Xander Bogaerts

Bats R Throws R6'2" 218 lbBorn 1992 Oranjestad, ArubaDebut 2013Team SD4x All-StarContract 11 y/$280M (23-33) 2026: $25,454,545

Awards: SIlver Slugger x2, Silver Slugger x2, AL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 98.6FIELD+ 97.4 at SSTotal 1.33 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	453	403	102	19	1	11	41	82	11	0.253	0.325	0.386	0.711	0.133	0.313	18.1	9.2	95.3	1.15
2027	445	393	97	17	1	10	44	83	10	0.246	0.324	0.371	0.696	0.126	0.309	18.7	9.8	91.5	0.93

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 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 98 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	Ryan Zimmerman	2017	118.1	114.8	323
2	Chuck Knoblauch	2001	112.4	46.4	336
3	Billy Herman	1942	109.2	138.3	663
4	Matt Williams	1998	114.6	113.9	678
5	Nick Castellanos	2024	110.3	85.4	589
6	Tony Lazzeri	1936	122.4	87.6	518
7	Del Pratt	1920	112.5	114.7	574
8	Evan Longoria	2018	120.5	102.8	508
9	Harvey Kuenn	1963	110.3	91.2	390
10	Art Devlin	1912	115.9	85.2	245

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			445		97	17	1	10		10	44	83	0.246	0.324	0.371	0.696	91.5
2026*	SDN	121	481	49	91	12	0	11		16	59	85	0.220	0.320	0.329	0.649	82.8
2025	SD	136	552	63	129	30	0	11	53	20	48	94	0.263	0.328	0.391	0.720	97.8
2024	SD	111	463	50	113	15	1	11	44	13	28	79	0.264	0.307	0.381	0.688	90.4
2023	SD	155	665	83	170	31	2	19	58	19	56	110	0.285	0.350	0.440	0.790	120.6
2022	BOS	150	631	84	171	38	0	15	73	8	57	118	0.307	0.377	0.456	0.833	132.9
2021	BOS	144	603	90	156	34	1	23	79	5	62	113	0.295	0.370	0.493	0.863	126.0
2020	BOS	56	225	36	61	8	0	11	28	8	21	41	0.300	0.364	0.502	0.867	128.7
2019	BOS	155	698	110	190	52	0	33	117	4	76	122	0.309	0.384	0.555	0.939	139.6
2018	BOS	136	580	72	148	45	3	23	103	8	55	102	0.288	0.360	0.522	0.883	133.8
2017	BOS	148	635	94	156	32	6	10	62	15	56	116	0.273	0.343	0.403	0.746	94.1
2016	BOS	157	719	115	192	34	1	21	89	13	58	123	0.294	0.356	0.446	0.802	110.6
2015	BOS	156	654	84	196	35	3	7	81	10	32	101	0.320	0.355	0.421	0.776	110.7
2014	BOS	144	594	60	129	28	1	12	46	2	39	138	0.240	0.297	0.362	0.660	83.9
2013	BOS	18	50	7	11	2	0	1	5	1	5	13	0.250	0.320	0.364	0.684	87.8
Career		1666	7069	948	1822	384	18	197	838	126	593	1270	0.287	0.350	0.446	0.796	114.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	481	88.8	6.3	6.3	40.8	22.7	22.8	0.247	0.377	0.324	27.0
2025	552	89.0	11.1	6.9	39.2	21.3	23.6	0.267	0.413	0.327	27.6
2024	463	88.1	10.9	5.1	33.2	18.3	25.7	0.260	0.386	0.308	27.4
2023	665	87.6	7.9	6.1	34.6	20.4	25.2	0.252	0.400	0.317	27.6
2022	631	88.1	10.2	6.5	39.5	24.8	29.3	0.258	0.393	0.325	27.9
2021	603	89.6	12.5	9.7	43.0	22.0	31.1	0.274	0.470	0.358	27.7
2020	225	89.0	8.7	8.6	36.8	23.0	23.9	0.258	0.471	0.340	27.6
2019	698	90.7	13.3	9.3	44.5	20.9	27.6	0.274	0.477	0.356	28.0
2018	580	90.6	12.6	10.4	41.8	21.1	26.7	0.278	0.494	0.363	27.8
2017	635	87.3	8.1	1.5	30.2	20.8	29.1	0.243	0.332	0.287	28.3
2016	719	89.0	11.0	6.3	32.7	20.0	32.5	0.257	0.402	0.319	28.3
2015	654	88.0	6.8	2.8	33.8	20.5	34.0	0.271	0.362	0.300	28.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	SS	125	1083	147	255	8	55	0.980	+1.4
2024	SD	2B	85	736	127	187	6	42	0.981	+5.2
2024	SD	SS	20	152	20	40	3	6	0.952	-0.3
2023	SD	SS	146	1286	167	368	8	64	0.985	-1.6
2022	BOS	SS	146	1250	170	401	10	78	0.983	-10.7
2021	BOS	SS	138	1169	152	362	9	76	0.983	-14.0
2020	BOS	SS	53	438	59	130	5	26	0.974	-5.9
2019	BOS	SS	153	1368	165	347	13	70	0.975	-17.4
2018	BOS	SS	136	1183	163	336	10	65	0.980	-5.7
2017	BOS	SS	146	1310	199	336	17	75	0.969	-5.6
2016	BOS	SS	157	1379	195	355	12	73	0.979	+1.2
2015	BOS	SS	156	1360	236	429	11	95	0.984	-9.1
2014	BOS	SS	99	880	138	256	10	54	0.975
2014	BOS	3B	44	385	37	64	10	2	0.910
2013	BOS	3B	9	57	9	9	0	1	1.000
2013	BOS	SS	8	53	6	20	0	1	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
2013	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Bat	256	9 HR, 2 SB	0.284	0.822
2013	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	259	6 HR, 5 SB	0.311	0.909
2012	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	97	5 HR, 1 SB	0.326	0.949
2012	A+	Salem Red Sox	Bat	435	15 HR, 4 SB	0.302	0.883
2011	A	Greenville Drive	Bat	296	16 HR, 1 SB	0.260	0.833
2010	Rk	DSL Red Sox	Bat	280	3 HR, 4 SB	0.314	0.819

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.298	0.312	0.278	0.337
2025	0.342	0.314	0.332	0.313
2024	0.294	0.316	0.301	0.320
2023	0.344	0.354	0.378	0.326
2022	0.455	0.343	0.388	0.348
2021	0.372	0.396	0.415	0.363
2020	0.438	0.346	0.346	0.404
2019	0.414	0.413	0.443	0.383

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	12	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0.333	0.333	0.417	0.750
2024	7	24	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	2	3	0.167	0.231	0.333	0.564
2021	11	46	7	12	2	0	3	6	0	5	14	0.261	0.333	0.500	0.833
2018	14	58	5	13	2	0	1	7	0	7	8	0.224	0.303	0.310	0.613
2017	4	17	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	0.059	0.111	0.235	0.346
2016	3	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500
2013	12	27	9	8	3	1	0	2	0	6	9	0.296	0.412	0.481	0.893
Career	54	196	26	45	9	1	6	21	1	21	45	0.230	0.301	0.378	0.679

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	BOS	$650,000
2015	BOS	$543,000
2014	BOS	$517,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.