Nolan Gorman

Bats L Throws R6'1" 210 lbBorn 2000 Phoenix, USADebut 2022Team STLDraft 2018 R1 #19 St. Louis Cardinals, Sandra Day O'Connor HSContract 1 y/$2.655M (26) 2026: $2,655,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 88.2FIELD+ 94.1 at 2BTotal 0.50 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	388	342	74	14	0	17	41	125	3	0.216	0.300	0.406	0.706	0.190	0.308	32.2	10.5	93.8	0.91
2027	303	267	56	10	0	13	32	100	2	0.210	0.295	0.396	0.692	0.187	0.303	32.9	10.7	92.6	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 25

His ten closest age-25 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	Ken Boswell	1971	94.3	69.8	400
2	MJ Melendez	2024	94.3	-12.7	65
3	Scooter Gennett	2015	99.9	93.8	541
4	Ian Stewart	2010	92.9	5.9	136
5	Brad Miller	2015	102.9	115.4	601
6	Pete Runnels	1953	93.1	114.4	570
7	Andy High	1923	94.1	127.7	654
8	Jack Suwinski	2024	97.7	56.2	178
9	Bobby Brown	1950	102.9	109.2	369
10	Jazz Chisholm	2023	103.8	105.8	621

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			303		56	10	0	13		2	32	100	0.210	0.295	0.396	0.692	92.6
2026*	SLN	62	229	19	39	4	0	7		0	25	74	0.194	0.279	0.318	0.598	67.5
2025	STL	111	402	48	72	14	1	14	46	1	47	136	0.205	0.296	0.370	0.666	88.1
2024	STL	107	402	42	74	15	0	19	50	6	34	151	0.203	0.271	0.400	0.671	83.6
2023	STL	119	464	59	96	17	0	27	76	7	53	148	0.236	0.328	0.478	0.805	117.1
2022	STL	89	313	44	64	13	0	14	35	1	28	103	0.226	0.300	0.420	0.721	108.0
Career		426	1581	193	306	59	1	74	207	15	162	538	0.218	0.300	0.419	0.719	99.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	229	89.3	22.3	9.2	43.8	38.9	31.8	0.197	0.351	0.278	25.2
2025	402	89.6	22.3	9.2	41.1	34.6	27.7	0.196	0.386	0.296	25.9
2024	402	88.5	20.3	16.7	38.6	38.7	30.3	0.206	0.440	0.308	26.2
2023	464	91.0	22.2	16.6	48.5	35.6	27.7	0.231	0.498	0.351	26.5
2022	313	89.2	20.0	14.4	43.3	34.5	31.1	0.237	0.493	0.345	27.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	3B	54	410	31	84	6	11	0.950	-8.8
2025	STL	2B	28	215	33	67	1	9	0.990	-4.4
2025	STL	1B	7	41	37	5	0	4	1.000	-1.4
2024	STL	2B	105	871	147	243	10	68	0.975	-10.5
2024	STL	3B	2	3	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2023	STL	2B	75	580	109	195	5	50	0.984	-2.5
2023	STL	3B	18	124	2	28	1	5	0.968	-3.0
2022	STL	2B	68	549	127	181	8	61	0.975	-3.4
2022	STL	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0

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	192	13 HR, 1 SB	0.186	0.788
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	98	7 HR, 0 SB	0.205	0.765
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	188	16 HR, 3 SB	0.275	0.915
2021	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	328	14 HR, 3 SB	0.274	0.785
2021	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	195	11 HR, 4 SB	0.288	0.862
2019	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	230	5 HR, 0 SB	0.256	0.732
2019	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	282	10 HR, 2 SB	0.241	0.792
2018	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	107	6 HR, 0 SB	0.202	0.706
2018	Rk	Johnson City Cardinals	Bat	167	11 HR, 1 SB	0.350	1.107

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.230	0.273	0.272	0.260
2025	0.333	0.285	0.323	0.272
2024	0.271	0.299	0.257	0.323
2023	0.374	0.348	0.382	0.327
2022	0.309	0.318	0.300	0.336

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
2022	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Career	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000