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Yusei Kikuchi

#16 - Starting Pitcher

Los Angeles Angels

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 6/17/1991 (35)
Height, Weight 6'0", 210 lb
Hometown Morioka, JPN

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
1-7 67.2 4.92 1.54 22.0% 9.8%
191st 7
W
175th 123.0
IP
147th 4.24
ERA
184th 1.29
WHIP
90th 21.7%
K%
148th 8.4%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.5 11.5% 26.6% 49.8% 5.2% 5.00 3.52
61st 94.3
FB MPH
92nd 11.6%
SwStr%
139th 27.8%
CSW%
114th 50.3%
Str-ICR
104th 4.9%
MTK%
76th 4.98
PLV
137th 3.28
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 14 14 67.2 1-7 3 4.92 1.54 4.78 3.93 4.21 3.52 22.0% 9.8% 9.8 0.93 .338 15.2% 71.0% 41.5% 46.8% 11.5% 26.6% 0.47 5.00
SP MLB Percentile 10 21 12 2-46 21 27 8 31 64 53 31 55 24 12 75 3 75 38 17 76 53 28 50 58
SP MLB AVG 25 22 123.0 7-7 8 4.24 1.29 4.34 4.24 4.20 3.28 21.7% 8.4% 8.4 1.22 .287 18.9% 72.9% 38.2% 43.2% 11.6% 27.8% 0.48 4.98
Career 213 201 1,055.2 49-65 67 4.49 1.37 4.41 4.44 3.84 2.66 23.7% 8.5% 9.0 1.47 .309 29.7% 73.1% 33.4% 45.8% 12.6% 28.5% 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 14 14 67.2 1-7 3 0 0 1,202 768 434 305 74 45 20 2 7 67 30 3 3
SP MLB Percentile 10 21 12 2-46 21 0 0 14 15 86 14 81 82 58 27 87 18 77 64 34
SP MLB AVG 25 22 123.0 7-7 8 0 0 2,022 1,295 727 521 115 75 22 2 16 114 42 5 3
Career 213 201 1,055.2 49-65 67 1 0 17,958 11,496 6,462 4,548 1,060 665 206 17 172 1,078 386 32 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 22.0% 9.8% .278 .447 .798 .346 .338 .361 .264 .340 .310 .395 90.4 89.6 11.9 4.78
SP MLB Percentile 55 24 12 20 19 20 3 8 25 31 13 26 8 53 67 31
SP MLB AVG 21.7% 8.4% .245 .407 .722 .318 .287 .320 .246 .324 .285 .373 88.3 89.8 13.8 4.34
Career 23.7% 8.5% .259 .443 .769 .336 .309 .348 .238 .324 .299 .401 90.4 91.6 11.6 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 SEA36.5% (92.4)--21.4% (85.9)-12.6% (75.0)4.8% (84.3)-- 36.5% 38.8%
2020 SEA37.0% (95.0)-39.6% (92.1)15.9% (83.3)-0.1% (87.6)6.0% (86.7)-- 37.0% 61.6%
2021 SEA36.0% (95.1)-34.5% (91.3)18.9% (82.5)--10.5% (86.2)-- 36.0% 63.9%
2022 TOR51.1% (94.9)-7.0% (90.0)28.3% (86.5)--13.6% (87.0)-- 51.1% 48.9%
2023 TOR45.1% (95.1)--25.9% (88.7)-19.3% (83.1)9.7% (88.7)-- 45.1% 54.9%
2024 HOU/TOR47.0% (95.5)--23.6% (88.3)-18.3% (82.4)11.1% (86.8)-- 47.0% 53.0%
2025 LAA34.9% (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 LAA40.5% (95.5)-5.5% (90.3)26.5% (87.1)-10.0% (79.5)-17.6% (86.5)- 40.5% 59.5%
SP MLB Percentile 67 (69) - 9 (65) 81 (63) - 36 (40) - 51 (52) - 19.5% 80.0%
SP MLB AVG 34.2% (94.3) 19.9% (93.7) 16.6% (89.3) 17.6% (86.2) 16.4% (82.2) 13.9% (80.2) 16.6% (86.1) 17.6% (86.4) 30.1% (80.5) 46.5% 53.4%
Career41.0% (94.8)0.2% (92.8)7.8% (91.3)25.4% (86.7)0.0% (81.6)11.3% (80.6)9.3% (86.6)1.2% (86.5)- 41.2% 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 SEA25.2% (75)--23.2% (92)-36.6% (15)13.8% (11)-- 25.2% 26.4%
2020 SEA27.6% (38)-28.3% (41)35.7% (24)-0.0% (0)22.9% (6)-- 27.6% 29.6%
2021 SEA31.2% (115)-28.4% (84)33.1% (86)--24.2% (59)-- 31.2% 29.1%
2022 TOR28.7% (98)-26.4% (20)33.9% (107)--21.6% (46)-- 28.7% 29.4%
2023 TOR29.0% (149)--30.0% (132)-35.0% (80)16.8% (22)-- 29.0% 29.4%
2024 HOU/TOR33.0% (194)--30.3% (103)-33.1% (66)19.7% (48)-- 33.0% 29.1%
2025 LAA24.7% (111)14.3% (2)-30.8% (134)57.1% (2)28.9% (56)19.7% (46)-- 24.4% 28.3%
2026 LAA23.8% (45)-31.8% (9)30.5% (41)-27.5% (13)-25.1% (30)- 23.8% 28.5%
SP MLB Percentile 11 (44) - 84 (23) 66 (64) - 30 (35) - 62 (51) - 7.0% 60.5%
SP MLB AVG 27.2% (65) 26.9% (21) 26.9% (26) 27.9% (42) 28.0% (31) 29.9% (30) 23.0% (42) 21.9% (47) 25.5% (21) 27.4% 28.0%
Career28.4% (825)14.3% (2)28.3% (154)30.3% (719)57.1% (2)32.9% (230)19.9% (238)25.1% (30)- 28.4% 28.7%

