Nathan
Church
CFAge : 26Bats : L
#27
Nathan Church
#27CF
St. Louis Cardinals
Height : 5' 10" · Weight : 82 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2025-08-17
Born in : Newport Beach, CA, USA
MLB record
| Year | Team | PJ | AB | H | HR | PP | MOY | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | St. Louis Cardinals | 142 | 434 | 107 | 10 | 50 | .247 | .654 |
| 2025 | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 8 | .179 | .504 |
| Career totals | 169 | 490 | 117 | 11 | 58 | .239 | .637 | |
ContractSt. Louis Cardinals payroll →
- Type
- Pre-Arbitration
- Length
- 1 yr · 2026–2026
- Total value
- 0.8 M$
- AAV
- 0.78 M$
2026
0.78 M$
Pre-arb
2027
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Pre-arb
2028
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Pre-arb
2029
—
Arb 1
2030
—
Arb 2
2031
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Arb 3
Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →
wRC+
81
wOBA
.288
xwOBA
.283
OPS
.654
AVG
.247
OBP
.290
HR
10
RBI
50
SB
10
PA
470
Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.
2027 projectionMLB trends →
Projected WAR
0.2
Home runs
6
2026 WAR
0.4
This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.
Trend
→ Stable (0)
- 20260.4 WAR · 0.5 per full season
Outlook, age included
+25 · 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
61
Depth
- CON
- Contact
- 72
- POW
- Power
- 65
- EYE
- Eye
- 66
- SPD
- Speed
- 80
- FLD
- Fielding
- 75
- DUR
- Durability
- 66
- EX
- Experience
- 37
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
0.4
#223 of 267 regular hitters
PAL Rating
11 / 100
#237 of 267 regular hitters
Value Rating
32 / 100
Surplus $3.1M · 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
85.6 mi/h
6th percentile
Max exit velocity
110.1 mi/h
41th percentile
Barrels
5.3 %
27th percentile
Hard-hit
30.0 %
12th percentile
xBA
.242
40th percentile
Bat speed
69.6 mi/h
18th percentile
Sprint speed
28.5 pi/s
81th percentile
Outs above average
2
66th percentile
Game log, 2026
| Date | Opponent | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | @ MIL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 |
| Sep 26 | @ MIL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .249 |
| Sep 25 | @ MIL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Sep 24 | @ PIT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Sep 23 | @ PIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Sep 22 | @ PIT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Sep 20 | vs WSH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .252 |
| Sep 19 | vs WSH | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Sep 18 | vs WSH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Sep 16 | vs SF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .252 |