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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%
0-2 24.0 5.63 1.63 24.3% 9.9%
123rd 1
W
29th 18.0
IP
141st 4.45
ERA
149th 1.36
WHIP
68th 22.4%
K%
117th 9.5%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.5 13.8% 29.2% 49.5% 4.8% 5.09 3.33
50th 94.1
FB MPH
47th 11.8%
SwStr%
66th 28.1%
CSW%
93rd 49.7%
Str-ICR
106th 4.4%
MTK%
60th 5.01
PLV
112th 3.20
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 4.59 4.23 4.34 3.05 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 5 5 24.0 0-2 1 5.63 1.63 5.20 4.03 4.14 3.33 24.3% 9.9% 10.5 1.13 .362 15.8% 69.8% 43.1% 48.6% 13.8% 29.2% 0.53 5.09
SP MLB Percentile 77 88 84 0-7 43 25 21 27 48 51 41 64 38 22 41 19 49 39 29 69 74 64 66 66
SP MLB AVG 4 3 18.0 1-1 1 4.45 1.36 4.38 4.22 4.16 3.20 22.4% 9.5% 8.5 1.09 .293 17.2% 72.8% 39.2% 43.8% 11.8% 28.1% 0.48 5.01
Career 204 192 1,012.0 48-60 65 4.49 1.36 4.41 4.46 3.82 3.12 23.8% 8.4% 9.0 1.49 .308 30.4% 73.2% 33.1% 45.8% 12.7% 28.6% 0.51 5.13

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 5 5 24.0 0-2 1 0 0 442 281 161 111 28 17 8 0 3 27 11 1 3
SP MLB Percentile 77 88 84 0-7 43 0 0 93 92 5 92 4 10 2 22 21 86 7 19 0
SP MLB AVG 4 3 18.0 1-1 1 0 0 299 189 110 76 16 11 3 0 2 17 7 1 1
Career 204 192 1,012.0 48-60 65 1 0 17,198 11,009 6,189 4,354 1,014 637 194 15 168 1,038 367 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 4.59
2026 LAA 24.3% 9.9% .289 .464 .824 .366 .362 .389 .272 .365 .322 .444 91.3 90.6 10.9 5.20
SP MLB Percentile 64 38 22 25 25 26 19 20 27 27 26 18 12 45 65 27
SP MLB AVG 22.4% 9.5% .242 .391 .711 .322 .293 .322 .241 .328 .288 .377 88.6 89.8 13.7 4.38
Career 23.8% 8.4% .258 .444 .769 .342 .308 .348 .237 .329 .299 .410 90.4 91.7 11.5 4.41

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) 1.2% (92.7) - 36.0% (87.0) 0.4% (82.5) 15.4% (79.9) 12.1% (85.6) - - 36.1% 63.9%
2026 LAA 29.2% (95.5) - 18.6% (90.2) 20.6% (85.9) - 9.7% (78.9) 5.7% (87.0) 16.3% (86.8) - 29.2% 70.8%
SP MLB Percentile 39 (72) - 55 (68) 67 (39) - 30 (40) 5 (58) 33 (43) - 5.3% 94.2%
SP MLB AVG 32.7% (94.1) 20.1% (93.6) 18.4% (89.1) 18.7% (86.2) 15.3% (82.2) 14.7% (79.7) 16.7% (86.3) 21.2% (86.7) 38.3% (80.9) 45.9% 54.1%
Career 40.7% (94.7) 0.2% (92.7) 8.2% (91.3) 25.2% (86.6) 0.1% (86.6) 11.3% (80.6) 9.9% (86.6) 0.4% (86.8) - 40.9% 55.1%

