Jake Burger

Bats R Throws R6'2" 230 lbBorn 1996 St. Louis, USADebut 2021Team TEXDraft 2017 R1 #11 Chicago White Sox, Missouri StateContract 1 y/$3.2M (26) 2026: $3,200,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 95.8FIELD+ 98.5 at 1BTotal 1.16 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	363	334	83	16	1	17	21	92	1	0.250	0.301	0.452	0.753	0.202	0.323	25.4	5.8	105.6	1.38
2027	452	414	99	18	1	19	30	119	2	0.239	0.296	0.427	0.723	0.188	0.312	26.3	6.6	99.4	1.37

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 123 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Gaby Sanchez	2013	106.9	90.5	290
2	John Jaha	1995	106.4	133.0	636
3	Harry Davis	1903	114.5	159.3	435
4	Dick Gernert	1958	106.7	116.1	352
5	Jesus Aguilar	2019	110.5	119.2	216
6	C. J. Cron	2019	109.9	138.8	52
7	Ricky Jordan	1994	101.9	did not play
8	Evan Gattis	2016	113.5	110.4	325
9	Dave Kingman	1978	115.4	145.8	589
10	Matt LeCroy	2005	99.7	97.1	80

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			452		99	18	1	19		2	30	119	0.239	0.296	0.427	0.723	99.4
2026*	TEX	120	480	52	105	18	0	21		2	36	128	0.239	0.300	0.424	0.724	112.3
2025	TEX	103	376	43	84	15	1	16	53	1	12	93	0.236	0.269	0.419	0.687	97.4
2024	MIA	137	579	68	134	23	1	29	76	1	31	150	0.250	0.301	0.460	0.760	103.2
2023	MIA	141	540	71	123	28	1	34	80	1	32	149	0.250	0.309	0.518	0.828	120.3
2022	CWS	51	183	20	42	9	1	8	26	0	10	56	0.250	0.302	0.458	0.761	109.7
2021	CWS	15	42	5	10	3	1	1	3	0	4	15	0.263	0.333	0.474	0.807	118.3
Career		447	1720	207	393	78	5	88	238	3	89	463	0.247	0.297	0.469	0.766	108.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	480	90.0	13.4	10.9	46.6	34.0	36.4	0.231	0.399	0.302	27.2
2025	376	90.4	16.1	13.9	48.5	29.2	39.7	0.246	0.478	0.324	27.9
2024	579	91.3	13.0	12.4	46.8	30.1	36.6	0.253	0.483	0.339	27.9
2023	540	91.9	12.3	16.7	49.6	34.1	38.5	0.264	0.517	0.359	28.0
2022	183	90.7	12.3	15.0	43.0	35.4	37.0	0.225	0.480	0.324	27.7
2021	42	98.0	9.5	13.0	60.9	38.2	33.3	0.249	0.491	0.350	27.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	1B	91	757	609	78	5	50	0.993	+6.8
2024	MIA	1B	69	462	380	34	2	32	0.995	-2.1
2024	MIA	3B	59	487	36	99	11	8	0.925	-10.5
2023	MIA	3B	102	848	61	165	9	21	0.962	-4.2
2023	CWS	1B	5	23	24	0	0	1	1.000	+0.1
2023	CWS	2B	5	38	5	11	0	2	1.000	-0.4
2022	CWS	3B	37	326	20	65	6	4	0.934	-2.3
2022	CWS	2B	3	5	1	1	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2021	CWS	3B	8	62	5	9	0	0	1.000	+1.7

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	Round Rock Express	Bat	40	3 HR, 0 SB	0.444	1.306
2023	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	22	0 HR, 0 SB	0.200	0.477
2022	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	168	5 HR, 0 SB	0.253	0.735
2021	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	340	18 HR, 0 SB	0.274	0.845
2017	A	Kannapolis Intimidators	Bat	200	4 HR, 0 SB	0.271	0.744

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.379	0.303	0.292	0.345
2025	0.353	0.290	0.289	0.324
2024	0.291	0.349	0.306	0.354
2023	0.388	0.349	0.429	0.292
2022	0.426	0.286	0.405	0.205
2021	0.246	0.488	0.327	0.472

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
2023	2	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.286	0.286	0.286	0.571
Career	2	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.286	0.286	0.286	0.571