Jordan

Walker

RFAge : 24Bats : R

#18

Jordan Walker

#18RFSt. Louis Cardinals

Height : 6' 6" · Weight : 113 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2023-03-30

Born in : Stone Mountain, GA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	St. Louis Cardinals	158	609	164	29	102	.269	.793
2025	St. Louis Cardinals	111	363	78	6	41	.215	.584
2024	St. Louis Cardinals	51	164	33	5	20	.201	.619
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	117	420	116	16	51	.276	.787
Career totals		437	1556	391	56	214	.251	.725

ContractSt. Louis Cardinals payroll →

Type: Pre-Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.8 M$
AAV: 0.80 M$

2026
0.80 M$
Pre-arb
2027
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Arb 1
2028
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Arb 2
2029
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Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

119

wOBA

.344

xwOBA

.340

OPS

.793

AVG

.269

OBP

.327

RBI

102

667

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.3

Home runs

2026 WAR

2.7

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

Trend

↑ Rising (+30)

20231.0 WAR · 1.3 per full season
2024-0.7 WAR · -2.4 per full season
2025-1.3 WAR · -2.0 per full season
20262.7 WAR · 2.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

+55 · 24 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

Established regular

CON: Contact; 64
POW: Power; 86
EYE: Eye; 60
SPD: Speed; 83
FLD: Fielding; 57
DUR: Durability; 77
EX: Experience; 55

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

2.7

#84 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

70 / 100

#80 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

77 / 100

Surplus $25.6M · salary $0.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense78

Power90

Discipline11

Speed86

Defense10

WAR, in runs

Batting+15.1

Baserunning+2.4

Fielding-5.0

Positional-7.5

Replacement+20.3

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

92.6 mi/h

94th percentile

Max exit velocity

117.2 mi/h

99th percentile

Barrels

13.2 %

90th percentile

Hard-hit

49.9 %

92th percentile

xBA

.263

75th percentile

Bat speed

79.3 mi/h

99th percentile

Sprint speed

29.1 pi/s

91th percentile

Outs above average

-8

11th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	STL	2.7	70	77	92.6	117.2	13.2	49.9	.263
2025	STL	-1.3	1	60	92.3	117.9	10.9	50.0	.207
2024	STL	-0.7	8	69	91.2	115.5	9.5	43.1	.206
2023	STL	1.0	29	77	89.4	114.3	7.5	42.5	.263

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ MIL	4	0	0	1	0	1	.269
Sep 26	@ MIL	4	1	0	0	0	1	.271
Sep 25	@ MIL	4	1	1	1	0	2	.271
Sep 24	@ PIT	3	0	0	0	1	2	.271
Sep 23	@ PIT	4	1	0	0	0	1	.273
Sep 22	@ PIT	3	0	0	0	0	0	.273
Sep 20	vs WSH	3	0	0	0	1	1	.274
Sep 19	vs WSH	6	0	0	0	0	4	.276
Sep 18	vs WSH	3	1	0	0	0	1	.279
Sep 16	vs SF	3	0	0	0	2	2	.278