Jimmy Crooks

Bats L Throws R6'0" 230 lbBorn 2001 Euless, USADebut 2025Team STLDraft 2022 R4 #127 St. Louis Cardinals, OklahomaContract 1 y/$781,550 (26) 2026: $553,057

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 142.5FIELD+ 107.1 at CTotal 1.58 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	138	125	31	6	0	4	10	38	0	0.245	0.307	0.403	0.711	0.158	0.310	27.2	7.4	98.1	0.40
2027	187	168	39	7	0	7	15	54	0	0.235	0.306	0.407	0.713	0.172	0.311	29.0	7.9	98.2	0.54

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 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 102 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	Brad Gulden	1979	20.1	355.2	3
2	Al Pardo	1986	-13.4	did not play
3	Doug Gwosdz	1983	13.9	103.8	10
4	Pickles Dillhoefer	1917	-33.9	-35.7	12
5	Billy Bryan	1962	27.6	48.1	74
6	Carson Kelly	2018	12.2	107.5	365
7	Austin Hedges	2016	11.6	71.4	417
8	Mike Ryan	1965	13.6	46.1	400
9	Brian Schneider	2000	33.5	120.1	48
10	Johnny Wyrostek	1943	-9.8	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			187		39	7	0	7		15	54	0.235	0.306	0.407	0.713	98.2
2026*	SLN	46	134	9	21	5	0	4		8	43	0.174	0.246	0.314	0.560	65.5
2025	STL	15	46	3	6	0	1	1	1	0	17	0.133	0.152	0.244	0.397	3.5
Career		15	46	3	6	0	1	1	1	0	17	0.133	0.152	0.244	0.397	3.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	132	91.2	18.7	9.2	46.8	34.1	37.7	0.195	0.371	0.282	26.9
2025	46	89.6	19.7	7.1	39.3	25.0	27.7	0.185	0.319	0.223	26.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	C	14	105	97	4	0	0	1.000	-0.1

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	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	177	13 HR, 1 SB	0.262	0.979
2025	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	430	14 HR, 0 SB	0.274	0.778
2024	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	371	11 HR, 4 SB	0.321	0.908
2023	A+	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	477	12 HR, 2 SB	0.271	0.791
2022	A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	96	3 HR, 0 SB	0.266	0.864

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.274	0.253	0.213	0.305
2025	0.362	0.155	0.148	0.235

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