Austin Riley

Bats R Throws R6'3" 240 lbBorn 1997 Memphis, USADebut 2019Team ATL2x All-StarDraft 2015 RCB-A #41 Atlanta Braves, DeSoto Central (MS) HSContract 10 y/$212M (23-32)+33 cl opt 2026: $22,000,000

Awards: All-MLB First Team, NL Silver Slugger, Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 108.3FIELD+ 98.9 at 3BTotal 2.03 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	487	434	116	23	1	22	43	122	2	0.266	0.338	0.479	0.817	0.213	0.351	25.0	8.8	119.3	2.67
2027	493	440	109	22	1	21	42	134	4	0.249	0.322	0.444	0.766	0.195	0.332	27.2	8.6	109.9	2.13

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 119 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	Heinie Zimmerman	1915	123.9	110.4	588
2	Bobby Wallace	1902	118.8	97.8	552
3	Gil McDougald	1956	117.4	122.9	624
4	Bill Melton	1974	118.5	103.3	607
5	Tony Lazzeri	1932	125.9	131.6	602
6	Ron Hunt	1969	110.9	117.1	442
7	Joe Cronin	1935	114.0	81.3	334
8	Carlos Correa	2023	125.9	152.5	366
9	Jim Delahanty	1907	119.0	161.9	323
10	Kid Elberfeld	1903	109.5	110.3	511

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			493		109	22	1	21		4	42	134	0.249	0.322	0.444	0.766	109.9
2026*	ATL	126	504	54	100	19	1	15		7	38	159	0.221	0.294	0.366	0.660	87.2
2025	ATL	102	447	54	108	20	1	16	54	2	27	128	0.260	0.309	0.428	0.737	104.8
2024	ATL	110	469	63	109	26	2	19	56	0	37	118	0.256	0.322	0.461	0.783	114.5
2023	ATL	159	715	117	179	32	3	37	97	3	59	172	0.281	0.345	0.516	0.861	124.9
2022	ATL	159	693	90	168	39	2	38	93	2	57	168	0.273	0.349	0.528	0.878	142.8
2021	ATL	160	662	91	179	33	1	33	107	0	52	168	0.303	0.367	0.531	0.898	131.4
2020	ATL	51	206	24	45	7	1	8	27	0	16	49	0.239	0.301	0.415	0.716	82.6
2019	ATL	80	297	41	62	11	1	18	49	0	16	108	0.226	0.279	0.471	0.750	82.1
Career		821	3489	480	850	168	11	169	483	7	264	911	0.270	0.334	0.492	0.826	119.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	504	91.3	18.6	12.5	46.1	32.9	32.4	0.213	0.399	0.302	27.9
2025	447	92.3	16.8	15.2	50.2	29.5	27.9	0.246	0.472	0.330	28.2
2024	469	93.3	15.9	15.0	53.4	27.5	28.1	0.265	0.523	0.367	27.9
2023	715	92.3	13.5	13.9	49.2	27.8	27.4	0.268	0.524	0.366	28.1
2022	693	92.5	12.9	15.7	50.8	27.6	30.2	0.271	0.558	0.385	27.8
2021	662	90.1	14.2	13.3	45.6	28.3	31.2	0.275	0.514	0.365	27.8
2020	206	91.0	13.6	10.1	42.9	30.1	32.3	0.265	0.474	0.342	26.8
2019	297	89.4	20.6	15.5	44.6	38.7	37.7	0.227	0.460	0.309	27.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	3B	102	889	55	166	11	13	0.953	-3.5
2024	ATL	3B	109	960	60	178	10	17	0.960	-1.2
2023	ATL	3B	159	1412	95	287	11	38	0.972	-0.8
2022	ATL	3B	159	1408	97	283	14	20	0.964	+9.3
2022	ATL	1B	1	7	7	2	2	0	0.818	+0.8
2021	ATL	3B	156	1327	89	300	14	18	0.965	+3.6
2021	ATL	1B	10	47	40	3	0	8	1.000	+0.6
2021	ATL	OF	1	2	0	0	0	0
2020	ATL	3B	46	383	31	95	6	6	0.955	-9.1
2020	ATL	1B	4	21	14	3	1	1	0.944	+0.1
2020	ATL	OF	4	27	4	0	0	0	1.000
2019	ATL	OF	60	489	89	3	4	1	0.958
2019	ATL	1B	6	41	33	2	1	6	0.972	-0.3
2019	ATL	3B	5	38	4	9	0	0	1.000	+1.2

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	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	194	15 HR, 0 SB	0.293	0.992
2018	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	324	12 HR, 1 SB	0.282	0.810
2018	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	109	6 HR, 0 SB	0.333	1.071
2018	Rk	GCL Braves	Bat	22	1 HR, 0 SB	0.278	1.020
2017	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	203	8 HR, 2 SB	0.315	0.900
2017	A+	Florida Fire Frogs	Bat	339	12 HR, 0 SB	0.252	0.718
2016	A	Rome Braves	Bat	543	20 HR, 3 SB	0.271	0.803
2015	Rk	GCL Braves	Bat	121	7 HR, 2 SB	0.255	0.831
2015	Rk	Danville Braves	Bat	131	5 HR, 0 SB	0.351	1.029
2015	Rk	nan	Bat	252	12 HR, 2 SB	0.304	0.933

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.316	0.287	0.334	0.259
2025	0.311	0.328	0.344	0.308
2024	0.350	0.350	0.384	0.322
2023	0.405	0.366	0.383	0.365
2022	0.456	0.354	0.408	0.351
2021	0.326	0.413	0.366	0.419
2020	0.334	0.319	0.348	0.303
2019	0.393	0.299	0.359	0.286

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	4	17	2	6	0	2	3	0	6	0.353	0.353	0.706	1.059
2022	4	15	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	0.067	0.125	0.067	0.192
2021	16	65	7	18	5	2	8	3	25	0.277	0.309	0.446	0.755
2020	12	45	4	8	0	1	4	3	18	0.178	0.245	0.244	0.489
Career	36	142	13	33	5	5	16	7	54	0.232	0.273	0.373	0.647