The star of the Milwaukee Brewers, Christian Yelich, has gone through many ups and downs during his career. This article will go in-depth into the season that Christian Yelich most recently had and will highlight statistical references to showcase this season. Specifically, I will highlight three statistics to showcase his performance compared to an average player including batting average(BA), runs batted in(RBIS), and On-Base Percentage(OBP).

• First, lets talk about batting average. What is batting average? Well, batting average is the number of hits divided by the number of at bats. In baseball, when someone makes contact with the baseball and the ball doesn’t reach first base before the runner touches the bag then that is considered a “hit”. An “at-bat” is when a player faces an opposing pitcher at Homeplate. The Major League Baseball’s, MLB, average batting average is .244. This means out of every 1000 at bats that a player will get 244 hits. Christian Yelich’s average last year was .248. So to put that into perspective he only had 4 more hits out of 1000 at bats that were above average within Major League Baseball.

• Next, we can talk about RBIs or Runs Batted In. RBIs are accumulated when a batter gets a runner to run around the bases and reach Homeplate. The runner can be on first, second, or third base and reach home on a hit, walk or error. Christian Yelich had 51 RBIs throughout the 2021 season. This was the least amount of RBIs he had in a season where he played most or all of the season, excluding injury’s. Christian Yelich has been recognized as one of the best players in all of Major League Baseball yet was 153rd in RBIs. This is even worse considering that he has the 18th largest contract in all of Major League Baseball.

• Lastly, we can speak about On-Base Percentage or OBP. OBP showcases how often a player reaches any base through a percentage metric. The average OBP throughout the MLB was .317 which means a player gets on base 317 times out of 1000 at bats. Christian Yelich had an OBP of .362 which is above average by a decent margin. This means that he gets more walks to get on base than a normal hitter.

Through these statistics, we can see that Christian Yelich had an above average season but didn’t showcase anything spectacular considering the situation that he is currently in. After having years we he possessed .326/.329 BA and 110/97 RBIs and .402/.429 OBP, it isn’t impressive to see the numbers he put up in the 2021 season. I hope to see a much better season from Christian Yelich in the years to come.