Dillon Dingler

Bats R Throws R6'1" 210 lbBorn 1998 Massillon, USADebut 2024Team DET1x All-StarDraft 2020 R2 #38 Detroit Tigers, Ohio StateContract 1 y/$834,900 (26) 2026: $834,900

Awards: Rawlings AL Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 129.9FIELD+ 111.6 at CTotal 3.44 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	381	347	85	16	2	11	25	93	1	0.244	0.304	0.398	0.702	0.154	0.306	24.4	6.5	93.1	0.86
2027	499	452	112	21	2	18	34	116	0	0.248	0.311	0.425	0.736	0.177	0.319	23.3	6.7	104.4	1.83

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 79 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	Ronny Paulino	2007	91.0	54.1	130
2	Dave Engle	1983	96.9	76.9	424
3	Jorge Alfaro	2019	96.1	68.9	100
4	Mike Macfarlane	1990	86.7	128.3	295
5	Harry Danning	1938	97.0	122.1	563
6	George Mitterwald	1971	86.2	19.1	173
7	Brad Ausmus	1995	86.1	58.9	427
8	Don Slaught	1985	95.4	101.4	341
9	Dick Brown	1961	90.5	60.9	461
10	Ellie Rodriguez	1972	88.0	103.0	350

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			499		112	21	2	18		34	116	0.248	0.311	0.425	0.736	104.4
2026*	DET	118	500	65	115	24	2	26		31	111	0.255	0.319	0.490	0.809	124.5
2025	DET	126	468	54	121	21	2	13	57	23	110	0.278	0.327	0.425	0.752	107.1
2024	DET	27	87	2	14	5	2	1	11	3	30	0.167	0.195	0.310	0.505	33.6
Career		153	555	56	135	26	4	14	68	26	140	0.260	0.306	0.407	0.713	95.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	500	88.9	17.8	10.5	43.1	21.9	33.6	0.274	0.488	0.358	27.4
2025	469	90.0	15.8	9.2	45.7	24.8	30.2	0.290	0.475	0.351	27.6
2024	87	89.8	9.6	3.7	48.1	28.7	36.7	0.240	0.391	0.287	27.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	C	118	1012	1023	39	7	5	0.993	+6.2
2024	DET	C	27	214	168	7	1	0	0.994	-0.2

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	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	301	17 HR, 5 SB	0.308	0.938
2023	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	109	3 HR, 0 SB	0.202	0.650
2023	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	219	9 HR, 3 SB	0.253	0.834
2023	A	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Bat	53	4 HR, 3 SB	0.395	1.276
2022	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	448	14 HR, 1 SB	0.238	0.752
2021	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	208	4 HR, 1 SB	0.202	0.578
2021	A+	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	141	8 HR, 0 SB	0.287	0.925

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.286	0.390	0.322	0.392
2025	0.408	0.309	0.284	0.385
2024	0.150	0.260	0.174	0.270

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	8	30	3	5	2	0	1	2	0	5	10	0.167	0.306	0.333	0.639
Career	8	30	3	5	2	0	1	2	0	5	10	0.167	0.306	0.333	0.639