Willson Contreras

Bats R Throws R6'1" 225 lbBorn 1992 Puerto Cabello, VenezuelaDebut 2016Team BOS4x All-StarContract 5 y/$87.5M (23-27) 2026: $18,000,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 113.2FIELD+ 103.5 at 1BTotal 2.14 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	444	384	92	19	1	16	42	113	4	0.240	0.336	0.417	0.753	0.176	0.332	25.4	9.6	110.8	1.97
2027	453	389	92	18	1	18	45	120	3	0.236	0.337	0.423	0.760	0.188	0.334	26.5	10.0	111.7	2.06

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 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 112 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	Brian Downing	1984	118.3	122.0	620
2	Andres Galarraga	1994	114.1	87.6	604
3	Joe Adcock	1961	123.3	123.1	447
4	Harry Davis	1907	130.1	119.5	599
5	Christian Walker	2024	113.2	96.0	640
6	John Jaha	1999	120.0	87.4	133
7	Paul Molitor	1990	121.7	146.4	749
8	Roy Sievers	1960	126.3	142.0	563
9	George Scott	1977	116.1	78.8	466
10	Tony Perez	1975	130.6	116.7	586

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			453		92	18	1	18		3	45	120	0.236	0.337	0.423	0.760	111.7
2026*	BOS	116	479	64	114	21	2	25		3	53	122	0.284	0.393	0.534	0.927	159.1
2025	STL	135	562	70	126	31	1	20	80	5	44	142	0.257	0.344	0.447	0.791	124.5
2024	STL	84	358	48	79	17	0	15	36	4	45	96	0.262	0.380	0.468	0.848	139.8
2023	STL	125	495	55	113	27	0	20	67	6	51	111	0.264	0.358	0.467	0.826	126.2
2022	CHC	113	487	65	101	23	2	22	55	4	45	103	0.243	0.349	0.466	0.815	132.0
2021	CHC	128	483	61	98	20	0	21	57	5	52	138	0.237	0.340	0.438	0.778	110.5
2020	CHC	57	225	37	46	10	0	7	26	1	20	57	0.243	0.356	0.407	0.763	109.2
2019	CHC	105	409	57	98	18	2	24	64	1	38	102	0.272	0.355	0.533	0.888	125.3
2018	CHC	138	544	50	118	27	5	10	54	4	53	121	0.249	0.339	0.390	0.730	93.5
2017	CHC	117	428	50	104	21	0	21	74	5	45	98	0.276	0.356	0.499	0.855	120.3
2016	CHC	76	283	33	71	14	1	12	35	2	26	67	0.282	0.357	0.488	0.845	131.2
Career		1078	4274	526	954	208	11	172	548	37	419	1035	0.258	0.352	0.459	0.811	120.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	479	89.9	18.5	14.2	44.5	31.2	33.9	0.258	0.496	0.380	27.3
2025	563	90.6	12.3	13.9	49.0	28.9	30.1	0.257	0.488	0.358	27.5
2024	358	91.6	14.2	11.2	46.8	35.0	29.8	0.256	0.461	0.367	27.1
2023	495	91.3	10.1	12.2	46.9	29.0	31.1	0.275	0.498	0.375	26.7
2022	487	90.4	8.5	10.6	48.6	31.0	31.8	0.255	0.480	0.369	27.5
2021	483	91.8	9.6	11.2	48.4	34.7	27.0	0.235	0.450	0.346	27.5
2020	225	89.8	9.1	10.4	47.8	33.8	31.4	0.249	0.441	0.353	27.3
2019	409	88.5	7.5	12.8	41.5	33.1	35.3	0.247	0.482	0.347	27.8
2018	544	88.2	8.0	8.4	33.3	28.1	31.2	0.218	0.361	0.303	27.6
2017	428	88.2	7.1	12.2	35.9	30.1	29.5	0.260	0.475	0.351	27.9
2016	283	88.4	6.9	9.9	33.9	31.2	33.0	0.262	0.444	0.341	28.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	1B	120	1012	960	83	9	78	0.991	+8.6
2024	STL	C	51	432	359	21	3	1	0.992	-1.7
2023	STL	C	97	764	679	31	8	5	0.989	-6.4
2022	CHC	C	72	625	605	46	4	7	0.994	-1.3
2021	CHC	C	116	936	885	57	7	6	0.993	-0.4
2021	CHC	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.2
2021	CHC	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2020	CHC	C	41	324	311	13	2	0	0.994	+3.2
2019	CHC	C	99	812	770	51	12	3	0.986	-3.6
2019	CHC	OF	3	10	2	1	0	0	1.000
2019	CHC	1B	2	9	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2018	CHC	C	133	1110	1013	71	11	9	0.990	-8.9
2018	CHC	OF	5	12	2	0	1	0	0.667
2018	CHC	1B	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2017	CHC	C	108	821	782	86	13	7	0.985	+0.9
2017	CHC	OF	6	32	3	0	1	0	0.750
2017	CHC	1B	5	20	17	3	0	4	1.000	+1.7
2017	CHC	3B	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2016	CHC	C	57	390	389	31	6	0	0.986	-0.1
2016	CHC	OF	24	181	26	1	0	0	1.000
2016	CHC	1B	3	19	22	1	0	1	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
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	22	0 HR, 0 SB	0.143	0.325
2016	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	240	9 HR, 4 SB	0.353	1.035
2015	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	521	8 HR, 4 SB	0.333	0.891
2014	A+	Daytona Cubs	Bat	317	5 HR, 5 SB	0.242	0.679
2013	A	Kane County Cougars	Bat	344	10 HR, 8 SB	0.246	0.729
2010	Rk	DSL Cubs 2	Bat	74	0 HR, 2 SB	0.313	0.780
2009	Rk	DSL Cubs 2	Bat	130	1 HR, 2 SB	0.205	0.618

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.436	0.402	0.447	0.373
2025	0.372	0.346	0.334	0.368
2024	0.382	0.370	0.351	0.393
2023	0.398	0.361	0.367	0.373
2022	0.376	0.369	0.375	0.366
2021	0.387	0.339	0.347	0.357
2020	0.245	0.372	0.382	0.305
2019	0.431	0.365	0.403	0.358

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
2020	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.250	0.625	0.500	1.125
2018	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.400	0.000	0.400
2017	10	32	5	7	0	2	2	6	11	0.219	0.342	0.406	0.748
2016	17	39	4	10	2	1	5	4	10	0.256	0.326	0.385	0.710
Career	30	78	9	18	3	3	7	13	21	0.231	0.362	0.385	0.746