C Kyle 'Higgy' Higashioka #66
Seattle Mariners MLB
Age: 33 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/2023
 OA: 48 POT: 48
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C KYLE 'HIGGY' HIGASHIOKA #66 - AGE: 33 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
73 159 30 4 0 9 17 11 43 .189 .241 .384 0 0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 60 60 60 60
Eye 50 50 45 50
Avoid K's 40 45 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 40
Errors: - 50 45
Arm: 65 45 50
Turn DP: - 30 -
Ability: 60 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 65 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 30
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 45
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/30/2023 TEX Loss, 2-9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/27/2023 HOU Loss, 1-3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/24/2023 @ TEX Loss, 6-7 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
09/22/2023 @ TEX Loss, 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/20/2023 @ OAK Loss, 5-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/2023 @ OAK Loss, 1-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/17/2023 LAD Loss, 5-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/13/2023 LAA Loss, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/2023 LAA Loss, 7-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/11/2023 LAA Win, 5-4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:04/20/1990
Born in:Huntington Beach, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$1,240,000
Signed Through:2023 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 127 Days
Service This Yr:186 Days
40-Man Service:3 Years, 127 Days
Pro Service:15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2023 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 73 159 30 4 0 9 17 14 11 43 .189 .241 .384 .625 .265 .195 67
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 35 170 0 0 0 2 0 0 61 13 0 0 0.0 14.7 3.02 .1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   64 16 2 0 3 8 7 5 15 0 0 0 .250 .304 .422 .726
Versus Right   95 14 2 0 6 9 7 6 28 0 0 0 .147 .198 .358 .556
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   23 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 .174 .208 .174 .382
May   28 9 2 0 4 6 5 1 8 0 0 0 .321 .345 .821 1.166
June   27 3 1 0 1 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 .111 .172 .259 .432
July   26 5 1 0 1 2 2 5 10 0 0 0 .192 .323 .346 .669
August   23 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 .130 .167 .261 .428
September   32 6 0 0 2 5 3 1 7 0 0 0 .188 .212 .375 .587
Spring Training   41 6 3 0 1 4 3 2 8 1 0 0 .146 .182 .293 .475
Last Year   140 25 6 0 6 20 17 9 38 2 1 0 .179 .225 .350 .575
2 Years Ago   258 51 9 0 10 29 22 16 68 1 1 0 .198 .244 .349 .592
Career   580 107 19 0 25 66 56 38 157 3 2 0 .184 .233 .347 .580
Home   80 18 1 0 5 10 7 5 19 0 0 0 .225 .271 .425 .696
Road   79 12 3 0 4 7 7 6 24 0 0 0 .152 .212 .342 .554
Grass   148 28 4 0 9 17 13 11 40 0 0 0 .189 .245 .399 .644
Turf   11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
Day   53 10 2 0 1 2 5 3 15 0 0 0 .189 .232 .283 .515
Night   106 20 2 0 8 15 9 8 28 0 0 0 .189 .246 .434 .680
As Starter   117 20 2 0 7 12 9 7 34 0 0 0 .171 .218 .368 .585
As Reliever / Substitution   42 10 2 0 2 5 5 4 9 0 0 0 .238 .304 .429 .733
Pinch Hitting   15 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 .200 .294 .200 .494
Close/Late   58 14 2 0 4 7 7 4 13 0 0 0 .241 .290 .483 .773
