William Contreras

Bats R Throws R6'0" 180 lbBorn 1997 Puerto Cabello, VenezuelaDebut 2020Team MIL3x All-StarContract 1 y/$9.4M (26)+27 cl opt 2026: $9,400,000

Awards: NL Silver Slugger x2, All-MLB First Team

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 125.9FIELD+ 98.6 at CTotal 3.32 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	529	459	120	22	1	17	64	106	4	0.261	0.353	0.424	0.777	0.163	0.341	20.0	12.0	116.7	2.73
2027	524	459	121	22	1	16	57	92	3	0.264	0.347	0.418	0.766	0.154	0.335	17.6	10.9	114.1	2.54

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 120 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	Gary Carter	1981	116.0	147.0	653
2	Lance Parrish	1983	113.1	96.6	629
3	Johnny Bench	1975	129.9	112.1	552
4	Will Smith	2022	128.6	114.6	554
5	Thurman Munson	1974	117.8	124.7	661
6	Gene Tenace	1974	134.1	150.7	623
7	Sean Murphy	2022	116.3	127.9	438
8	Jason Kendall	2001	115.3	89.1	605
9	Javy Lopez	1998	111.7	127.8	269
10	Gus Triandos	1958	111.0	110.4	468

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			524		121	22	1	16		3	57	92	0.264	0.347	0.418	0.766	114.1
2026*	MIL	118	509	62	116	18	1	12		1	48	71	0.257	0.330	0.381	0.711	96.2
2025	MIL	150	659	89	147	28	0	17	76	6	84	120	0.260	0.355	0.399	0.754	113.1
2024	MIL	155	679	99	167	37	2	23	92	9	78	139	0.281	0.365	0.466	0.831	132.4
2023	MIL	141	611	86	156	38	1	17	78	6	63	126	0.289	0.367	0.457	0.825	126.5
2022	ATL	97	376	51	93	14	1	20	45	2	39	104	0.278	0.354	0.506	0.860	138.6
2021	ATL	52	185	19	35	4	1	8	23	0	19	54	0.215	0.303	0.399	0.701	80.6
2020	ATL	4	10	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.400	0.400	0.500	0.900	134.2
Career		599	2520	344	602	122	5	85	315	23	283	547	0.273	0.357	0.448	0.805	123.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	509	90.1	12.0	8.0	43.5	20.4	28.3	0.260	0.437	0.335	25.9
2025	659	91.1	7.0	6.4	48.5	24.2	25.3	0.248	0.393	0.328	26.2
2024	679	92.8	6.1	10.0	49.5	27.8	25.6	0.261	0.471	0.356	26.4
2023	611	91.3	4.7	9.4	48.7	28.0	24.7	0.247	0.434	0.332	26.5
2022	376	90.4	6.1	13.4	46.6	34.3	28.8	0.236	0.482	0.343	27.0
2021	185	92.5	8.2	11.0	44.5	36.4	31.8	0.223	0.417	0.317	26.9
2020	10	84.6	18.0	16.7	16.7	40.9	45.0	0.320	0.466	0.338

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIL	C	128	1112	1149	43	6	6	0.995	+0.5
2025	MIL	1B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2025	MIL	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2024	MIL	C	120	1060	1054	37	8	2	0.993	+2.9
2023	MIL	C	108	943	969	30	11	5	0.989	+8.9
2022	ATL	C	60	519	559	10	8	1	0.986	-5.5
2022	ATL	OF	1	9	0	0	0	0
2021	ATL	C	49	416	411	21	2	0	0.995	-3.4
2020	ATL	C	4	21	21	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	51	0 HR, 0 SB	0.292	0.687
2021	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	171	9 HR, 0 SB	0.290	0.873
2019	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	209	3 HR, 0 SB	0.246	0.646
2019	A+	Florida Fire Frogs	Bat	207	3 HR, 0 SB	0.263	0.692
2018	A+	Florida Fire Frogs	Bat	90	0 HR, 0 SB	0.253	0.637
2018	A	Rome Braves	Bat	342	11 HR, 1 SB	0.293	0.823
2017	Rk	Danville Braves	Bat	198	4 HR, 1 SB	0.290	0.811
2016	Rk	FCL Braves	Bat	82	1 HR, 0 SB	0.264	0.721
2015	Rk	DSL Braves	Bat	189	0 HR, 2 SB	0.314	0.785

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.341	0.323	0.327	0.328
2025	0.335	0.352	0.369	0.327
2024	0.382	0.366	0.373	0.368
2023	0.477	0.325	0.379	0.358
2022	0.450	0.349	0.372	0.387
2021	0.300	0.329	0.269	0.380
2020	0.000	0.494		0.395

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	9	34	5	8	1	2	3	3	7	0.235	0.297	0.441	0.738
2024	3	12	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333
2023	2	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	3	0.333	0.400	0.333	0.733
2022	3	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	0.125	0.222	0.250	0.472
2021	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	18	64	6	14	2	2	5	5	17	0.219	0.275	0.344	0.619