Nolan

Gorman

3BAge : 26Bats : L

#16

Nolan Gorman

#163BSt. Louis Cardinals

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 102 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-05-20

Born in : Phoenix, AZ, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	St. Louis Cardinals	85	266	49	9	33	.184	.580
2025	St. Louis Cardinals	111	351	72	14	46	.205	.666
2024	St. Louis Cardinals	107	365	74	19	50	.203	.671
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	119	406	96	27	76	.236	.806
2022	St. Louis Cardinals	89	283	64	14	35	.226	.720
Career totals		511	1671	355	83	240	.212	.697

ContractSt. Louis Cardinals payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.7 M$
AAV: 2.66 M$

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

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.260

xwOBA

.278

OPS

.580

AVG

.184

OBP

.272

RBI

302

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.6

Home runs

2026 WAR

-0.5

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

Trend

→ Stable (-5)

20232.3 WAR · 3.0 per full season
20240.3 WAR · 0.4 per full season
2025-0.2 WAR · -0.3 per full season
2026-0.5 WAR · -1.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

+5 · 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

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 41
POW: Power; 78
EYE: Eye; 67
SPD: Speed; 61
FLD: Fielding; 66
DUR: Durability; 65
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

-0.5

#258 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

4 / 100

#256 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

15 / 100

Surplus $-7.5M · salary $2.7M

PAL: dimensions

Offense2

Power47

Discipline20

Speed10

Defense54

WAR, in runs

Batting-13.7

Baserunning-1.2

Fielding+0.6

Positional-0.9

Replacement+9.2

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

89.3 mi/h

52th percentile

Max exit velocity

111.9 mi/h

63th percentile

Barrels

9.9 %

67th percentile

Hard-hit

42.1 %

59th percentile

xBA

.193

2th percentile

Bat speed

73.4 mi/h

68th percentile

Sprint speed

25.0 pi/s

4th percentile

Outs above average

51th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	STL	-0.5	4	54	89.3	111.9	9.9	42.1	.193
2025	STL	-0.2	6	56	89.6	111.6	9.1	41.1	.196
2024	STL	0.3	16	66	88.5	111.0	16.7	38.6	.206
2023	STL	2.3	74	75	91.0	112.3	16.5	48.5	.231
2022	STL	0.1	27	62	89.2	110.6	14.4	43.3	.237

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ MIL	4	0	0	0	3	.184
Sep 26	@ MIL	1	0	0	1	1	.187
Sep 23	@ PIT	3	1	0	1	1	.188
Sep 18	vs WSH	0	0	0	1	0	.186
Sep 16	vs SF	3	0	0	2	0	.186
Sep 15	vs SF	1	1	1	0	0	.188
Sep 14	vs SF	3	0	0	0	2	.185
Sep 13	vs CWS	2	0	0	0	0	.187
Sep 12	vs CWS	3	1	0	1	2	.189
Sep 9	@ SF	4	2	1	0	1	.187