Jerar Encarnacion

Bats R Throws R6'4" 250 lbBorn 1997 Bayaguana, D.R.Debut 2022Team SF

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 73.8FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.02 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	148	134	32	5	0	5	11	44	1	0.236	0.300	0.392	0.692	0.156	0.302	30.0	7.7	88.2	0.25
2027	151	137	32	5	0	5	11	46	1	0.231	0.294	0.380	0.673	0.149	0.295	30.2	7.5	87.7	0.24

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 32 HIT+ the next season; 6 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	Russ Morman	1989	70.1	140.4	41
2	Hugh Bradley	1912	66.5	did not play
3	Taylor Jones	2021	73.1	-124.8	1
4	Geronimo Berroa	1992	78.1	-27.4	36
5	John Hicks	2017	78.9	93.7	312
6	Jim Paciorek	1987	67.5	did not play
7	Jose Leon	2004	54.0	did not play
8	Joe Kutina	1912	74.2	did not play
9	Lance Niekro	2006	81.9	0.6	18
10	Jake Fox	2010	80.4	111.2	67

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			151		32	5	5		1	11	46	0.231	0.294	0.380	0.673	87.7
2026*	SFN	17	35	1	6	1	0		0	1	8	0.176	0.200	0.206	0.406	14.1
2025	SF	19	56	5	11	3	2	7	1	1	15	0.200	0.214	0.364	0.578	58.2
2024	SF	35	119	13	28	5	5	19	1	5	34	0.248	0.277	0.425	0.702	97.3
2022	MIA	23	81	7	14	3	3	14	2	3	32	0.182	0.210	0.338	0.548	45.8
Career		77	256	25	53	11	10	40	4	9	81	0.216	0.242	0.384	0.626	72.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	35	87.5	5.4	7.7	34.6	19.3	43.4	0.190	0.266	0.210	26.7
2025	56	90.8	4.0	5.0	45.0	34.0	32.4	0.256	0.428	0.297	26.1
2024	119	95.0	6.7	15.0	58.8	28.7	34.8	0.269	0.513	0.352	26.9
2022	81	90.5	8.0	6.5	41.3	42.7	32.1	0.180	0.302	0.231	27.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SF	OF	16	105	28	1	0	0	1.000
2025	SF	1B	1	7	6	1	1	0	0.875	-0.4
2024	SF	OF	18	110	13	0	0	0	1.000
2024	SF	1B	2	13	17	2	1	2	0.950	+0.6
2022	MIA	OF	20	169	33	2	2	0	0.946

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Bat	98	4 HR, 2 SB	0.274	0.842
2024	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Bat	146	10 HR, 1 SB	0.352	1.054
2023	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Bat	516	26 HR, 6 SB	0.228	0.799
2022	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Bat	297	14 HR, 0 SB	0.265	0.803
2022	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	136	8 HR, 4 SB	0.358	1.009
2021	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	260	9 HR, 5 SB	0.222	0.708
2019	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Bat	272	6 HR, 3 SB	0.253	0.670
2019	A	Clinton LumberKings	Bat	281	10 HR, 3 SB	0.298	0.841
2018	A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Bat	59	0 HR, 0 SB	0.074	0.227
2017	Rk	GCL Marlins	Bat	167	5 HR, 3 SB	0.266	0.771
2016	Rk	DSL Marlins	Bat	57	1 HR, 0 SB	0.218	0.577

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.208	0.159	0.278	0.060
2025	0.269	0.228	0.098	0.344
2024	0.281	0.307	0.259	0.349
2022	0.211	0.264	0.167	0.298

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