Billy Cook

Bats R Throws R6'0" 200 lbBorn 1999 Layton, USADebut 2024Team PITDraft 2021 R10 #287 Baltimore Orioles, PepperdineContract 1 y/$782,800 (26) 2026: $663,582

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 62.8FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.16 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	83	75	17	3	0	2	6	23	2	0.226	0.292	0.373	0.665	0.146	0.292	27.8	7.4	81.4	0.07
2027	109	99	21	4	1	3	7	32	4	0.217	0.278	0.356	0.635	0.139	0.280	29.5	6.8	76.7	0.03

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 94 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	Jose Leon	2003	67.5	24.3	69
2	Sean Halton	2013	83.4	did not play
3	Brandon Snyder	2013	80.4	did not play
4	Hugh Bradley	1911	71.5	62.3	160
5	Jeff Conine	1992	84.2	100.8	658
6	John Wockenfuss	1975	77.5	96.1	163
7	Robb Quinlan	2003	89.0	145.9	177
8	John Jaha	1992	67.4	103.7	582
9	Steve Balboni	1983	72.1	122.6	488
10	Brad Eldred	2007	68.3	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			109		21	4	1	3		4	7	32	0.217	0.278	0.356	0.635	76.7
2026*	PIT	69	49	11	9	1	1	0		5	1	19	0.188	0.204	0.250	0.454	18.4
2025	PIT	3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667	84.7
2024	PIT	16	49	5	11	2	0	3	8	1	0	19	0.224	0.224	0.449	0.673	76.7
Career		19	55	6	13	2	0	3	8	1	0	20	0.236	0.236	0.436	0.673	77.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	49	84.2	22.0	0.0	20.7	33.7	41.4	0.144	0.189	0.155	29.5
2025	6	81.6	26.4	0.0	40.0	25.0	63.6	0.396	0.459	0.382
2024	49	92.6	28.6	13.3	50.0	39.8	36.9	0.219	0.437	0.278	29.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PIT	OF	3	9	3	0	0	0	1.000
2025	PIT	1B	1	2	4	0	0	0	1.000
2024	PIT	OF	12	85	25	2	0	1	1.000
2024	PIT	1B	5	35	31	0	1	3	0.969	-0.5

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	96	5 HR, 6 SB	0.293	0.901
2025	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	375	8 HR, 13 SB	0.248	0.707
2024	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	304	11 HR, 12 SB	0.279	0.857
2024	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	126	5 HR, 9 SB	0.276	0.875
2024	AAA	nan	Bat	430	16 HR, 21 SB	0.278	0.862
2024	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	63	1 HR, 4 SB	0.255	0.757
2023	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	501	24 HR, 30 SB	0.251	0.776
2022	A+	Aberdeen IronBirds	Bat	437	15 HR, 25 SB	0.221	0.720
2021	A	Delmarva Shorebirds	Bat	103	6 HR, 7 SB	0.258	0.846
2021	Rk	FCL Orioles Orange	Bat	25	0 HR, 3 SB	0.286	0.701

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.238	0.190	0.306	0.173
2025	0.450	0.000	0.450	0.225
2024	0.505	0.227	0.145	0.388

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