Mitch Garver

Bats R Throws R6'1" 220 lbBorn 1991 Albuquerque, USADebut 2017Team SEADraft 2013 R9 #260 Minnesota Twins, New Mexico

Awards: Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 119.8FIELD+ 91.1 at CTotal 1.01 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	173	150	30	5	0	6	20	52	1	0.203	0.302	0.370	0.672	0.166	0.299	29.8	11.5	92.1	0.37
2027	178	154	31	6	0	6	20	53	1	0.202	0.301	0.364	0.665	0.162	0.297	29.5	11.5	89.7	0.33

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 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 58 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	Bob Brenly	1988	109.7	46.1	123
2	Jack Meyers	1915	122.3	101.6	274
3	Mike Macfarlane	1998	100.6	68.1	246
4	Chris Iannetta	2017	102.8	82.8	360
5	Brian Harper	1994	100.5	-111.2	7
6	Mike Lieberthal	2006	101.5	39.6	82
7	Andy Seminick	1955	109.3	85.8	195
8	Bubbles Hargrave	1927	121.8	95.5	215
9	A. J. Ellis	2015	99.9	67.6	196
10	Ramon Hernandez	2010	97.5	106.8	328

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			178		31	6	0	6		1	20	53	0.202	0.301	0.364	0.665	89.7
2026*	SEA	50	149	17	22	3	0	4		1	22	49	0.175	0.302	0.294	0.596	83.3
2025	SEA	87	290	29	53	5	1	9	30	3	30	80	0.209	0.297	0.343	0.639	88.1
2024	SEA	114	430	37	63	17	0	15	51	0	53	133	0.172	0.286	0.341	0.627	90.3
2023	TEX	87	343	45	80	11	0	19	50	0	44	82	0.270	0.370	0.500	0.870	136.4
2022	TEX	54	215	23	39	7	0	10	24	1	23	53	0.207	0.298	0.404	0.702	100.5
2021	MIN	68	243	29	53	15	0	13	34	1	31	71	0.256	0.358	0.517	0.875	139.7
2020	MIN	23	81	8	12	1	0	2	5	0	7	37	0.167	0.247	0.264	0.511	43.6
2019	MIN	93	359	70	85	16	1	31	67	0	41	87	0.273	0.365	0.630	0.995	155.4
2018	MIN	103	335	38	81	19	2	7	45	0	29	72	0.268	0.335	0.414	0.749	102.7
2017	MIN	23	52	5	9	1	3	0	3	0	6	15	0.196	0.288	0.348	0.636	71.9
Career		652	2348	284	475	92	7	106	309	5	264	630	0.233	0.326	0.440	0.766	112.5

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2018	MIN	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	0	0	0
Career		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	0	0	0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	149	90.6	18.3	9.1	48.1	33.7	24.9	0.194	0.341	0.301	25.1
2025	290	91.5	19.4	7.9	46.9	30.7	20.6	0.209	0.371	0.298	26.0
2024	430	89.9	18.3	8.5	39.7	30.8	20.0	0.176	0.335	0.284	26.0
2023	344	90.0	20.5	12.6	42.1	23.7	17.4	0.250	0.496	0.365	25.7
2022	215	88.9	18.4	8.8	38.7	25.3	21.9	0.222	0.423	0.324	26.4
2021	243	92.3	19.0	17.4	53.6	30.0	20.5	0.250	0.555	0.387	25.6
2020	81	92.4	18.6	8.3	50.0	39.6	16.0	0.170	0.278	0.240	25.9
2019	359	91.1	15.3	16.7	50.0	24.0	17.4	0.255	0.573	0.382	26.3
2018	335	89.0	12.7	6.3	38.8	23.2	18.5	0.243	0.392	0.309	26.3
2017	52	86.8	10.5	3.3	45.2	20.9	20.4	0.180	0.278	0.251	27.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SEA	C	43	377	375	10	3	0	0.992	-1.5
2024	SEA	C	25	190	183	9	0	2	1.000	-0.1
2023	TEX	C	28	230	214	8	2	1	0.991	-0.0
2023	TEX	1B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2022	TEX	C	14	124	119	4	1	0	0.992	-0.0
2021	MIN	C	59	452	426	12	1	2	0.998	+2.8
2021	MIN	1B	4	9	5	1	1	1	0.857	-0.0
2020	MIN	C	22	169	173	11	0	2	1.000	-0.3
2020	MIN	1B	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2019	MIN	C	82	674	690	29	6	4	0.992	+0.6
2019	MIN	1B	1	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
2018	MIN	C	86	669	617	34	4	2	0.994	-8.0
2018	MIN	1B	5	13	7	1	0	1	1.000	+0.6
2018	MIN	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2017	MIN	C	13	51	54	3	1	0	0.983	+0.1
2017	MIN	1B	3	24	18	2	1	2	0.952	-0.1
2017	MIN	OF	2	6	2	0	0	0	1.000

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	25	2 HR, 0 SB	0.316	1.217
2021	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	30	0 HR, 0 SB	0.231	0.564
2017	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	372	17 HR, 2 SB	0.291	0.928
2016	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	84	1 HR, 0 SB	0.329	0.815
2016	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	407	11 HR, 1 SB	0.257	0.753
2015	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	520	4 HR, 5 SB	0.245	0.689
2014	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	504	16 HR, 7 SB	0.298	0.880
2013	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	225	2 HR, 0 SB	0.243	0.679

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.334	0.277	0.225	0.364
2025	0.321	0.251	0.252	0.317
2024	0.334	0.260	0.292	0.282
2023	0.435	0.370	0.413	0.357
2022	0.468	0.269	0.316	0.339
2021	0.314	0.421	0.394	0.357
2020	0.400	0.172	0.269	0.222
2019	0.488	0.387	0.409	0.440

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	6	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	0.286	0.333	0.571	0.905
2023	14	53	8	12	2	0	3	14	6	12	0.226	0.317	0.434	0.751
2020	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2019	3	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.167	0.231	0.167	0.397
Career	24	73	9	16	2	1	3	16	8	20	0.219	0.301	0.397	0.698