Evan
Carter
CFAge : 24Bats : L
#32
Evan Carter
#32CF
Texas Rangers
Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 86 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2023-09-08
Born in : Elizabethton, TN, USA
MLB record
| Year | Team | PJ | AB | H | HR | PP | MOY | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas Rangers | 141 | 391 | 76 | 9 | 40 | .194 | .603 |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers | 63 | 194 | 48 | 5 | 25 | .247 | .728 |
| 2024 | Texas Rangers | 45 | 144 | 27 | 5 | 15 | .188 | .633 |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers | 23 | 62 | 19 | 5 | 12 | .306 | 1.058 |
| Career totals | 272 | 791 | 170 | 24 | 92 | .215 | .675 | |
ContractTexas Rangers payroll →
- Type
- Pre-Arbitration
- Length
- 1 yr · 2026–2026
- Total value
- 0.8 M$
- AAV
- 0.79 M$
2026
0.79 M$
Pre-arb
2027
—
Arb 1
2028
—
Arb 2
2029
—
Arb 3
2030
—
Arb 4
Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →
wRC+
74
wOBA
.274
xwOBA
.280
OPS
.603
AVG
.194
OBP
.288
HR
9
RBI
40
SB
17
PA
455
Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.
2027 projectionMLB trends →
Projected WAR
1.0
Home runs
7
2026 WAR
1.2
This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.
Trend
↓ Slight decline (-12)
- 20240.1 WAR · 0.4 per full season
- 20251.4 WAR · 3.8 per full season
- 20261.2 WAR · 1.6 per full season
Outlook, age included
+13 · 23 y.o. · usually still improving
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
69
Depth
- CON
- Contact
- 62
- POW
- Power
- 63
- EYE
- Eye
- 76
- SPD
- Speed
- 87
- FLD
- Fielding
- 83
- DUR
- Durability
- 63
- EX
- Experience
- 55
Why these ratings?Hide details
- 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
1.2
#168 of 267 regular hitters
PAL Rating
28 / 100
#192 of 267 regular hitters
Value Rating
48 / 100
Surplus $10.9M · salary $0.8MPAL: dimensions
WAR, in runs
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
87.6 mi/h
27th percentile
Max exit velocity
108.2 mi/h
12th percentile
Barrels
4.8 %
22th percentile
Hard-hit
34.9 %
25th percentile
xBA
.205
3th percentile
Bat speed
71.6 mi/h
45th percentile
Sprint speed
28.9 pi/s
88th percentile
Outs above average
11
91th percentile
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | OV | Avg exit velocity | Max exit velocity | Barrels | Hard-hit | xBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TEX | 1.2 | 28 | 69 | 87.6 | 108.2 | 4.8 | 34.9 | .205 |
| 2025 | TEX | 1.4 | 67 | 73 | 86.7 | 111.1 | 5.9 | 34.6 | .241 |
| 2024 | TEX | 0.1 | 35 | 72 | 86.0 | 108.7 | 5.9 | 32.4 | .204 |
Game log, 2026
| Date | Opponent | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | @ MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
| Sep 26 | @ MIN | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .195 |
| Sep 25 | @ MIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .192 |
| Sep 24 | vs NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .193 |
| Sep 23 | vs NYM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .193 |
| Sep 20 | vs TOR | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 |
| Sep 19 | vs TOR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .189 |
| Sep 18 | vs TOR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .190 |
| Sep 17 | vs BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .192 |
| Sep 16 | vs BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .193 |