Jake Bauers

Bats L Throws L6'1" 195 lbBorn 1995 Newport Beach, USADebut 2018Team MILDraft 2013 R7 #208 San Diego Padres, Marina (CA) HSContract 1 y/$2.7M (26) 2026: $2,700,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 108.8FIELD+ 99.3 at 1BTotal 1.83 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	220	190	41	8	1	8	27	67	6	0.214	0.315	0.391	0.706	0.177	0.312	30.2	12.2	98.0	0.63
2027	438	374	87	16	1	16	57	118	8	0.232	0.337	0.411	0.748	0.179	0.329	26.9	13.1	110.5	1.93

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 96 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Frank Isbell	1905	87.0	112.6	617
2	Brett Wallace	2016	92.8	did not play
3	Ed Kranepool	1974	91.6	119.9	357
4	Dick Burrus	1927	96.1	104.5	159
5	Rick Leach	1986	83.8	105.4	224
6	Dick Kryhoski	1954	91.5	54.7	53
7	Ryan O'Hearn	2023	92.0	121.7	494
8	Preston Ward	1957	84.7	101.3	464
9	Phil Todt	1931	80.3	did not play
10	Johnny McCarthy	1939	89.7	48.1	69

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			438		87	16	1	16		8	57	118	0.232	0.337	0.411	0.748	110.5
2026*	MIL	114	457	74	106	19	2	22		9	66	116	0.275	0.383	0.505	0.888	143.3
2025	MIL	86	218	28	43	9	0	7	28	8	32	59	0.235	0.353	0.399	0.752	114.3
2024	MIL	117	346	45	60	9	2	12	43	13	39	118	0.199	0.301	0.361	0.662	88.3
2023	NYY	84	272	28	49	15	0	12	30	3	27	95	0.202	0.279	0.413	0.693	85.5
2021	SEA	115	314	27	59	7	0	4	19	6	30	78	0.209	0.290	0.277	0.566	63.3
2019	CLE	117	423	46	84	16	1	12	43	3	45	115	0.226	0.312	0.371	0.683	78.8
2018	TB	96	388	48	65	22	2	11	48	6	54	104	0.201	0.316	0.384	0.700	96.8
Career		615	1961	222	360	78	5	58	211	39	227	569	0.211	0.307	0.365	0.672	86.4

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	BB	SO
2025	MIL	3.60	5	5.0	29	3	1
2024	MIL	4.50	4	4.0	20	4	1
Career		4.00	9	9.0	49	7	2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	457	92.6	11.4	14.1	53.3	27.9	20.6	0.259	0.480	0.370	27.0
2025	218	91.7	16.6	13.7	45.6	26.4	20.4	0.234	0.457	0.354	27.1
2024	346	89.4	22.6	10.3	42.9	29.1	19.8	0.199	0.389	0.304	27.2
2023	272	89.1	13.8	18.7	48.7	33.3	24.7	0.221	0.475	0.332	27.3
2021	315	88.1	20.0	5.4	37.7	26.9	26.3	0.226	0.359	0.293	27.4
2019	423	88.1	15.0	5.4	33.1	24.4	22.5	0.218	0.348	0.291	27.7
2018	388	87.6	12.1	7.6	31.3	28.4	20.7	0.205	0.349	0.303	27.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIL	1B	40	221	163	14	1	24	0.994	-1.8
2025	MIL	OF	26	182	34	1	2	0	0.946
2025	MIL	P	5	5	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2024	MIL	1B	76	553	424	38	5	42	0.989	-0.4
2024	MIL	OF	18	71	16	0	0	0	1.000
2024	MIL	P	4	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2023	NYY	OF	56	368	70	2	3	0	0.960
2023	NYY	1B	22	170	144	4	0	14	1.000	-1.0
2021	SEA	1B	54	354	327	22	0	29	1.000	+1.5
2021	SEA	OF	43	301	66	3	0	0	1.000
2019	CLE	OF	53	404	79	3	1	0	0.988
2019	CLE	1B	31	213	184	8	2	13	0.990	-1.0
2018	TB	1B	76	627	557	29	5	57	0.992	+0.5
2018	TB	OF	20	138	27	1	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	22	3 HR, 0 SB	0.211	1.055
2023	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	97	11 HR, 6 SB	0.359	1.382
2022	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	116	3 HR, 4 SB	0.135	0.547
2022	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	128	5 HR, 4 SB	0.226	0.758
2022	AAA	nan	Bat	244	8 HR, 8 SB	0.183	0.658
2019	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	103	3 HR, 8 SB	0.247	0.777
2018	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	222	5 HR, 10 SB	0.279	0.783
2017	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	575	13 HR, 20 SB	0.263	0.780
2016	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	581	14 HR, 10 SB	0.274	0.790
2015	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	285	5 HR, 6 SB	0.276	0.734
2015	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Bat	249	6 HR, 2 SB	0.267	0.790
2014	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Bat	467	8 HR, 5 SB	0.296	0.790
2013	Rk	AZL Padres	Bat	188	1 HR, 2 SB	0.282	0.715

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.384	0.381	0.352	0.410
2025	0.262	0.343	0.261	0.400
2024	0.297	0.295	0.295	0.296
2023	0.211	0.317	0.307	0.305
2021	0.253	0.274	0.228	0.308
2019	0.305	0.309	0.244	0.363
2018	0.277	0.323	0.347	0.264

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	6	13	1	4	1	1	3	1	1	3	0.308	0.357	0.615	0.973
2024	2	6	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.333	0.333	0.833	1.167
Career	8	19	2	6	1	2	4	1	1	6	0.316	0.350	0.684	1.034