuchi Game Log

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 33 33 178.1 7-11 11 0 0 3,094 1,974 1,120 772 180 120 35 1 24 174 74 3 8
2026 LAA 7 7 31.0 0-3 1 0 0 567 360 207 142 35 21 11 0 3 33 14 1 3
SP MLB Percentile 49 63 50 0-8 31 0 0 60 61 39 55 21 29 2 31 47 68 18 34 0
SP MLB AVG 6 5 28.0 2-2 2 0 0 465 295 171 119 26 17 5 0 4 26 11 1 1
Career 206 194 1,019.0 48-61 65 1 0 17,323 11,088 6,235 4,385 1,021 641 197 15 168 1,044 370 30 39

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 22.5% 9.6% .261 .419 .752 .326 .314 .345 .257 .333 .305 .394 90.4 91.9 14.3 4.56
2026 LAA 23.2% 9.9% .282 .444 .796 .351 .352 .372 .264 .346 .313 .409 90.2 90.8 15.5 4.77
SP MLB Percentile 58 35 25 30 29 31 18 22 32 34 28 28 23 47 31 34
SP MLB AVG 22.0% 9.6% .246 .407 .730 .326 .292 .324 .243 .330 .285 .377 88.8 90.3 13.6 4.47
Career 23.8% 8.4% .258 .443 .768 .339 .308 .348 .237 .327 .299 .406 90.4 91.7 11.7 4.39

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 34.9% (94.8) 1.1% (92.8) - 36.1% (87.0) 0.2% (81.6) 15.4% (79.9) 12.1% (85.6) - - 36.1% 63.9%
2026 LAA 33.0% (95.5) 0.5% (96.2) 16.6% (90.1) 19.2% (86.1) - 8.6% (78.6) - 22.0% (86.7) - 33.5% 66.5%
SP MLB Percentile 49 (71) 0 (85) 53 (63) 60 (44) - 24 (34) - 49 (43) - 8.9% 90.6%
SP MLB AVG 32.9% (94.2) 19.8% (93.6) 16.8% (89.2) 18.3% (86.2) 16.1% (82.3) 14.5% (79.8) 16.4% (86.4) 21.6% (86.3) 33.3% (80.6) 46.5% 53.5%
Career 40.8% (94.7) 0.2% (93.1) 8.2% (91.3) 25.2% (86.6) 0.0% (86.6) 11.3% (80.6) 9.6% (86.6) 0.7% (86.7) - 41.0% 55.0%

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 24.7% (111) 14.3% (2) - 30.8% (134) 57.1% (2) 28.9% (56) 19.7% (46) - - 24.4% 28.3%
2026 LAA 20.3% (19) 0.0% (0) 29.8% (13) 38.5% (19) - 32.7% (5) - 26.4% (15) - 20.0% 31.6%
SP MLB Percentile 12 (71) 0 (0) 70 (77) 84 (75) - 65 (41) - 63 (54) - 4.0% 78.7%
SP MLB AVG 26.9% (15) 26.5% (5) 27.0% (8) 29.8% (13) 29.0% (10) 28.8% (9) 23.5% (12) 23.5% (17) 20.7% (6) 27.4% 28.1%
Career 28.5% (799) 13.2% (2) 28.3% (158) 30.5% (697) 57.1% (2) 33.2% (222) 19.9% (238) 26.4% (15) - 28.5% 30.7%

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 42.9% 21.9% 26.2% 9.0% 35.2% 41.7% 33.2% 25.1% 20.1% 59.7% 25.6% 5.8% 8.8% 40.1%
2026 LAA 42.6% 21.3% 25.5% 10.6% 36.2% 45.7% 30.9% 23.4% 19.2% 55.3% 30.9% 5.3% 8.5% 44.7%
SP MLB Percentile 45 52 63 60 41 67 35 41 73 16 11 57 47 15
SP MLB AVG 43.8% 21.9% 24.1% 10.2% 35.3% 42.8% 32.5% 24.7% 18.0% 61.0% 24.2% 6.4% 8.4% 38.8%
Career 45.6% 22.9% 23.4% 8.0% 36.6% 40.5% 34.1% 25.4% 18.5% 59.0% 25.7% 6.0% 9.3% 33.2%