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) 13.9% (2) - 30.8% (134) 41.7% (2) 29.1% (56) 19.8% (46) - - 24.4% 28.3%
2026 LAA 22.5% (13) - 31.7% (13) 38.5% (19) - 30.2% (5) 20.0% (3) 29.2% (8) - 22.5% 31.9%
SP MLB Percentile 17 (71) - 76 (85) 84 (90) - 56 (55) 28 (15) 73 (37) - 10.0% 74.7%
SP MLB AVG 27.4% (10) 26.7% (3) 28.2% (7) 30.9% (9) 27.9% (6) 29.1% (6) 24.4% (9) 24.1% (12) 12.9% (1) 27.6% 28.4%
Career 28.7% (793) 13.9% (2) 28.3% (158) 30.5% (697) 41.7% (2) 33.2% (222) 19.9% (241) 29.2% (8) - 28.6% 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 48.6% 19.4% 26.4% 5.6% 36.1% 52.8% 31.9% 15.3% 18.1% 57.0% 30.6% 4.2% 8.3% 43.1%
SP MLB Percentile 69 63 62 19 43 90 42 7 58 32 18 74 46 29
SP MLB AVG 43.8% 21.9% 24.0% 10.3% 35.0% 41.8% 33.6% 24.6% 17.8% 60.6% 24.5% 6.6% 8.3% 39.2%
Career 45.8% 22.9% 23.5% 7.8% 36.6% 40.7% 34.1% 25.2% 18.4% 59.1% 25.7% 6.0% 9.3% 33.1%

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 .289 .366 .362 .389 .272 .365 .322 .444 91.3 90.6 10.9 15.8% 43.1% 27.9%
SP MLB Percentile 22 26 19 20 27 27 26 18 12 45 65 49 29 38
SP MLB AVG .242 .322 .293 .322 .241 .328 .288 .377 88.6 89.8 13.7 17.2% 39.2% 26.1%
Career .258 .342 .308 .348 .237 .329 .299 .410 90.4 91.7 11.5 30.4% 33.1% 22.2%

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 47.7% 63.6% 48.2% 29.4% 28.6% 18.1% 71.4% 79.3% 54.4% 15.4% 13.8% 29.2% 16.3% 57.2% 0.53 49.5%
SP MLB Percentile 84 54 66 38 74 58 74 81 64 33 74 64 36 43 66 49
SP MLB AVG 44.4% 63.0% 46.8% 31.3% 25.2% 17.8% 74.8% 84.3% 58.8% 16.3% 11.8% 28.1% 17.1% 57.6% 0.48 49.7%
Career 40.0% 64.0% 48.1% 29.9% 26.5% 18.4% 73.5% 81.1% 54.2% 15.9% 12.7% 28.6% 17.0% 58.1% 0.51 52.8%

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 47.7% 33.7% 32.6% 33.7% 34.4% 17.4% 48.2% 33.3% 34.2% 6.8%
SP MLB Percentile 84 41 10 34 49 93 78 77 6 59
SP MLB AVG 44.4% 35.0% 27.5% 37.5% 35.2% 22.4% 42.4% 29.4% 43.1% 6.4%
Career 40.0% 38.9% 28.1% 33.0% 28.3% 24.5% 47.1% 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 57.9% 12.0% 30.1% 14.8% 61.3% 52.3% 21.9% 23.3% 20.3%
SP MLB Percentile 45 56 61 56 53 66 62 29 60
SP MLB AVG 58.1% 12.5% 29.5% 14.4% 60.8% 49.6% 21.0% 26.7% 19.3%
Career 58.8% 11.4% 29.8% 14.2% 60.9% 50.9% 20.8% 21.6% 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 48.4% 18.0% 33.6% 14.9% 5.4% 38.6 +24 3.05
2026 LAA 442 5.09 49.3% 15.4% 35.3% 14.0% 4.8% 8.5 +6 3.33
SP MLB Percentile 93 66 77 17 48 48 41 9 17 41
SP MLB AVG 299 5.01 46.5% 18.2% 35.2% 11.3% 4.4% 1.7 +1 3.20
Career 17,198 5.13 49.1% 16.2% 34.6% 14.5% 4.3% 161.8 +150 3.12
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