Kyle Higashioka

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 202lb (185cm, 91kg)

Born: April 20, 1990 in Huntington Beach, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA).

High School: Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA)

Debut: April 10, 2017 (Age 26-355d, 18,936th in MLB history)
vs. TBR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2020 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2020): 1.005 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Kyle Harris Higashioka

Pronunciation: \he-GAH-shi-Oh-Kah\

Twitter: @the_higster

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SUMMARY

2020

Career

WAR

0.3

0.0

AB

186

H

HR

BA

.250

.183

R

RBI

SB

OBP

.250

.219

SLG

.550

.382

OPS

.800

.601

OPS+

113

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2008	18	NYY-min	Rk	18	50	46	5	12	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	8	.261	.300	.348	.648		16	3	1	0	1	0		YNK · GULF
2009	19	NYY-min	A-	60	247	217	24	55	11	0	2	32	0	1	26	31	.253	.333	.332	.665		72	6	1	1	2	1		STI · NYPL
2010	20	NYY-min	A	90	359	320	35	72	18	0	6	24	0	2	31	64	.225	.303	.338	.640		108	9	5	2	1	0		CHS · SALL
2011	21	NYY-min	A+,A	82	324	294	35	68	16	0	8	29	1	0	23	41	.231	.291	.367	.658		108	10	3	1	3	1		TAM,CHS · FLOR,SALL
2012	22	NYY-min	A+,AA	44	164	147	14	25	5	0	6	23	1	1	12	42	.170	.228	.327	.555		48	7	0	2	3	0		TAM,TRE · FLOR,EL
2013	23	NYY-min	AA	7	26	25	1	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	0	5	.320	.320	.560	.880		14	2	0	1	0	0		TRE · EL
2014	24	NYY-min	A+,Rk	17	58	49	8	11	4	0	1	3	0	0	7	11	.224	.310	.367	.678		18	1	0	0	2	0		TAM,YNK · FLOR,GULF
2015	25	NYY-min	A+,AAA	93	348	324	27	81	19	2	5	37	0	0	22	53	.250	.299	.367	.666		119	3	1	0	1	0		TAM,SWB · FLOR,IL
2016	26	NYY-min	AA,AAA	102	416	370	55	102	24	0	21	81	0	2	38	73	.276	.337	.511	.847		189	10	0	0	8	2		TRE,SWB · EL,IL
2017	27	NYY-min	AAA,A-,Rk	21	82	74	15	25	7	0	9	23	0	0	7	12	.338	.390	.797	1.188		59	0	0	0	1	1		SWB,STI,PUL · IL,NYPL,APPY
2017	27	NYY	AL	9	20	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2DH
2018	28	NYY-min	AAA	53	210	188	16	38	10	1	5	22	2	0	17	44	.202	.276	.346	.622		65	5	3	0	2	0		SWB · IL
2018	28	NYY	AL	29	79	72	6	12	2	0	3	6	0	0	6	16	.167	.241	.319	.560	52	23	2	1	0	0	0	2/HD
2019	29	NYY-min	AAA	70	270	241	42	67	13	0	20	56	0	0	24	53	.278	.348	.581	.929		140	7	3	0	2	1		SWB · IL
2019	29	NYY	AL	18	57	56	8	12	5	0	3	11	0	0	0	26	.214	.211	.464	.675	71	26	1	0	0	1	0	2
2020	30	NYY	AL	13	40	40	6	10	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	10	.250	.250	.550	.800	113	22	0	0	0	0	0	2/HD
4 Yrs				69	196	186	22	34	7	0	10	25	0	0	8	58	.183	.219	.382	.601	59	71	3	1	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	460	437	52	80	16	0	23	59	0	0	19	136	.183	.219	.382	.601	59	167	7	2	0	2	0

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Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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