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 46.8% 22.0% 22.4% 8.8% 35.1% 46.8% 32.2% 21.0% 20.2% 58.5% 26.8% 6.8% 7.8% 41.5%
SP MLB Percentile 76 53 25 34 59 81 41 15 84 19 19 30 42 17
SP MLB AVG 43.2% 22.0% 24.7% 10.2% 35.6% 42.7% 33.1% 24.2% 18.3% 61.6% 24.7% 6.1% 7.5% 38.2%
Career 45.8% 22.9% 23.3% 8.0% 36.5% 40.8% 34.0% 25.1% 18.6% 59.1% 25.6% 6.1% 9.2% 33.4%

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 .278 .346 .338 .361 .264 .340 .310 .395 90.4 89.6 11.9 15.2% 41.5% 27.9%
SP MLB Percentile 12 20 3 8 25 31 13 26 8 53 67 75 17 29
SP MLB AVG .245 .318 .287 .320 .246 .324 .285 .373 88.3 89.8 13.8 18.9% 38.2% 26.3%
Career .259 .336 .309 .348 .238 .324 .299 .401 90.4 91.6 11.6 29.7% 33.4% 22.4%

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 48.1% 63.9% 48.8% 27.9% 23.5% 20.2% 76.5% 84.0% 58.6% 15.1% 11.5% 26.6% 17.1% 57.7% 0.47 49.8%
SP MLB Percentile 88 51 63 11 45 84 45 64 56 23 53 28 36 40 50 42
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 63.9% 47.8% 31.9% 24.3% 18.3% 75.7% 85.2% 59.4% 16.2% 11.6% 27.8% 17.8% 58.2% 0.48 50.3%
Career 40.4% 64.0% 48.2% 29.8% 26.2% 18.6% 73.8% 81.4% 54.5% 15.8% 12.6% 28.5% 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 48.1% 31.3% 31.7% 37.0% 35.0% 21.6% 43.3% 31.9% 36.4% 7.7%
SP MLB Percentile 88 18 2 52 46 69 61 77 4 92
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 36.1% 27.4% 36.4% 35.3% 22.7% 42.0% 28.9% 43.7% 6.5%
Career 40.4% 38.4% 28.3% 33.3% 28.7% 24.5% 46.8% 30.1% 41.6% 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 57.7% 10.0% 32.9% 14.9% 64.8% 51.6% 20.9% 20.0% 17.0%
SP MLB Percentile 27 84 93 45 76 68 47 1 34
SP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.8% 29.7% 15.1% 61.7% 50.1% 20.9% 26.8% 18.7%
Career 58.8% 11.3% 30.0% 14.2% 61.1% 50.9% 20.8% 21.4% 20.0%

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 1,202 5.00 46.6% 17.7% 35.7% 10.9% 5.2% 13.6 +6 3.52
SP MLB Percentile 14 58 61 42 55 55 41 28 34 31
SP MLB AVG 2,022 4.98 46.0% 17.9% 36.1% 9.9% 4.9% 6.0 +1 3.28
Career 17,958 5.12 48.8% 16.5% 34.7% 14.2% 4.3% 167.0 +150 2.66
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