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	25	37	67.6%	8.47	+4.087	+0.348	41.54	-4.54	1.51	0.0123	123	1	0	11	6.95	0.0043	1619	24	12	48	1.02	58.5%	18.4%	27.6%
Career		25	37	67.6%	8.47	+4.087	+0.348	41.54	-4.54	1.51	0.0123	123	1	0	11	6.95	0.0043	1619	24	12	48	1.02	58.5%	18.4%	27.6%

2026 Challenges

Result

Role

Window

37 of 37 challenges

	Date▼	Opp	Role	Inn	Count	Outs	Ch. Rem.	LI	Net RE	Net WPA
OT	Jun 25	TOR	catcher	▼ 7	1-2	1	1	1.01	+0.141	+1.5%
UH	Jun 25	TOR	catcher	▼ 6	0-0	2	2	0.22	-0.011	-0.1%
OT	Jun 23	MIA	catcher	▼ 4	1-2	1	1	0.88	+0.141	+1.3%
OT	Jun 23	MIA	catcher	▼ 3	3-2	2	2	5.49	+0.789	+8.4%
OT	Jun 20	SD	catcher	▲ 5	0-1	0	2	0.49	+0.072	+0.7%
OT	Jun 18	MIN	catcher	▲ 6	2-1	2	2	0.08	+0.128	+0.1%
OT	Jun 10	KC	catcher	▼ 4	0-0	0	1	0.60	+0.069	+0.9%
UH	Jun 9	KC	catcher	▼ 7	0-0	2	2	0.23	-0.005	-0.0%
OT	Jun 6	CLE	catcher	▲ 7	0-0	0	1	0.05	+0.069	+0.1%
UH	Jun 6	CLE	catcher	▲ 2	0-0	0	2	0.47	-0.049	-0.5%
UH	Jun 3	STL	catcher	▼ 6	0-0	2	2	0.08	-0.011	-0.1%
OT	Jun 3	STL	catcher	▼ 1	0-0	2	2	1.18	+0.226	+1.8%
OT	Jun 3	STL	catcher	▼ 1	3-1	2	2	1.23	+0.252	+1.9%
OT	Jun 2	STL	catcher	▼ 2	0-0	2	2	0.59	+0.113	+0.9%
UH	May 31	KC	catcher	▲ 8	3-2	2	2	1.15	-0.003	-0.0%
UH	May 28	HOU	catcher	▲ 1	2-2	0	2	1.68	-0.058	-0.7%
OT	May 26	HOU	catcher	▲ 8	0-0	2	2	0.07	+0.034	+0.1%
OT	May 26	HOU	catcher	▲ 5	1-0	0	2	0.39	+0.113	+0.6%
OT	May 26	HOU	catcher	▲ 2	1-1	0	2	0.14	+0.098	+0.2%
OT	May 23	LAA	catcher	▼ 5	0-1	2	2	0.59	+0.089	+0.9%
OT	May 20	COL	catcher	▼ 5	1-2	0	2	3.32	+0.356	+5.1%
OT	May 17	HOU	catcher	▼ 6	1-1	2	2	0.43	+0.045	+0.7%
OT	May 17	HOU	catcher	▼ 5	1-1	2	2	0.39	+0.045	+0.6%
OT	May 15	HOU	catcher	▼ 5	2-1	2	2	0.49	+0.074	+0.8%
UH	May 12	AZ	catcher	▲ 9	1-0	0	2	0.05	-0.001	-0.0%

1–25 of 37

Strike Zone (Catcher's View)

Batter

1 pitch

1.0% larger than league avg by area

Defensive

36 pitches

Zone varies by batter

By Count

cell = win% · won/att · ΔRE

strikes →balls ↓

0-064%

7/11+0.58

0-1100%

3/3+0.27

0-2—

1-033%

1/3+0.08

1-1100%

3/3+0.19

1-286%

6/7+1.49

2-00%

0/2-0.00

2-1100%

2/2+0.20

2-233%

1/3+0.24

3-0—

3-1100%

1/1+0.25

3-250%

1/2+0.79

Low (<1)

69% (18/26)win

17% (18/108)chall

Med (1–2)

67% (4/6)win

22% (4/18)chall

High (2+)

60% (3/5)win

23% (3/13)chall

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