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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%
183rd 3
W
160th 52.0
IP
165th 4.42
ERA
172nd 1.32
WHIP
78th 21.5%
K%
142nd 9.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.4 12.5% 27.7% 48.7% 4.8% 4.98 3.69
61st 94.4
FB MPH
59th 11.5%
SwStr%
102nd 27.7%
CSW%
120th 49.7%
Str-ICR
100th 4.8%
MTK%
97th 4.98
PLV
143rd 3.34
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 - 0.00 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 4.74 3.69 4.22 3.69 23.2% 9.9% 10.2 0.87 .352 12.5% 65.5% 44.7% 42.6% 12.5% 27.7% 0.49 4.98
SP MLB Percentile 20 27 20 0-43 15 18 12 36 68 51 28 60 28 14 68 7 76 21 11 47 69 48 59 50
SP MLB AVG 10 9 52.0 3-3 3 4.42 1.32 4.40 4.38 4.26 3.34 21.5% 9.0% 8.4 1.23 .287 18.9% 72.5% 38.8% 43.1% 11.5% 27.7% 0.47 4.98
Career 206 194 1,019.0 48-61 65 4.50 1.37 4.39 4.45 3.82 2.63 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 20 27 20 0-43 15 0 0 22 23 77 22 71 72 35 52 79 25 72 59 9
SP MLB AVG 10 9 52.0 3-3 3 0 0 872 555 317 225 49 32 10 1 7 49 19 2 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 .349 .352 .372 .264 .344 .313 .407 90.2 90.8 15.5 4.74
SP MLB Percentile 60 28 17 32 28 28 7 11 29 36 18 25 17 41 34 36
SP MLB AVG 21.5% 9.0% .246 .410 .730 .323 .287 .321 .246 .329 .285 .377 88.6 90.1 13.9 4.40
Career 23.8% 8.4% .258 .443 .768 .337 .308 .348 .237 .324 .299 .404 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 33.9% (95.4) - 11.5% (90.2) 23.6% (86.9) - 8.8% (78.7) - 22.2% (86.7) - 33.9% 66.1%
SP MLB Percentile 54 (67) - 33 (66) 69 (60) - 23 (30) - 64 (47) - 5.0% 94.5%
SP MLB AVG 33.7% (94.4) 20.0% (93.7) 16.5% (89.2) 18.1% (86.1) 16.4% (82.5) 14.4% (80.1) 16.7% (86.3) 18.1% (86.6) 27.6% (80.5) 46.9% 53.1%
Career 40.8% (94.7) 0.2% (92.8) 8.0% (91.3) 25.3% (86.7) 0.0% (86.7) 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% (20) - 30.8% (9) 36.6% (22) - 32.0% (5) - 26.2% (15) - 20.3% 31.5%
SP MLB Percentile 9 (43) - 76 (42) 86 (66) - 59 (26) - 62 (42) - 2.5% 82.0%
SP MLB AVG 27.1% (28) 26.6% (9) 26.7% (13) 29.4% (20) 28.4% (16) 29.6% (15) 23.4% (19) 21.8% (25) 27.3% (11) 27.3% 27.9%
Career 28.5% (800) 14.3% (2) 28.3% (154) 30.5% (700) 57.1% (2) 33.2% (222) 19.9% (238) 26.2% (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 47 57 64 58 46 74 31 42 73 12 4 67 44 11
SP MLB AVG 43.1% 22.2% 24.4% 10.3% 35.7% 42.5% 33.0% 24.5% 18.1% 61.0% 24.5% 6.4% 8.2% 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 .349 .352 .372 .264 .344 .313 .407 90.2 90.8 15.5 12.5% 44.7% 29.6%
SP MLB Percentile 17 28 7 11 29 36 18 25 17 41 34 76 11 24
SP MLB AVG .246 .323 .287 .321 .246 .329 .285 .377 88.6 90.1 13.9 18.9% 38.8% 26.6%
Career .258 .337 .308 .348 .237 .324 .299 .404 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 48 64 34 63 73 63 81 53 28 69 48 32 38 59 39
SP MLB AVG 44.9% 63.4% 47.2% 31.4% 24.3% 18.1% 75.7% 85.0% 59.8% 16.2% 11.5% 27.7% 17.7% 57.8% 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 4 23 52 97 74 78 3 79
SP MLB AVG 44.9% 35.7% 27.5% 36.8% 35.7% 22.6% 41.8% 29.2% 43.2% 6.6%
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 36 64 77 41 60 82 46 27 47
SP MLB AVG 58.7% 12.2% 29.3% 15.0% 60.9% 49.4% 20.8% 26.7% 18.8%
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 - - - - - - - - 0.00
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 4.98 48.1% 15.5% 36.3% 11.8% 4.8% 6.2 +4 3.69
SP MLB Percentile 22 50 72 20 46 46 49 34 28 28
SP MLB AVG 872 4.98 46.4% 17.4% 36.2% 10.2% 4.8% 2.8 +1 3.34
Career 17,323 5.12 49.0% 16.3% 34.7% 14.3% 4.2% 159.6 +149 2.63
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