Evan Carter

Bats L Throws R6'2" 190 lbBorn 2002 Elizabethton, USADebut 2023Team TEXDraft 2020 R2 #50 Texas Rangers, Elizabethton HSContract 1 y/$791,500 (26) 2026: $791,500

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 110.1FIELD+ 104.6 at CFTotal 1.56 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	277	243	57	11	2	7	28	62	12	0.234	0.321	0.381	0.703	0.147	0.312	22.3	10.1	98.7	0.82
2027	355	306	70	13	2	10	38	82	14	0.229	0.322	0.382	0.704	0.154	0.313	23.1	10.7	101.3	1.17

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 22

His ten closest age-22 comparables averaged 81 HIT+ the next season; 7 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	Tex McDonald	1913	118.7	did not play
2	John Briggs	1966	123.4	99.7	382
3	Jerry Turner	1976	113.7	105.0	323
4	Heinie Mueller	1922	115.4	140.9	290
5	Larry Gilbert	1914	111.3	26.8	120
6	Davy Jones	1902	130.5	101.6	559
7	Mike Menosky	1917	114.6	did not play
8	Andy Van Slyke	1983	115.6	107.2	426
9	David Dahl	2016	111.7	did not play
10	Dixie Walker	1933	118.6	-15.9	19

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			355		70	13	2	10		14	38	82	0.229	0.322	0.382	0.704	101.3
2026*	TEX	108	361	41	60	11	2	8		14	42	87	0.195	0.299	0.322	0.622	91.7
2025	TEX	63	220	31	48	9	2	5	25	14	19	41	0.247	0.336	0.392	0.728	117.7
2024	TEX	45	162	23	27	6	2	5	15	2	15	43	0.188	0.272	0.361	0.633	83.6
2023	TEX	23	75	15	19	4	1	5	12	3	12	24	0.306	0.413	0.645	1.058	178.2
Career		131	457	69	94	19	5	15	52	19	46	108	0.235	0.326	0.420	0.746	115.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	361	87.8	17.8	5.7	36.0	28.7	19.8	0.202	0.325	0.286	28.8
2025	220	86.7	13.7	5.9	34.6	25.5	20.2	0.241	0.360	0.308	29.0
2024	162	86.0	13.9	5.9	32.4	23.4	18.5	0.204	0.341	0.282	29.7
2023	75	89.0	9.0	10.3	46.2	30.2	9.0	0.236	0.392	0.333	29.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	TEX	OF	60	460	123	2	0	0	1.000
2024	TEX	OF	44	331	73	3	1	1	0.987
2023	TEX	OF	24	175	38	3	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
2025	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	102	3 HR, 6 SB	0.207	0.693
2023	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	39	0 HR, 3 SB	0.353	0.818
2023	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	462	12 HR, 22 SB	0.284	0.862
2022	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	28	1 HR, 2 SB	0.429	1.250
2022	A+	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	447	11 HR, 26 SB	0.287	0.864
2021	A	Down East Wood Ducks	Bat	146	2 HR, 12 SB	0.236	0.825

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.156	0.311	0.295	0.278
2025	0.189	0.352	0.273	0.359
2024	0.172	0.316	0.345	0.242
2023	0.064	0.503	0.507	0.393

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	17	60	9	18	9	0	1	6	3	10	19	0.300	0.417	0.500	0.917
Career	17	60	9	18	9	0	1	6	3	10	19	0.300	0.417	0.500	0.917