Michael Harris

Bats L Throws L6'0" 195 lbBorn 2001 DeKalb, USADebut 2022Team ATLDraft 2019 R3 #98 Atlanta Braves, Stockbridge HS

Awards: Jackie Robinson NL Rookie of the Year

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 118.8FIELD+ 104.4 at CFTotal 2.71 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	473	444	124	23	3	17	20	92	16	0.279	0.314	0.459	0.773	0.180	0.331	19.4	4.3	109.0	2.00
2027	496	466	129	25	2	18	22	96	11	0.277	0.312	0.458	0.770	0.181	0.329	19.3	4.4	109.0	2.10

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 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 92 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	Harry Hooper	1912	106.2	118.5	664
2	Richie Ashburn	1951	108.8	102.5	701
3	Claudell Washington	1979	100.2	117.8	403
4	George Metkovich	1945	96.1	87.1	320
5	Willie Davis	1964	103.1	73.3	595
6	Andrew Benintendi	2019	109.0	45.1	52
7	Ruppert Jones	1979	103.4	81.0	373
8	Rube Ellis	1910	108.4	91.1	646
9	Vin Campbell	1912	107.3	did not play
10	Johnny Damon	1998	88.7	115.6	660

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			496		129	25	2	18		11	22	96	0.277	0.312	0.458	0.770	109.0
2026*	ATL	121	483	60	134	27	1	20		7	18	95	0.291	0.319	0.485	0.804	117.2
2025	ATL	160	641	55	152	26	6	20	86	20	16	128	0.249	0.268	0.409	0.678	83.7
2024	ATL	110	470	58	116	14	3	16	48	10	23	94	0.264	0.304	0.418	0.722	96.4
2023	ATL	138	539	76	148	33	3	18	57	20	25	101	0.293	0.331	0.477	0.808	112.4
2022	ATL	114	441	75	123	27	3	19	64	20	21	107	0.297	0.339	0.514	0.853	135.9
Career		522	2091	264	539	100	15	73	255	70	85	430	0.274	0.307	0.451	0.758	105.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	483	90.6	10.3	10.6	48.9	25.2	44.3	0.289	0.477	0.343	27.6
2025	641	90.2	7.4	9.1	43.4	24.4	43.0	0.268	0.438	0.315	28.5
2024	470	90.5	7.5	10.0	47.0	25.1	39.8	0.280	0.468	0.346	28.3
2023	539	90.9	7.6	10.0	48.5	24.4	38.1	0.298	0.494	0.356	28.8
2022	441	89.5	4.5	10.1	45.1	28.1	39.0	0.266	0.475	0.339	29.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	ATL	OF	160	1397	402	1	1	0	0.998
2024	ATL	OF	110	961	232	1	2	0	0.991
2023	ATL	OF	138	1205	306	8	2	2	0.994
2022	ATL	OF	114	1021	252	3	2	0	0.992

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	26	1 HR, 0 SB	0.435	1.065
2022	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	196	5 HR, 11 SB	0.305	0.878
2021	A+	Rome Braves	Bat	420	7 HR, 27 SB	0.294	0.798
2019	A	Rome Braves	Bat	93	0 HR, 3 SB	0.183	0.501
2019	Rk	FCL Braves	Bat	119	2 HR, 5 SB	0.349	0.917

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.347	0.354	0.337	0.365
2025	0.278	0.302	0.286	0.303
2024	0.362	0.314	0.315	0.342
2023	0.359	0.350	0.356	0.349
2022	0.292	0.412	0.324	0.419

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	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	8	2	5	1	1	2	0	1	0.625	0.625	1.125	1.750
2023	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2022	4	14	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.071	0.071	0.071	0.143
Career	10	35	2	6	1	1	3	1	6	0.171	0.171	0.286	0.457