Christian Yelich

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: December 5, 1991 in Thousand Oaks, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (23rd) of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Westlake HS (Westlake Village, CA).

High School: Westlake HS (Westlake Village, CA)

Debut: July 23, 2013 (Age 21-230d, 18,088th in MLB history)
vs. COL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season

2017 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 7 yrs/$49.57M (15-21) & 22 team option

Service Time (01/2017): 3.069 • Free Agent: 2022

Agents: Paragon Sports International

Full Name: Christian Stephen Yelich

Nicknames: Yeli

Pronunciation: \YELL-itch\

Twitter: @ChristianYelich

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SUMMARY

2017

Career

WAR

2.5

16.3

AB

434

2310

R

341

H

123

672

BA

.283

.291

HR

RBI

272

SB

OBP

.369

SLG

.433

.430

OPS

.802

.799

OPS+

115

120

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Standard Batting

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
2010	18	FLA-min	Rk,A	12	50	47	5	17	3	1	0	5	1	0	3	13	.362	.400	.468	.868		22	4	0	0	0	0		JUM,GBO · GULF,SALL
2011	19	FLA-min	A	122	521	461	73	144	32	1	15	77	32	5	55	102	.312	.388	.484	.871		223	10	3	0	2	1		GBO · SALL
2012	20	MIA-min	A+,Fal,Rk	132	550	494	89	160	35	6	12	59	23	7	54	102	.324	.392	.492	.884		243	16	1	1	0	2		JUP,PHO,JUM · FLOR,AZFL,GULF
2013	21	MIA-min	AA,A+,Rk	61	270	236	38	65	13	7	9	33	5	5	31	65	.275	.359	.504	.863		119	3	1	0	2	1		JCK,JUP,JUM · SOUL,FLOR,GULF
2013	21	MIA	NL	62	273	240	34	69	12	1	4	16	10	0	31	66	.288	.370	.396	.766	112	95	4	1	0	1	1	7/8
2014	22	MIA-min	AAA,A+	4	16	15	3	3	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	6	.200	.250	.400	.650		6	0	0	0	0	0		NOR,JUP · PCL,FLOR
2014	22	MIA	NL	144	660	582	94	165	30	6	9	54	21	7	70	137	.284	.362	.402	.764	115	234	9	3	3	2	3	*78	GG
2015	23	MIA-min	A+	3	10	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.333	.400	.444	.844		4	0	0	0	0	0		JUP · FLOR
2015	23	MIA	NL	126	525	476	63	143	30	2	7	44	16	5	47	101	.300	.366	.416	.782	118	198	13	2	0	0	2	*78
2016	24	MIA	NL	155	659	578	78	172	38	3	21	98	9	4	72	138	.298	.376	.483	.859	132	279	20	4	0	5	4	*78/D	MVP-19,SS
2017	25	MIA	NL	114	502	434	72	123	26	0	13	60	10	1	57	95	.283	.369	.433	.802	115	188	10	5	0	5	3	*8
5 Yrs				601	2619	2310	341	672	136	12	54	272	66	17	277	537	.291	.369	.430	.799	120	994	56	15	3	13	13
162 Game Avg.				162	706	623	92	181	37	3	15	73	18	5	75	145	.291	.369	.430	.799	120	268	15	4	1	4	4

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

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Christian Yelich

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Standard Fielding

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

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Transactions

Salaries

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