Alec Burleson

Bats L Throws L6'2" 212 lbBorn 1998 Charlotte, USADebut 2022Team STLDraft 2020 R2C #70 St. Louis Cardinals, East CarolinaContract 1 y/$3.3M (26) 2026: $3,300,000

Awards: NL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 114.9FIELD+ 99.1 at 1BTotal 2.66 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	460	417	114	20	1	15	35	65	4	0.274	0.332	0.436	0.768	0.162	0.333	14.1	7.7	111.7	2.09
2027	541	487	134	24	1	20	45	86	3	0.275	0.338	0.453	0.792	0.179	0.341	15.9	8.3	119.7	2.99

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 115 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	Dave Nilsson	1996	102.5	104.8	629
2	Brad Fullmer	2001	103.4	131.7	479
3	Adam Lind	2010	107.6	91.6	542
4	Sid Bream	1987	100.1	112.9	522
5	Chris Davis	2012	101.2	164.6	673
6	Bill White	1960	109.2	107.9	663
7	Tino Martinez	1994	99.3	129.4	593
8	Bruce Bochte	1977	109.9	108.6	560
9	Jiggs Donahue	1906	109.8	90.7	655
10	Cecil Cooper	1976	108.1	111.6	679

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			541		134	24	1	20		3	45	86	0.275	0.338	0.453	0.792	119.7
2026*	SLN	128	542	72	140	33	1	21		3	46	91	0.287	0.354	0.489	0.843	133.8
2025	STL	139	544	54	144	26	2	18	69	5	39	79	0.290	0.343	0.459	0.801	124.9
2024	STL	152	593	71	147	20	0	21	78	9	35	76	0.269	0.314	0.420	0.735	103.0
2023	STL	107	344	34	77	20	1	8	36	3	23	45	0.244	0.300	0.390	0.691	87.0
2022	STL	16	53	4	9	1	0	1	3	1	5	9	0.188	0.264	0.271	0.535	58.8
Career		414	1534	163	377	67	3	48	186	18	102	209	0.268	0.319	0.422	0.742	105.6

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	HR	SO
2025	STL	0.00	1	1.0	4	0	0
2023	STL	21.60	2	1.7	13	1	1
Career		13.50	3	2.7	17	1	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	539	92.1	12.5	11.6	49.5	21.8	37.0	0.299	0.542	0.387	25.7
2025	546	91.0	15.2	9.5	43.0	17.9	28.8	0.272	0.471	0.345	25.5
2024	595	89.7	13.6	6.5	41.7	19.2	34.5	0.270	0.444	0.333	25.5
2023	347	89.9	12.4	5.9	41.0	17.7	33.8	0.272	0.454	0.337	25.6
2022	53	91.7	4.0	10.3	48.7	25.8	28.6	0.250	0.433	0.330	25.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	OF	75	588	122	2	1	1	0.992
2025	STL	1B	50	356	354	25	4	27	0.990	+0.9
2025	STL	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		+0.0
2024	STL	OF	80	554	126	6	1	2	0.992
2024	STL	1B	15	117	95	10	0	10	1.000	+2.6
2023	STL	OF	57	386	76	5	0	0	1.000
2023	STL	1B	17	105	115	9	0	8	1.000	-1.3
2023	STL	P	2	2	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2022	STL	OF	11	72	16	0	0	0	1.000
2022	STL	1B	6	28	29	2	0	5	1.000	-0.3

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	470	20 HR, 4 SB	0.331	0.904
2021	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	172	4 HR, 0 SB	0.234	0.667
2021	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	282	14 HR, 2 SB	0.288	0.821
2021	A+	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	49	4 HR, 1 SB	0.286	0.962

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.242	0.426	0.340	0.398
2025	0.330	0.364	0.374	0.338
2024	0.241	0.357	0.348	0.309
2023	0.278	0.312	0.354	0.267
2022	0.600	0.279	0.283	0.311

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