Byron Buxton

Bats R Throws R6'2" 190 lbBorn 1993 Baxley, USADebut 2015Team MIN3x All-StarDraft 2012 R1 #2 Minnesota Twins, Appling County HS (GA)Contract 7 yr/$100M (22-28) 2026: $15,142,857

Awards: AL Silver Slugger, Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 122.6FIELD+ 101.8 at CFTotal 2.49 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	445	396	99	21	2	24	39	117	13	0.250	0.325	0.496	0.821	0.246	0.349	26.3	8.7	123.0	2.64
2027	422	376	91	19	2	22	36	110	8	0.243	0.318	0.477	0.795	0.234	0.339	26.1	8.6	116.3	2.16

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 109 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 Henderson	1990	110.3	130.2	637
2	Mike Mitchell	1911	121.8	95.5	612
3	Candy Maldonado	1992	107.8	69.6	248
4	Alfonso Soriano	2007	114.1	114.9	503
5	Sid Gordon	1949	123.5	154.8	562
6	Chet Laabs	1943	114.1	96.2	235
7	Ron Gant	1996	119.6	82.3	562
8	Jackie Jensen	1958	120.9	131.1	636
9	Larry Hisle	1978	123.9	112.1	108
10	Dante Bichette	1995	103.3	108.1	694

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			422		91	19	2	22		8	36	110	0.243	0.318	0.477	0.795	116.3
2026*	MIN	88	387	60	90	17	1	25		7	28	94	0.256	0.320	0.524	0.845	128.4
2025	MIN	126	542	97	129	21	7	35	83	24	41	148	0.264	0.327	0.551	0.878	133.0
2024	MIN	102	388	62	99	27	3	18	56	7	20	99	0.279	0.335	0.524	0.859	137.4
2023	MIN	85	347	49	63	17	1	17	42	9	35	109	0.207	0.294	0.438	0.731	96.0
2022	MIN	92	382	61	76	13	3	28	51	6	34	116	0.224	0.306	0.526	0.833	135.8
2021	MIN	61	254	50	72	23	0	19	32	9	13	62	0.306	0.358	0.647	1.005	170.3
2020	MIN	39	135	19	33	3	0	13	27	2	2	36	0.254	0.267	0.577	0.844	119.6
2019	MIN	87	295	48	71	30	4	10	46	14	19	68	0.262	0.314	0.513	0.827	112.2
2018	MIN	28	94	8	14	4	0	0	4	5	3	28	0.156	0.183	0.200	0.383	-4.3
2017	MIN	140	511	69	117	14	6	16	51	29	38	150	0.253	0.314	0.413	0.728	93.6
2016	MIN	92	331	44	67	19	6	10	38	10	23	118	0.225	0.284	0.430	0.714	92.3
2015	MIN	46	138	16	27	7	1	2	6	2	6	44	0.209	0.250	0.326	0.576	51.0
Career		898	3417	523	768	178	31	168	436	117	234	978	0.248	0.308	0.487	0.795	113.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	387	90.4	20.6	16.7	47.1	31.4	34.2	0.247	0.496	0.345	29.7
2025	542	92.5	17.7	17.7	53.8	31.3	29.4	0.249	0.514	0.350	30.2
2024	388	91.7	19.8	13.2	48.1	32.1	32.8	0.260	0.511	0.355	29.7
2023	347	91.5	20.1	14.6	45.7	30.6	27.8	0.207	0.431	0.316	29.3
2022	382	92.9	21.4	16.4	50.2	34.1	26.9	0.240	0.521	0.359	29.1
2021	254	92.5	13.3	17.9	53.8	29.4	30.1	0.294	0.619	0.408	29.9
2020	135	91.2	23.6	13.7	47.9	28.9	49.1	0.249	0.548	0.335	29.9
2019	295	90.0	20.3	8.8	38.7	29.1	34.4	0.244	0.419	0.305	30.3
2018	94	87.8	13.9	1.7	27.0	29.0	38.9	0.180	0.233	0.196	30.5
2017	511	88.1	15.2	6.5	32.0	31.1	32.0	0.236	0.387	0.298	30.5
2016	331	89.5	17.3	6.2	31.6	34.1	32.5	0.189	0.309	0.252	30.7
2015	138	86.4	12.5	4.5	21.8	32.6	32.6	0.159	0.243	0.203	30.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	MIN	OF	118	973	284	2	2	0	0.993
2024	MIN	OF	94	767	204	2	0	0	1.000
2022	MIN	OF	58	445	133	3	0	2	1.000
2021	MIN	OF	60	510	179	0	1	0	0.994
2020	MIN	OF	39	313	104	1	0	0	1.000
2019	MIN	OF	86	692	217	5	2	2	0.991
2018	MIN	OF	27	232	69	1	0	0	1.000
2017	MIN	OF	137	1143	389	6	5	1	0.988
2016	MIN	OF	92	774	243	2	4	0	0.984
2015	MIN	OF	44	327	115	2	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
2021	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	26	3 HR, 0 SB	0.409	1.423
2018	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	148	4 HR, 4 SB	0.272	0.787
2016	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	209	11 HR, 7 SB	0.305	0.927
2015	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	59	1 HR, 2 SB	0.400	0.986
2015	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	268	6 HR, 20 SB	0.283	0.840
2014	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	134	4 HR, 6 SB	0.240	0.718
2013	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	253	4 HR, 23 SB	0.326	0.887
2013	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	321	8 HR, 32 SB	0.341	0.990
2012	Rk	GCL Twins	Bat	102	4 HR, 4 SB	0.216	0.790
2012	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	87	1 HR, 7 SB	0.286	0.797
2012	Rk	nan	Bat	189	5 HR, 11 SB	0.248	0.792

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.317	0.383	0.390	0.335
2025	0.434	0.361	0.378	0.377
2024	0.389	0.363	0.398	0.344
2023	0.265	0.337	0.331	0.304
2022	0.400	0.348	0.373	0.353
2021	0.432	0.421	0.385	0.473
2020	0.318	0.379	0.232	0.525
2019	0.385	0.346	0.348	0.359

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	H	RBI	SB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	2	4	1	0	1	3	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500
2017	1	2	0	1	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	4	7	1	1	2	4	0.143	0.143	0.143	0.286

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	MIN	$512,500

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