Robert

Witt

SSAge : 26Bats : R

Bobby Witt Jr.

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-04-07

Born in : Colleyville, TX, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Kansas City Royals	143	558	157	18	54	.281	.800
2025	Kansas City Royals	157	623	184	23	88	.295	.852
2024	Kansas City Royals	161	636	211	32	109	.332	.977
2023	Kansas City Royals	158	641	177	30	96	.276	.814
2022	Kansas City Royals	150	591	150	20	80	.254	.722
Career totals		769	3049	879	123	427	.288	.836

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 11 yrs · 2024–2034
Total value: 288.8 M$
AAV: 26.25 M$

2026
13.71 M$
Guaranteed
2027
19.71 M$
Guaranteed
2028
30.71 M$
Guaranteed
2029
35.71 M$
Guaranteed
2030
35.71 M$
Guaranteed
2031
35.71 M$
Guaranteed
2032
35.71 M$
Guaranteed
2033
35.71 M$
Guaranteed
2034
35.71 M$
Guaranteed
2035
33.00 M$
Club option
2036
28.00 M$
Club option
2037
28.00 M$
Club option

Full no-trade clause

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

119

wOBA

.345

xwOBA

.378

OPS

.800

AVG

.281

OBP

.359

RBI

632

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

7.3

Home runs

2026 WAR

7.0

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-3)

20235.9 WAR · 5.1 per full season
202410.5 WAR · 8.9 per full season
20258.0 WAR · 7.0 per full season
20267.0 WAR · 6.6 per full season

Outlook, age included

+7 · 26 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

MLB elite

CON: Contact; 88
POW: Power; 89
EYE: Eye; 79
SPD: Speed; 98
FLD: Fielding; 95
DUR: Durability; 88
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

7.0

#2 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

99 / 100

#2 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

95 / 100

Surplus $42.2M · salary $26.3M

PAL: dimensions

Offense86

Power71

Discipline83

Speed100

Defense99

WAR, in runs

Batting+13.8

Baserunning+9.3

Fielding+17.0

Positional+5.9

Replacement+19.2

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

92.2 mi/h

93th percentile

Max exit velocity

117.2 mi/h

99th percentile

Barrels

11.3 %

76th percentile

Hard-hit

50.3 %

93th percentile

xBA

.302

99th percentile

Bat speed

73.9 mi/h

74th percentile

Sprint speed

30.1 pi/s

99th percentile

Outs above average

99th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	KC	7.0	99	98	92.2	117.2	11.3	50.3	.302
2025	KC	8.0	99	97	93.3	117.5	12.5	48.5	.285
2024	KC	10.5	100	97	92.7	116.9	14.3	48.3	.309
2023	KC	5.9	97	92	90.7	113.8	11.5	45.6	.289
2022	KC	2.3	41	78	89.7	113.7	8.7	38.6	.252

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs CLE	4	0	0	1	.281
Sep 26	vs CLE	4	2	0	1	.283
Sep 25	vs CLE	4	1	1	1	.282
Sep 24	vs CWS	4	1	0	0	.282
Sep 23	vs CWS	4	1	0	1	.282
Sep 22	vs CWS	4	3	0	0	.283
Sep 20	@ PIT	4	1	0	1	.279
Sep 19	@ PIT	5	3	0	0	.279
Sep 18	@ PIT	4	1	0	0	.276
Sep 17	@ HOU	3	0	1	2	.276