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 .261 .326 .314 .345 .257 .333 .305 .394 90.4 91.9 14.3 17.6% 40.1% 27.1%
2026 LAA .282 .351 .352 .372 .264 .346 .313 .409 90.2 90.8 15.5 12.5% 44.7% 29.6%
SP MLB Percentile 25 31 18 22 32 34 28 28 23 47 31 67 15 23
SP MLB AVG .246 .326 .292 .324 .243 .330 .285 .377 88.8 90.3 13.6 18.7% 38.8% 26.2%
Career .258 .339 .308 .348 .237 .327 .299 .406 90.4 91.7 11.7 30.1% 33.2% 22.3%

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 49.4% 63.8% 48.3% 28.4% 23.5% 20.1% 76.5% 83.4% 60.2% 15.5% 11.3% 26.9% 16.8% 58.0% 0.48 50.3%
2026 LAA 46.6% 63.5% 48.3% 30.0% 25.9% 19.2% 74.1% 81.4% 59.3% 15.2% 12.5% 27.7% 16.6% 57.3% 0.49 48.7%
SP MLB Percentile 73 51 62 37 57 73 57 74 51 27 64 49 39 46 56 40
SP MLB AVG 44.3% 63.1% 47.0% 31.4% 24.8% 18.0% 75.2% 84.8% 59.3% 16.1% 11.7% 27.8% 17.2% 57.5% 0.47 49.7%
Career 40.0% 64.0% 48.1% 29.9% 26.4% 18.5% 73.6% 81.2% 54.4% 15.9% 12.7% 28.6% 17.0% 58.1% 0.51 52.7%

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 49.4% 40.6% 27.5% 31.9% 29.3% 25.7% 45.0% 28.2% 44.3% 7.7%
2026 LAA 46.6% 35.6% 32.1% 32.3% 35.8% 18.7% 45.5% 32.8% 35.1% 7.4%
SP MLB Percentile 73 47 7 28 56 88 67 77 5 75
SP MLB AVG 44.3% 35.6% 27.4% 37.0% 35.1% 22.4% 42.5% 29.4% 43.2% 6.5%
Career 40.0% 38.9% 28.1% 32.9% 28.4% 24.5% 47.0% 30.0% 41.8% 7.4%

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 57.6% 11.9% 31.0% 13.9% 63.0% 51.6% 20.3% 24.5% 18.2%
2026 LAA 58.0% 11.3% 30.9% 14.6% 62.7% 52.8% 20.7% 24.6% 18.9%
SP MLB Percentile 46 68 65 51 60 69 44 31 51
SP MLB AVG 58.0% 12.5% 29.7% 14.6% 60.7% 49.4% 20.9% 26.8% 18.9%
Career 58.8% 11.4% 29.9% 14.2% 60.9% 50.9% 20.8% 21.7% 20.2%

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 51.5% 15.0% 33.5% 18.0% 4.2% 31.7 +38 2.90
2024 HOU/TOR 2,923 5.28 52.2% 15.4% 32.4% 19.8% 3.2% 25.9 +42 2.52
2025 LAA 3,094 5.11 48.1% 18.5% 33.5% 14.6% 4.8% 38.6 +25 3.04
2026 LAA 567 5.01 48.3% 16.4% 35.3% 13.1% 4.2% 8.6 +7 3.52
SP MLB Percentile 60 49 69 29 51 51 53 21 24 33
SP MLB AVG 465 5.00 46.4% 18.0% 35.6% 10.8% 4.5% 3.5 +3 3.18
Career 17,323 5.12 49.0% 16.4% 34.6% 14.4% 4.2% 162.0 +152 3.12
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