Nathan Church

Bats L Throws L5'10" 180 lbBorn 2000 Newport Beach, USADebut 2025Team STLDraft 2022 R11 #337 St. Louis Cardinals, University of California - IrvineContract 1 y/$782,150 (26) 2026: $782,150

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 92.7FIELD+ 100.5 at CFTotal 0.65 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	186	170	44	8	1	4	12	30	4	0.262	0.315	0.385	0.701	0.124	0.308	16.1	6.3	90.3	0.36
2027	289	266	67	12	1	7	16	51	6	0.253	0.301	0.383	0.684	0.130	0.299	17.7	5.5	89.0	0.51

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 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 60 HIT+ the next season; 8 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	Art Ruble	1927	43.9	did not play
2	Jackie Mayo	1950	50.6	-34.8	7
3	Jim Holt	1968	22.7	159.7	14
4	Jarren Duran	2021	44.5	75.2	223
5	Charlie Blackmon	2011	34.5	79.5	121
6	Marty Keough	1958	41.0	98.4	285
7	Chris Gwynn	1989	48.8	97.8	151
8	Alex Romero	2008	40.6	63.5	157
9	Tike Redman	2001	44.1	did not play
10	Jeff Duncan	2003	41.6	-60.6	17

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			289		67	12	1	7		6	16	51	0.253	0.301	0.383	0.684	89.0
2026*	SLN	109	354	40	76	10	1	9		7	19	68	0.233	0.278	0.353	0.630	75.7
2025	STL	27	65	9	10	1	0	1	8	1	3	18	0.179	0.254	0.250	0.504	46.5
Career		27	65	9	10	1	0	1	8	1	3	18	0.179	0.254	0.250	0.504	46.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	352	86.0	14.0	6.5	30.4	21.5	44.1	0.240	0.360	0.285	28.5
2025	65	89.0	5.4	2.4	41.5	28.1	36.6	0.193	0.279	0.247	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	OF	30	164	55	2	1	0	0.983

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	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	242	7 HR, 9 SB	0.335	0.921
2025	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	129	6 HR, 6 SB	0.336	0.943
2024	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	541	9 HR, 24 SB	0.268	0.704
2023	A+	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	518	3 HR, 21 SB	0.279	0.724
2022	A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	111	0 HR, 3 SB	0.189	0.512

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.274	0.284	0.255	0.304
2025	0.404	0.245	0.260	0.285

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