Inning 1-3   33 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 11 0 0 0 .182 .250 .333 .583
Inning 4-6   47 6 0 0 2 5 2 2 13 0 0 0 .128 .163 .255 .419
Inning 7-9   76 18 2 0 6 11 10 5 18 0 0 0 .237 .284 .500 .784
Extra Innings   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
0 Outs   57 12 2 0 4 6 6 3 12 0 0 0 .211 .250 .456 .706
1 Outs   49 10 2 0 4 9 6 7 19 0 0 0 .204 .304 .490 .793
2 Outs   53 8 0 0 1 2 2 1 12 0 0 0 .151 .167 .208 .374
Scoring Position   40 7 0 0 3 10 5 3 17 0 0 0 .175 .233 .400 .633
Bases Empty   95 17 4 0 5 5 8 7 20 0 0 0 .179 .235 .379 .614
Runner on 1st   24 6 0 0 1 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 .250 .280 .375 .655
Runner on 2nd   13 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 7 0 0 0 .154 .154 .615 .769
Runner on 3rd   3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
Runner on 1st & 2nd   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Bases Loaded   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Two Strikes   77 6 0 0 3 3 3 5 43 0 0 0 .078 .134 .195 .329
First Pitch   25 8 1 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .320 .320 .600 .920
Count 0-1   13 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .385 .692 1.077
Count 0-2   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   17 6 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .353 .765 1.118
Count 1-1   16 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .438 .688
Count 1-2   30 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 14 0 0 0 .100 .100 .300 .400
Count 2-0   4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Count 2-1   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   23 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 13 0 0 0 .087 .087 .217 .304
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .714 .000 .714
Full Count   12 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 .083 .353 .083 .436
Behind in Count   55 8 1 0 3 5 3 0 22 0 0 0 .145 .145 .327 .473
Ahead in Count   28 7 2 0 2 4 5 6 0 0 0 0 .250 .382 .536 .918
Batting Leadoff   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   26 7 2 0 1 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 .269 .321 .462 .783
Batting 5th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 6th   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Batting 7th   5 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .200 .429 .800 1.229
Batting 8th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   114 20 2 0 7 12 9 7 31 0 0 0 .175 .223 .377 .600
Low Leverage   60 8 2 0 1 2 2 3 17 0 0 0 .133 .175 .217 .391
Medium Leverage   58 12 0 0 6 8 7 5 12 0 0 0 .207 .270 .517 .787
High Leverage   41 10 2 0 2 7 5 3 14 0 0 0 .244 .295 .439 .734
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2017 New York - MLB 27 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 -73 -0.4
2018 San Diego - MLB 28 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 -3 -0.0
2021 Houston - MLB 31 23 69 15 2 0 5 15 9 5 0 1 14 0 0 .217 .267 .464 .730 95 91 0.4
2021 San Francisco - MLB 31 52 189 36 7 0 5 14 13 11 0 0 54 0 0 .190 .235 .307 .542 50 50 -0.1
2021 Total - MLB 31 75 258 51 9 0 10 29 22 16 0 1 68 0 0 .198 .244 .349 .592 62 61 0.3
2022 Houston - MLB 32 43 140 25 6 0 6 20 17 9 0 2 38 0 0 .179 .225 .350 .575 53 46 -0.3
2023 Seattle - MLB 33 73 159 30 4 0 9 17 14 11 0 0 43 0 0 .189 .241 .384 .625 69 67 0.1
Total MLB 203 580 107 19 0 25 66 56 38 0 3 157 0 0 .184 .233 .347 .580 57 54 -0.2
