Isiah Kiner-Falefa

Bats R Throws R5'11" 190 lbBorn 1995 Honolulu, USADebut 2018Team BOSDraft 2013 R4 #130 Texas Rangers, Mid-Pacific InstituteContract 1 y/$6M (26) 2026: $6,000,000

Awards: Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 78.1FIELD+ 101.1 at SSTotal 0.10 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	299	275	71	11	1	2	15	47	9	0.257	0.303	0.331	0.634	0.074	0.282	15.8	5.2	74.0	-0.02
2027	223	205	51	8	1	2	12	36	6	0.247	0.296	0.320	0.615	0.073	0.275	16.2	5.5	69.4	-0.14

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 64 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Hobe Ferris	1905	78.2	86.8	518
2	Doc Lavan	1921	76.0	45.1	293
3	Roy McMillan	1960	73.8	69.0	588
4	Jerry Adair	1967	80.9	35.5	224
5	Aaron Ward	1927	84.9	-13.1	11
6	Royce Clayton	2000	78.8	80.3	485
7	Mickey Doolin	1910	76.3	70.3	574
8	Chico Carrasquel	1956	83.0	101.9	454
9	Connie Ryan	1950	86.3	100.0	560
10	Heinie Sand	1928	77.9	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			223		51	8	1	2		6	12	36	0.247	0.296	0.320	0.615	69.4
2026*	BOS	47	132	19	33	4	0	2		7	12	18	0.277	0.344	0.361	0.705	101.1
2025	TOR	138	459	45	113	21	2	2	40	15	17	77	0.262	0.297	0.334	0.631	74.4
2024	PIT	133	496	53	125	18	4	8	43	11	16	78	0.269	0.306	0.376	0.683	91.8
2023	NYY	115	361	39	79	12	1	6	37	14	28	70	0.242	0.306	0.340	0.646	77.7
2022	NYY	142	531	66	126	20	0	4	48	22	35	72	0.261	0.314	0.327	0.642	83.5
2021	TEX	158	677	74	172	25	3	8	53	20	28	90	0.271	0.312	0.357	0.670	84.9
2020	TEX	58	228	28	59	4	3	3	10	8	14	32	0.280	0.329	0.370	0.699	90.7
2019	TEX	65	222	23	48	12	1	1	21	3	14	49	0.238	0.299	0.322	0.620	55.4
2018	TEX	111	396	43	93	18	2	4	34	7	28	62	0.261	0.325	0.357	0.682	76.5
Career		920	3370	371	815	130	16	36	286	100	180	530	0.262	0.311	0.349	0.660	81.0

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	BB	SO
2025	TOR	0.00	1	0.7	2	0	0
2024	TOR	4.50	2	2.0	9	2	0
2023	NYY	2.25	4	4.0	16	0	1
Career		2.70	7	6.7	27	2	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	132	82.3	10.2	3.0	26.5	17.6	34.7	0.277	0.351	0.312	27.4
2025	459	84.6	4.0	1.4	27.5	15.1	32.2	0.245	0.304	0.262	27.4
2024	496	86.1	9.1	2.3	29.7	14.8	30.1	0.251	0.354	0.289	27.8
2023	361	88.8	7.2	3.1	39.2	19.6	26.5	0.253	0.352	0.296	27.7
2022	531	86.2	4.3	1.2	30.1	11.3	30.9	0.261	0.339	0.292	28.4
2021	677	85.5	5.4	1.8	28.8	14.5	30.7	0.265	0.351	0.292	28.0
2020	228	87.2	0.8	2.2	31.1	15.8	27.4	0.260	0.340	0.294	28.1
2019	222	87.2	6.8	1.3	33.5	18.9	28.8	0.221	0.302	0.263	28.0
2018	396	84.9	7.0	0.7	23.7	14.8	24.6	0.256	0.316	0.288	28.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TOR	SS	95	817	123	209	6	34	0.982	+5.4
2025	TOR	3B	32	257	18	55	3	5	0.961	+2.0
2025	TOR	2B	13	26	3	8	0	1	1.000	+1.2
2025	TOR	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
2024	PIT	2B	56	376	69	123	2	28	0.990	+1.3
2024	PIT	3B	48	354	29	77	2	9	0.981	+1.8
2024	PIT	SS	43	330	49	92	1	23	0.993	-2.6
2024	TOR	P	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2024	TOR	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2023	NYY	OF	85	566	154	3	3	0	0.981
2023	NYY	3B	31	240	19	59	3	7	0.963	+4.2
2023	NYY	P	4	4	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2023	NYY	2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2023	NYY	SS	1	8	2	4	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2022	NYY	SS	138	1185	149	331	15	51	0.970	+5.4
2022	NYY	3B	6	42	2	8	1	0	0.909	-0.7
2021	TEX	SS	156	1360	214	436	19	98	0.972	+6.7
2020	TEX	3B	46	366	32	79	5	4	0.957	+7.3
2020	TEX	SS	15	121	12	31	0	6	1.000	+0.3
2019	TEX	C	38	281	243	11	1	0	0.996	-9.4
2019	TEX	3B	25	212	18	53	2	5	0.973	+0.6
2018	TEX	3B	46	347	23	98	5	8	0.960	+4.3
2018	TEX	C	35	305	227	15	1	2	0.996	-11.6
2018	TEX	2B	20	170	40	53	2	15	0.979	+1.9
2018	TEX	SS	2	17	6	6	1	3	0.923	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	37	0 HR, 1 SB	0.147	0.451
2019	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	71	2 HR, 1 SB	0.283	0.830
2017	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	570	5 HR, 17 SB	0.288	0.740
2016	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	457	0 HR, 6 SB	0.256	0.627
2015	A+	High Desert Mavericks	Bat	254	0 HR, 4 SB	0.309	0.700
2015	A	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	147	0 HR, 7 SB	0.272	0.690
2014	A	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	73	0 HR, 1 SB	0.194	0.469
2013	Rk	AZL Rangers	Bat	169	0 HR, 12 SB	0.322	0.744

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.233	0.370	0.317	0.340
2025	0.254	0.312	0.288	0.302
2024	0.282	0.321	0.314	0.305
2023	0.302	0.291	0.281	0.304
2022	0.317	0.293	0.300	0.298
2021	0.274	0.332	0.317	0.310
2020	0.415	0.303	0.363	0.310
2019	0.241	0.298	0.267	0.294

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	15	37	4	6	2	2	1	1	4	0.162	0.184	0.216	0.400
2022	6	18	2	5	1	0	1	1	4	0.278	0.350	0.333	0.683
Career	21	55	6	11	3	2	2	2	8	0.200	0.241	0.255	0.496