Christian Yelich

Bats L Throws R6'3" 195 lbBorn 1991 Thousand Oaks, USADebut 2013Team MIL3x All-StarDraft 2010 R1 #23 Miami Marlins, Westlake HSContract 9 y/$215M (20-28)+29 m opt* 2026: $24,032,605

Awards: Silver Slugger x3, TSN All-Star x3, Hank Aaron Award x2, Gold Glove, Most Valuable Player

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 96.1FIELD+ 100.0 at LFTotal 1.04 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	484	420	104	17	1	13	58	120	14	0.248	0.342	0.392	0.734	0.144	0.324	24.8	11.9	104.2	1.76
2027	397	347	84	14	1	9	44	101	10	0.242	0.332	0.369	0.700	0.127	0.311	25.4	11.2	96.8	1.08

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 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 122 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	Billy Williams	1971	135.0	174.0	650
2	Rusty Staub	1977	127.7	116.7	734
3	Enos Slaughter	1949	132.1	101.6	632
4	Bobby Veach	1921	131.6	121.1	704
5	John Titus	1909	133.0	101.2	647
6	Zack Wheat	1921	126.9	126.9	660
7	Andy Van Slyke	1994	123.3	71.9	314
8	Tony Gwynn	1993	128.5	169.4	475
9	Willie Keeler	1905	127.9	109.2	672
10	Topsy Hartsel	1907	136.6	130.8	561

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			397		84	14	1	9		10	44	101	0.242	0.332	0.369	0.700	96.8
2026*	MIL	88	385	52	78	18	2	9		10	38	105	0.230	0.312	0.375	0.687	85.3
2025	MIL	150	644	88	151	21	0	29	103	16	64	167	0.264	0.343	0.452	0.795	120.4
2024	MIL	73	314	44	85	12	3	11	42	21	40	58	0.315	0.406	0.504	0.909	155.2
2023	MIL	144	632	106	153	34	1	19	76	28	78	140	0.278	0.370	0.447	0.818	124.0
2022	MIL	154	671	99	145	25	4	14	57	19	88	162	0.252	0.355	0.383	0.738	114.2
2021	MIL	117	475	70	99	19	2	9	51	9	70	113	0.248	0.362	0.373	0.736	101.5
2020	MIL	58	247	39	41	7	1	12	22	4	46	76	0.205	0.356	0.430	0.786	113.2
2019	MIL	130	580	100	161	29	3	44	97	30	80	118	0.329	0.429	0.671	1.100	174.8
2018	MIL	147	651	118	187	34	7	36	110	22	68	135	0.326	0.402	0.598	1.000	168.2
2017	MIA	156	694	100	170	36	2	18	81	16	80	137	0.282	0.369	0.439	0.807	120.0
2016	MIA	155	659	78	172	38	3	21	98	9	72	138	0.298	0.376	0.483	0.859	136.7
2015	MIA	126	525	63	143	30	2	7	44	16	47	101	0.300	0.366	0.416	0.782	120.5
2014	MIA	144	660	94	165	30	6	9	54	21	70	137	0.284	0.362	0.402	0.764	116.2
2013	MIA	62	273	34	69	12	1	4	16	10	31	66	0.287	0.370	0.396	0.766	116.6
Career		1616	7025	1033	1741	327	35	233	851	221	834	1548	0.285	0.374	0.464	0.839	130.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	385	89.1	3.2	10.5	44.1	29.8	24.3	0.228	0.387	0.310	27.2
2025	644	90.2	1.9	10.3	46.4	29.2	25.7	0.245	0.439	0.330	28.2
2024	315	91.1	5.2	7.9	46.7	23.1	24.9	0.287	0.473	0.373	28.5
2023	632	91.7	3.5	9.3	50.1	26.8	24.9	0.272	0.455	0.356	28.1
2022	671	91.5	3.6	8.2	48.6	25.1	23.1	0.253	0.415	0.340	28.1
2021	475	91.0	2.8	7.6	48.8	24.9	18.0	0.240	0.389	0.331	28.3
2020	247	94.0	7.1	12.3	55.6	33.6	17.8	0.246	0.468	0.374	28.2
2019	580	93.3	11.3	17.1	49.1	28.3	28.0	0.311	0.625	0.427	28.7
2018	651	92.6	5.0	13.9	50.8	22.9	25.0	0.312	0.564	0.412	28.7
2017	695	90.6	4.6	7.7	45.8	22.1	23.1	0.281	0.453	0.357	28.4
2016	659	92.6	2.7	10.7	49.9	24.4	20.9	0.301	0.507	0.383	28.9
2015	525	91.7	0.0	5.1	45.1	22.4	24.5	0.296	0.434	0.352	28.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	MIL	OF	19	153	41	1	1	0	0.977
2024	MIL	OF	48	402	75	3	1	1	0.987
2023	MIL	OF	122	1051	222	0	2	0	0.991
2022	MIL	OF	115	1009	189	2	1	1	0.995
2021	MIL	OF	107	897	170	5	1	0	0.994
2020	MIL	OF	51	431	60	1	0	0	1.000
2019	MIL	OF	124	1093	225	7	4	2	0.983
2018	MIL	OF	145	1269	266	4	3	1	0.989
2017	MIA	OF	155	1369	370	1	1	0	0.997
2016	MIA	OF	149	1319	260	6	6	1	0.978
2015	MIA	OF	124	1069	256	6	2	1	0.992
2014	MIA	OF	144	1259	271	6	2	1	0.993
2013	MIA	OF	62	544	114	0	0	0	1.000

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2013	AA	Jacksonville Suns	Bat	222	7 HR, 5 SB	0.280	0.883
2013	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Bat	30	2 HR, 0 SB	0.231	0.795
2012	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Bat	447	12 HR, 20 SB	0.330	0.923
2011	A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Bat	521	15 HR, 32 SB	0.312	0.872
2010	A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Bat	24	0 HR, 0 SB	0.348	0.810
2010	Rk	GCL Marlins	Bat	26	0 HR, 1 SB	0.375	0.923

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.288	0.310	0.337	0.273
2025	0.310	0.370	0.337	0.364
2024	0.395	0.401	0.414	0.388
2023	0.295	0.388	0.364	0.365
2022	0.331	0.341	0.352	0.322
2021	0.284	0.353	0.329	0.340
2020	0.474	0.306	0.386	0.330
2019	0.402	0.498	0.497	0.432

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	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	9	33	3	6	1	0	0	1	5	9	0.182	0.289	0.212	0.502
2023	2	8	2	4	1	0	0	1	2	1	0.500	0.600	0.625	1.225
2021	4	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	8	0.200	0.294	0.200	0.494
2020	2	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.222	0.222	0.333	0.556
2018	10	36	7	7	1	2	3	2	11	7	0.194	0.383	0.389	0.772
Career	27	101	13	22	4	2	3	5	20	29	0.218	0.347	0.317	0.664

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	MIA	$1,000,000
2015	MIA	$570,000
2014	MIA	$505,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.