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2008 New York A E (GCL) - R 18 19 46 12 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 8 0 0 .261 .300 .348 .648 100 99 0.2
2009 Staten Island - A- 19 60 217 55 11 0 2 32 24 26 1 2 31 0 1 .253 .333 .332 .665 100 114 1.1
2010 Charleston - A 20 90 320 72 18 0 6 24 35 31 5 1 64 0 2 .225 .303 .338 .640 100 93 0.8
2011 Charleston - A 21 36 130 29 6 0 4 13 14 9 2 2 19 0 0 .223 .280 .362 .641 100 89 0.3
2011 Tampa - A+ 21 46 164 39 10 0 4 16 21 14 1 1 22 1 0 .238 .300 .372 .672 100 102 0.7
2011 Total - A+ 21 82 294 68 16 0 8 29 35 23 3 3 41 1 0 .231 .291 .367 .658 100 96 1.0
2012 Tampa - A+ 22 37 124 23 5 0 6 21 13 10 0 2 34 1 1 .185 .243 .371 .614 100 79 0.1
2012 Somerset - AA 22 7 23 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 8 0 0 .087 .154 .087 .241 -33 -31 -0.3
2013 Somerset - AA 23 7 25 8 3 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 .320 .320 .560 .880 136 128 0.2
2014 New York A E (GCL) - R 24 8 23 5 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 7 0 0 .217 .296 .261 .557 100 76 0.0
2014 Tampa - A+ 24 9 26 6 3 0 1 2 5 4 0 1 4 0 0 .231 .323 .462 .784 100 133 0.2
2015 Tampa - A+ 25 88 307 78 18 2 5 36 25 22 1 1 49 0 0 .254 .305 .375 .680 100 106 1.3
2015 Scranton WB - AAA 25 5 17 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 .176 .176 .235 .412 100 9 -0.1
2016 Somerset - AA 26 63 222 65 15 0 11 51 31 26 0 8 42 0 1 .293 .355 .509 .864 134 132 1.8
2016 Scranton WB - AAA 26 39 148 37 9 0 10 30 24 12 0 0 31 0 1 .250 .306 .514 .820 100 120 0.9
2017 Pulaski - R 27 2 5 4 1 0 3 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .800 .714 2.800 3.514 100 594 0.4
2017 Staten Island - A- 27 5 16 7 2 0 4 8 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 .438 .500 1.312 1.812 100 451 0.7
2017 Scranton WB - AAA 27 14 53 14 4 0 2 11 5 4 0 0 7 0 0 .264 .316 .453 .769 100 114 0.3
2018 El Paso - AAA 28 86 337 83 14 2 14 54 37 27 0 3 87 0 1 .246 .300 .424 .724 85 75 -0.0
2019 Colorado Springs - AAA 29 75 281 79 20 0 10 41 42 29 0 2 71 1 0 .281 .346 .459 .805 120 115 1.7
2020 Fresno - AAA 30 74 297 71 19 1 9 34 35 22 0 2 77 0 0 .239 .290 .401 .690 84 84 0.2
2021 Corpus Christi - AA 31 10 41 11 4 0 1 6 8 3 0 1 9 0 0 .268 .311 .439 .750 98 94 0.1
Total IL 58 218 54 14 0 12 42 31 16 0 0 42 0 1 .248 .299 .477 .776 100 111
Total AAA 235 915 233 53 3 33 129 114 78 0 7 235 1 1 .255 .311 .427 .738 96 90
Total AA 87 311 86 22 0 13 64 41 31 0 10 64 0 1 .277 .332 .473 .805 117 115
Total FSL 180 621 146 36 2 16 75 64 50 2 5 109 2 1 .235 .292 .377 .669 100 101
Total SAL 126 450 101 24 0 10 37 49 40 7 3 83 0 2 .224 .296 .344 .640 100 91
Total NYP 65 233 62 13 0 6 40 31 28 1 2 36 0 1 .266 .345 .399 .744 100 137
Total APP 2 5 4 1 0 3 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .800 .714 2.800 3.514 100 594
Total GCL 27 69 17 2 0 1 4 8 5 1 2 15 0 0 .246 .299 .319 .618 100 91
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2008 New York A E (GCL) - R C 15 0 114 3 0 117 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 -1.5 .000 2 19 1 5.3
2009 Staten Island - A- C 57 0 451 41 2 497 5 .990 0.0 0.00 -2.0 .000 7 75 19 25.3
2010 Charleston - A C 59 0 423 50 0 479 6 .987 0.0 0.00 +0.2 .000 4 83 27 32.5
2011 Tampa - A+ C 44 0 311 33 3 350 6 .983 0.0 0.00 -0.6 .000 7 60 21 35.0
2011 Charleston - A C 10 0 91 15 1 107 1 .991 0.0 0.00 +0.4 .000 1 13 6 46.2
2012 Somerset - AA C 5 0 26 5 0 31 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 +0.6 .000 0 6 4 66.7
2012 Tampa - A+ C 24 0 208 23 3 233 2 .991 0.0 0.00 +0.1 .000 3 28 11 39.3
2013 Somerset - AA C 7 0 43 10 1 53 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 -0.1 .000 0 16 4 25.0
