Kerry Carpenter

Bats L Throws R6'2" 220 lbBorn 1997 Eustis, USADebut 2022Team DETDraft 2019 R19 #562 Detroit Tigers, Virginia TechContract 1 y/$3.275M (26) 2026: $3,275,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 100.1FIELD+ 99.3 at RFTotal 0.90 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	385	350	89	17	2	18	26	89	1	0.255	0.315	0.466	0.780	0.210	0.334	23.0	6.9	112.7	1.80
2027	290	263	63	11	1	13	20	74	1	0.241	0.303	0.444	0.747	0.203	0.321	25.4	6.9	103.7	1.03

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 106 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	Matt Joyce	2012	123.2	111.8	481
2	Milt Byrnes	1944	122.5	115.1	540
3	Jimmie Hall	1965	129.7	105.5	391
4	Jesse Winker	2021	131.4	110.6	547
5	Wes Covington	1959	127.9	98.2	299
6	Bernie Carbo	1975	130.7	106.1	282
7	Floyd Robinson	1963	127.1	129.0	606
8	David Peralta	2015	127.7	81.4	183
9	Harry Lumley	1908	133.2	102.6	202
10	Jon Jay	2012	116.9	103.0	628

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			290		63	11	1	13		1	20	74	0.241	0.303	0.444	0.747	103.7
2026*	DET	81	259	27	48	5	2	13		0	18	75	0.208	0.276	0.416	0.692	87.9
2025	DET	130	460	66	109	18	5	26	62	1	18	106	0.252	0.291	0.497	0.788	112.3
2024	DET	87	293	37	75	16	5	18	57	0	22	75	0.284	0.345	0.587	0.932	158.1
2023	DET	118	459	57	116	17	2	20	64	6	32	115	0.278	0.340	0.471	0.811	119.2
2022	DET	31	113	16	26	4	1	6	10	0	6	32	0.252	0.310	0.485	0.795	127.8
Career		366	1325	176	326	55	13	70	193	7	78	328	0.268	0.322	0.507	0.828	126.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	259	89.8	21.4	9.6	44.0	28.6	36.3	0.212	0.388	0.295	26.9
2025	464	91.4	21.0	12.6	46.8	26.2	34.1	0.252	0.493	0.335	27.1
2024	296	90.5	17.6	17.8	46.4	30.3	32.3	0.260	0.561	0.379	27.7
2023	459	90.1	13.1	10.3	44.0	27.0	33.6	0.254	0.468	0.338	28.1
2022	113	87.2	14.5	11.1	36.1	27.8	33.0	0.212	0.420	0.301	27.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	DET	OF	79	602	136	2	3	0	0.979
2024	DET	OF	48	340	88	5	1	0	0.989
2023	DET	OF	91	724	158	7	3	1	0.982
2022	DET	OF	19	150	34	1	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
2023	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	40	1 HR, 0 SB	0.171	0.561
2022	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	138	8 HR, 2 SB	0.331	1.064
2022	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	262	22 HR, 1 SB	0.304	1.005
2021	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	461	15 HR, 5 SB	0.262	0.752
2019	Rk	GCL Tigers West	Bat	191	9 HR, 6 SB	0.319	1.033

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.217	0.322	0.305	0.317
2025	0.266	0.358	0.378	0.318
2024	0.206	0.418	0.383	0.408
2023	0.303	0.367	0.362	0.350
2022	0.263	0.361	0.146	0.530

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	8	32	4	9	1	2	6	7	11	0.281	0.410	0.500	0.910
2024	7	19	3	5	0	1	4	1	7	0.263	0.300	0.421	0.721
Career	15	51	7	14	1	3	10	8	18	0.275	0.373	0.471	0.843