How Yusei Kikuchi's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players

Yusei Kikuchi has totaled 4,243 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Batters Faced season came in 2025, posting 772, well above the starting pitcher average of 373.1 that year. The lowest point came in 2022 at 454, well above the starting pitcher average of 364.9 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Batters Faced total has gone from 700 in 2023 to 736 in 2024 and 772 in 2025, rising over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well above league norms across 6 seasons.

Yusei Kikuchi Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats

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Yusei Kikuchi Batters Faced Per Season

Yusei Kikuchi's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Yusei Kikuchi Batters Faced per season line chart

Yusei Kikuchi Batters Faced by Team

Yusei Kikuchi's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Yusei Kikuchi career Batters Faced by team bar chart

Yusei Kikuchi Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression

A running total of Yusei Kikuchi's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Yusei Kikuchi Batters Faced year-over-year waterfall chart

Yusei Kikuchi Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Yusei Kikuchi Batters Faced distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yusei Kikuchi Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yusei Kikuchi's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Yusei Kikuchi Batters Faced season-by-season breakdown table