2014 Tampa - A+ C 9 0 71 7 1 78 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 -0.0 .000 1 8 3 37.5
2014 New York A E (GCL) - R C 7 0 58 2 2 61 1 .984 0.0 0.00 -0.3 .000 0 16 3 18.8
2015 Scranton WB - AAA C 5 0 39 0 0 39 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
2015 Tampa - A+ C 88 0 688 65 4 761 8 .989 0.0 0.00 -0.9 .000 7 136 40 29.4
2016 Scranton WB - AAA C 36 0 329 15 4 344 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 -0.9 .000 4 21 6 28.6
2016 Somerset - AA C 61 0 532 51 4 592 9 .985 0.0 0.00 -0.8 .000 6 75 23 30.7
2017 New York - MLB C 8 5 55 2 0 57 0 1.000 48.0 10.69 -0.3 .000 1 2 0 0.0
2017 Scranton WB - AAA C 14 0 129 5 0 138 4 .971 0.0 0.00 -0.4 .000 2 17 5 29.4
2017 Staten Island - A- C 3 0 22 2 0 24 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 -0.2 .000 0 3 0 0.0
2017 Pulaski - R C 2 0 17 3 1 20 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 +0.2 .000 0 1 1 100.0
2018 San Diego - MLB C 1 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 3.2 12.27 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
2018 San Diego - MLB 1B 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 0.0 .000
2021 Houston - MLB C 21 19 129 9 0 140 2 .986 168.0 7.39 +0.4 1.125 1 11 3 27.3
2021 San Francisco - MLB C 49 48 420 24 1 445 1 .998 426.0 9.38 +0.7 1.022 3 36 11 30.6
2021 San Francisco - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2022 Houston - MLB C 39 38 304 16 1 323 3 .991 341.0 8.45 +0.5 .955 1 15 4 26.7
2023 Seattle - MLB C 36 35 290 21 3 313 2 .994 319.2 8.76 +1.1 1.176 0 19 4 21.1
TOTAL C 600 145 4755 402 31 5207 50 .990 1306.1 35.53 -3.6 1.057 50 660 196 29.7
TOTAL 1B 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/2008 Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA).
11/06/2015 Became a free agent.
11/18/2015 Signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
05/03/2018 Injured (Sore hamstring), day-to-day for 1 day.
11/27/2018 Became a free agent.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
03/15/2019 Signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies organization.
03/21/2019 Released by the Colorado Rockies.
05/20/2019 Signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
11/20/2019 Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 40 (40).
03/31/2020 Signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros organization.
05/29/2020 Injured on 05/27/2020, diagnosed with a torn abdominal muscle, will miss 6 weeks.
11/05/2020 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $650,000 with the Houston Astros organization.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 35 (35).
05/22/2021 Was traded by the Houston Astros to the San Francisco Giants, along with CF Parker Meadows, in exchange for CL Kazuhisa Makita.
08/08/2021 Was claimed off waivers by Atlanta while with San Francisco.
08/15/2021 Released by the Atlanta Braves.
08/19/2021 Signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros organization.
10/08/2021 Wins the 2021 A Round 3 with the Buies Creek Astros!
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 45 (45).
11/19/2022 Was traded by the Houston Astros to the Seattle Mariners, along with LF Akil Baddoo, 1B Nick Pratto, SP Gabriel Hughes, and RP Joel Payamps, in exchange for SP Clayton Kershaw.
11/25/2022 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,240,000 with the Seattle Mariners organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 45 (45).
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