Ian Happ

Bats B Throws R6'0" 205 lbBorn 1994 Pittsburgh, USADebut 2017Team CHC1x All-StarDraft 2015 R1 #9 Chicago Cubs, CincinnatiContract 3 y/$61M (24-26) 2026: $19,000,000

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove x4

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 106.6FIELD+ 103.4 at LFTotal 2.07 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	515	441	104	22	1	18	67	124	7	0.237	0.340	0.415	0.755	0.178	0.333	24.2	13.1	112.2	2.37
2027	528	453	103	22	1	19	67	141	6	0.227	0.330	0.405	0.736	0.178	0.325	26.8	12.6	108.6	2.21

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 120 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	Carlos Beltran	2007	115.6	128.1	706
2	Nick Swisher	2011	117.4	128.1	624
3	Bob Bescher	1914	112.6	111.8	559
4	Max Carey	1920	111.5	118.8	625
5	Pete Rose	1971	126.7	139.4	729
6	Dexter Fowler	2016	110.8	122.0	491
7	Melky Cabrera	2015	102.1	118.8	646
8	Randy Winn	2004	101.2	129.9	683
9	Ken Henderson	1976	110.1	86.1	267
10	Angel Pagan	2012	105.6	118.9	305

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			528		103	22	1	19		6	67	141	0.227	0.330	0.405	0.736	108.6
2026*	CHN	124	523	72	96	22	2	20		4	66	160	0.214	0.322	0.405	0.727	111.7
2025	CHC	150	663	87	138	32	0	23	79	6	87	151	0.243	0.342	0.420	0.762	122.3
2024	CHC	153	657	89	138	34	2	25	86	13	80	168	0.243	0.341	0.441	0.782	122.4
2023	CHC	158	691	86	144	35	4	21	84	14	99	153	0.248	0.360	0.431	0.791	114.0
2022	CHC	158	641	72	155	42	2	17	72	9	58	149	0.271	0.342	0.440	0.781	119.1
2021	CHC	148	535	63	105	20	1	25	66	9	62	156	0.226	0.323	0.434	0.757	104.5
2020	CHC	57	231	27	51	11	1	12	28	1	30	63	0.258	0.361	0.505	0.866	130.8
2019	CHC	58	156	25	37	7	1	11	30	2	15	39	0.264	0.333	0.564	0.898	125.4
2018	CHC	142	462	56	90	19	2	15	44	8	70	167	0.233	0.353	0.408	0.761	99.2
2017	CHC	115	413	62	92	17	3	24	68	8	39	129	0.253	0.328	0.514	0.842	111.7
Career		1139	4449	567	950	217	16	173	557	70	540	1175	0.247	0.343	0.447	0.790	115.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2018	CHC	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	523	89.3	14.7	11.0	42.1	31.3	24.2	0.200	0.386	0.308	27.9
2025	663	90.0	16.1	10.4	44.4	24.6	20.8	0.256	0.457	0.354	27.4
2024	657	90.8	15.1	11.7	45.2	27.9	23.2	0.240	0.453	0.347	27.9
2023	691	89.9	13.0	9.0	39.0	25.3	23.0	0.249	0.427	0.349	27.7
2022	641	89.7	10.9	6.6	40.4	27.2	26.7	0.239	0.396	0.312	27.9
2021	535	89.5	9.9	11.0	41.3	32.3	23.1	0.217	0.404	0.319	27.7
2020	231	91.1	9.0	10.4	48.5	35.7	24.4	0.261	0.469	0.362	27.1
2019	156	89.8	16.0	15.9	38.2	30.4	30.0	0.237	0.510	0.342	27.8
2018	462	90.0	14.1	14.0	40.5	37.8	20.9	0.212	0.397	0.322	27.6
2017	413	88.5	13.3	15.0	39.4	34.3	25.2	0.246	0.477	0.336	28.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	OF	146	1274	300	5	1	0	0.997
2024	CHC	OF	144	1248	307	11	1	2	0.997
2023	CHC	OF	154	1338	253	12	3	4	0.989
2022	CHC	OF	147	1245	277	8	3	1	0.990
2021	CHC	OF	123	993	205	4	0	0	1.000
2021	CHC	2B	8	35	4	7	1	0	0.917	+1.3
2021	CHC	3B	2	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2020	CHC	OF	56	446	87	3	1	1	0.989
2020	CHC	1B	2	6	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2019	CHC	OF	29	126	35	1	0	0	1.000
2019	CHC	2B	13	83	14	18	1	3	0.970	+0.3
2019	CHC	3B	8	54	6	15	1	1	0.955	+0.0
2019	CHC	1B	7	41	43	2	0	5	1.000	+0.1
2018	CHC	OF	115	802	164	6	2	0	0.988
2018	CHC	3B	20	113	9	21	2	1	0.938	-1.0
2018	CHC	1B	2	14	10	4	0	2	1.000	+0.2
2018	CHC	2B	2	3	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2018	CHC	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2017	CHC	OF	82	533	100	4	2	0	0.981
2017	CHC	2B	44	260	39	79	2	13	0.983	+1.8
2017	CHC	3B	4	17	3	5	0	2	1.000	-1.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	429	16 HR, 9 SB	0.242	0.796
2017	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	116	9 HR, 2 SB	0.298	0.977
2016	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	274	8 HR, 6 SB	0.262	0.733
2016	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	293	7 HR, 10 SB	0.296	0.885
2015	A	South Bend Cubs	Bat	165	5 HR, 1 SB	0.241	0.763

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.234	0.360	0.341	0.316
2025	0.312	0.352	0.361	0.322
2024	0.328	0.353	0.363	0.332
2023	0.316	0.369	0.336	0.372
2022	0.356	0.344	0.383	0.312
2021	0.299	0.346	0.348	0.323
2020	0.337	0.394	0.405	0.354
2019	0.312	0.399	0.378	0.383

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	8	30	3	3	1	2	4	2	13	0.100	0.156	0.333	0.490
2020	2	8	1	4	0	1	1	0	1	0.500	0.500	0.875	1.375
2018	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000
2017	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	0.143	0.250	0.143	0.393
Career	16	45	4	8	1	3	5	4	19	0.178	0.245	0.400	0.645