Gunnar

Henderson

SSAge : 25Bats : L

Gunnar Henderson

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 104 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-08-31

Born in : Montgomery, AL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Baltimore Orioles	158	623	140	24	59	.225	.712
2025	Baltimore Orioles	154	577	158	17	68	.274	.787
2024	Baltimore Orioles	159	630	177	37	92	.281	.893
2023	Baltimore Orioles	150	560	143	28	82	.255	.814
2022	Baltimore Orioles	34	116	30	4	18	.259	.788
Career totals		655	2506	648	110	319	.259	.802

ContractBaltimore Orioles payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 8.5 M$
AAV: 8.50 M$

2026
8.50 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

102

wOBA

.314

xwOBA

.322

OPS

.712

AVG

.225

OBP

.309

RBI

702

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

3.5

Home runs

2026 WAR

3.6

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-11)

20234.7 WAR · 4.5 per full season
20247.9 WAR · 6.6 per full season
20254.9 WAR · 4.5 per full season
20263.6 WAR · 3.1 per full season

Outlook, age included

+14 · 25 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

Very good

CON: Contact; 74
POW: Power; 79
EYE: Eye; 77
SPD: Speed; 84
FLD: Fielding; 70
DUR: Durability; 95
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

3.6

#44 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

54 / 100

#122 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

79 / 100

Surplus $26.7M · salary $8.5M

PAL: dimensions

Offense47

Power56

Discipline49

Speed77

Defense63

WAR, in runs

Batting+1.9

Baserunning+3.0

Fielding0.0

Positional+5.8

Replacement+21.4

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

89.2 mi/h

49th percentile

Max exit velocity

111.9 mi/h

63th percentile

Barrels

7.7 %

50th percentile

Hard-hit

43.3 %

67th percentile

xBA

.246

46th percentile

Bat speed

74.1 mi/h

76th percentile

Sprint speed

28.2 pi/s

72th percentile

Outs above average

58th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	BAL	3.6	54	84	89.2	111.9	7.7	43.3	.246
2025	BAL	4.9	80	88	92.1	113.9	8.5	49.2	.276
2024	BAL	7.9	97	90	92.8	113.1	11.2	53.9	.279
2023	BAL	4.7	88	83	92.0	113.8	11.4	52.0	.257
2022	BAL	0.8	74	77	92.4	111.1	9.8	53.7	.247

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 25	@ NYY	5	1	0	0	0	2	.225
Sep 23	vs TOR	2	0	0	0	1	1	.225
Sep 23	vs TOR	3	0	0	0	1	2	.226
Sep 21	vs TOR	4	3	1	1	0	0	.227
Sep 20	vs MIL	3	0	0	0	0	2	.223
Sep 19	vs MIL	4	1	0	0	0	0	.224
Sep 18	vs MIL	5	3	0	0	0	1	.224
Sep 16	@ NYM	4	0	0	0	0	1	.221
Sep 15	@ NYM	5	1	0	0	0	4	.223
Sep 14	@ NYM	4	1	1	1	0	1	.223