Paul Goldschmidt

Bats R Throws R6'3" 220 lbBorn 1987 Wilmington, USADebut 2011Team NYY7x All-StarDraft 2006 R49 #1453 Los Angeles Dodgers, The Woodlands HSContract 1 y/$4M (26) 2026: $4,000,000

Awards: Gold Glove x4, Silver Slugger x4, All-MLB First Team, Hank Aaron Award, NL Hank Aaron Award, NL MVP, NL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 86.8FIELD+ 98.0 at 1BTotal 0.50 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	363	324	82	16	0	12	34	80	3	0.254	0.327	0.414	0.741	0.160	0.323	21.9	9.4	103.1	1.27
2027	334	300	73	14	0	10	29	78	3	0.243	0.313	0.388	0.700	0.145	0.307	23.3	8.8	90.9	0.67

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 37

His ten closest age-37 comparables averaged 66 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Miguel Cabrera	2020	145.6	96.3	526
2	Albert Pujols	2017	149.7	89.4	498
3	Steve Garvey	1986	116.0	35.6	78
4	Joey Votto	2021	150.9	89.2	376
5	Eddie Murray	1993	133.0	82.5	467
6	Tony Perez	1979	126.2	103.2	635
7	Harmon Killebrew	1973	148.9	88.0	382
8	Harry Davis	1911	123.6	-106.9	5
9	Jose Abreu	2024	127.0	did not play
10	Gil Hodges	1961	119.9	115.2	142

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			334		73	14	0	10		3	29	78	0.243	0.313	0.388	0.700	90.9
2026*	NYA	89	330	37	74	11	1	16		1	26	79	0.247	0.312	0.450	0.762	109.4
2025	NYY	146	531	76	134	31	1	10	45	5	36	100	0.274	0.328	0.403	0.731	102.3
2024	STL	154	650	70	147	33	1	22	65	11	47	173	0.245	0.302	0.414	0.716	97.0
2023	STL	154	686	89	159	31	0	25	80	11	87	161	0.268	0.363	0.447	0.810	120.8
2022	STL	151	649	106	178	41	0	35	115	7	79	141	0.317	0.404	0.578	0.981	181.6
2021	STL	158	679	102	177	36	2	31	99	12	67	136	0.294	0.365	0.514	0.879	142.5
2020	STL	58	230	31	58	13	0	6	21	1	37	43	0.304	0.417	0.466	0.883	145.1
2019	STL	161	680	97	155	25	1	34	97	3	78	166	0.260	0.346	0.476	0.821	114.5
2018	ARI	158	689	95	172	35	5	33	83	7	90	173	0.290	0.389	0.533	0.922	140.2
2017	ARI	155	664	117	166	34	3	36	120	18	94	147	0.297	0.404	0.563	0.966	138.5
2016	ARI	158	704	106	172	33	3	24	95	32	110	150	0.297	0.411	0.489	0.899	133.1
2015	ARI	159	694	103	182	38	2	33	110	21	118	151	0.321	0.435	0.570	1.005	165.6
2014	ARI	109	475	75	122	39	1	19	69	9	64	110	0.300	0.396	0.542	0.938	161.5
2013	ARI	160	709	103	182	36	3	36	125	15	99	145	0.302	0.401	0.551	0.952	161.4
2012	ARI	145	587	82	147	43	1	20	82	18	60	130	0.286	0.359	0.490	0.850	124.6
2011	ARI	48	177	28	39	9	1	8	26	4	20	53	0.250	0.333	0.474	0.808	116.1
Career		2074	8804	1280	2190	477	24	372	1232	174	1086	1979	0.288	0.378	0.504	0.882	137.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	330	86.6	14.1	10.4	36.5	27.1	32.5	0.231	0.405	0.306	25.4
2025	534	90.4	15.9	8.0	43.7	20.5	27.4	0.266	0.450	0.329	26.1
2024	654	91.2	13.1	10.8	49.6	27.4	29.5	0.252	0.462	0.332	26.3
2023	687	91.3	12.8	12.0	50.8	27.5	26.6	0.264	0.491	0.365	26.4
2022	651	90.8	15.7	11.6	47.4	26.8	25.2	0.262	0.503	0.372	26.3
2021	679	92.6	17.1	13.6	50.6	24.9	25.3	0.287	0.579	0.396	26.3
2020	231	89.2	11.7	10.7	40.9	23.7	22.6	0.285	0.510	0.396	26.4
2019	682	90.1	15.4	12.3	42.4	26.3	28.4	0.257	0.509	0.359	26.6
2018	690	90.8	15.7	14.8	44.0	26.4	26.0	0.271	0.533	0.384	26.9
2017	665	91.5	11.6	14.3	47.5	26.5	23.0	0.284	0.560	0.397	26.8
2016	705	91.0	11.0	9.2	42.6	22.9	20.8	0.271	0.458	0.365	27.3
2015	695	92.0	12.9	14.2	46.3	25.2	20.4	0.279	0.558	0.403	27.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	1B	139	1029	840	84	5	73	0.995	-2.0
2025	NYY	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
2024	STL	1B	150	1313	1216	102	5	137	0.996	-1.1
2023	STL	1B	133	1153	1048	115	2	122	0.998	+10.5
2022	STL	1B	128	1104	1071	91	1	118	0.999	+2.1
2021	STL	1B	153	1313	1144	106	2	111	0.998	+3.3
2020	STL	1B	52	411	383	27	1	41	0.998	+4.1
2019	STL	1B	159	1370	1256	111	5	145	0.996	+8.0
2018	ARI	1B	155	1366	1323	110	6	131	0.996	+2.8
2017	ARI	1B	151	1292	1254	103	4	116	0.997	+7.8
2016	ARI	1B	157	1389	1378	116	4	127	0.997	-5.0
2015	ARI	1B	157	1382	1378	123	5	129	0.997	+6.7
2014	ARI	1B	109	966	934	80	7	83	0.993
2013	ARI	1B	159	1446	1494	99	5	118	0.997
2012	ARI	1B	139	1205	1234	65	7	106	0.995
2011	ARI	1B	43	368	351	22	0	22	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
2011	AA	Mobile BayBears	Bat	457	30 HR, 9 SB	0.306	1.061
2010	A+	Visalia Rawhide	Bat	599	35 HR, 5 SB	0.314	0.990
2009	Rk	Missoula Osprey	Bat	331	18 HR, 4 SB	0.334	1.046

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.429	0.259	0.297	0.366
2025	0.416	0.285	0.279	0.367
2024	0.380	0.312	0.303	0.354
2023	0.366	0.357	0.380	0.337
2022	0.561	0.397	0.476	0.390
2021	0.466	0.370	0.370	0.407
2020	0.443	0.383	0.403	0.381
2019	0.421	0.352	0.374	0.356

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	6	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.444	0.545	0.444	0.990
2022	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.125	0.000	0.125
2021	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.333	0.600	0.333	0.933
2020	3	13	2	3	1	2	3	0	1	2	0.231	0.286	0.769	1.055
2019	9	37	5	10	4	2	2	0	2	11	0.270	0.308	0.541	0.848
2017	4	16	2	3	0	2	5	0	1	4	0.188	0.235	0.562	0.798
2011	4	16	4	7	0	2	6	1	2	5	0.438	0.526	0.812	1.339
Career	29	101	14	28	5	8	16	1	9	28	0.277	0.354	0.564	0.918

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	ARI	$5,833,333
2015	ARI	$3,100,000
2014	ARI	$1,100,000
2013	ARI	$500,000
2012	ARI	$482,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.