2026Regular Season

Kyle Higashioka

Bats RThrows RHt/Wt 6'1", 202 lbAge 36Born Apr 20, 1990 in Huntington Beach, CADebut 2017

Career Splits

		Challenge Stats								Batter Decision Quality						Catcher Decision Quality						Call Context
Year	TM	Won	Att	Win%	CDQ	Net RE	Net WPA	xChall	COE	bCDQ	bCDQ/P	CS	CC	BC	MO	cCDQ	cCDQ/P	CB	CC	BC	MO	Call LI	cBE%	acBE%	xChall%
2026	TEX	7	12	58.3%	2.75	+1.372	+0.097	16.42	-4.42	1.19	0.0238	50	1	0	4	1.56	0.0022	718	6	5	26	1.38	51.1%	14.9%	23.1%
Career		7	12	58.3%	2.75	+1.372	+0.097	16.42	-4.42	1.19	0.0238	50	1	0	4	1.56	0.0022	718	6	5	26	1.38	51.1%	14.9%	23.1%

2026 Challenges

Result

Role

Window

12 of 12 challenges

	Date▼	Opp	Role	Inn	Count	Outs	Ch. Rem.	LI	Net RE	Net WPA
OT	May 9	CHC	catcher	▲ 3	1-2	1	2	3.84	+0.552	+5.9%
OT	May 6	NYY	catcher	▼ 6	1-2	1	2	0.26	+0.141	+0.4%
UH	Apr 27	NYY	catcher	▲ 4	1-2	0	2	0.49	-0.032	-0.1%
UH	Apr 22	PIT	catcher	▲ 9	2-2	0	2	4.67	-0.001	-0.0%
OT	Apr 22	PIT	catcher	▲ 5	0-0	2	2	0.39	+0.077	+0.6%
OT	Apr 18	SEA	catcher	▼ 6	1-2	2	2	0.43	+0.191	+0.7%
OT	Apr 18	SEA	catcher	▼ 3	0-0	0	2	0.40	+0.069	+0.6%
UH	Apr 16	ATH	catcher	▼ 8	2-0	2	2	4.63	-0.002	-0.0%
UH	Apr 11	LAD	catcher	▼ 8	1-0	1	1	0.06	-0.029	-0.2%
OT	Apr 11	LAD	catcher	▼ 3	0-1	2	2	0.25	+0.105	+0.4%
OT	Mar 30	BAL	batter	▲ 8	2-2	0	1	1.00	+0.301	+1.5%
UH	Mar 29	PHI	catcher	▼ 9	2-0	1	2	0.11	-0.000	-0.0%

Strike Zone (Catcher's View)

Batter

1 pitch

1.0% larger than league avg by area

Defensive

11 pitches

Zone varies by batter

By Count

cell = win% · won/att · ΔRE

strikes →balls ↓

0-0100%

2/2+0.15

0-1100%

1/1+0.10

0-2—

1-00%

0/1-0.03

1-1—

1-275%

3/4+0.85

2-00%

0/2-0.00

2-1—

2-250%

1/2+0.30

3-0—

3-1—

3-2—

By Leverage

Low (<1)

63% (5/8)win

11% (5/46)chall

Med (1–2)

100% (1/1)win

17% (1/6)chall

High (2+)

33% (1/3)win

20% (1/5)chall

Vertical tick = league avg win%. Bar = Kyle Higashioka's win%. Challenge% = correct challenges / winnable opportunities.