Corey Seager
Seager's monster 2023 campaign (.327/.390/.623, 138 OPS+) represents the peak of a career renaissance that began when he left Los Angeles for Texas. The former Dodger has transformed from an injury-plagued talent into one of baseball's most consistent middle infielders, posting three straight seasons above his career .289 average.
The timing couldn't be better for Texas. Seager's 33 homers last season marked a career high, surpassing even his Rookie of the Year performance in 2016. His .327 average was 38 points above his career norm, suggesting he's found something sustainable in his approach at age 31.
What makes Seager special is his rare combination of power and contact from the shortstop position. His 221 career homers already place him among the top power-hitting shortstops of his generation, and his three Silver Sluggers prove the consistency. Watch for whether he can maintain this late-career surge.
| Date | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Jun 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 |
| Jun 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .185 |
| Jun 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .183 |
| Jun 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| Jun 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .179 |
| Jun 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .185 |
| Jun 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .183 |
| Jun 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .181 |
| May 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .179 |
Career · Batting
12 seasons| Year | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | 27 | 98 | 4 | 17 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | — | 157 | 627 | 26 | 72 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | — | 145 | 539 | 22 | 77 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | — | 26 | 101 | 2 | 13 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | — | 134 | 489 | 19 | 87 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | 52 | 212 | 15 | 41 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | 95 | 353 | 16 | 57 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | 151 | 593 | 33 | 83 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | 119 | 477 | 33 | 96 | — | 1.013 | — |
| 2024 | — | 123 | 475 | 30 | 74 | — | — | — |
| 2025 | — | 102 | 380 | 21 | 50 | — | — | — |
| 2026 | — | 51 | 187 | 10 | 25 | — | — | — |
| Career | 1182 | 4531 | 231 | 692 | — | — | — | |
Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.
The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.
The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.
Matchups, projections, comps — grounded in Lahman, Retrosheet, and Statcast.