Ke'Bryan Hayes

Bats R Throws R5'10" 205 lbBorn 1997 Tomball, USADebut 2020Team CINDraft 2015 R1 #32 Pittsburgh Pirates, Concordia Lutheran (TX) HSContract 8 y/$70M (22-29)+30 cl opt 2026: $7,000,000

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove x2

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 81.8FIELD+ 103.7 at 3BTotal 0.19 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	441	404	103	19	2	7	30	86	10	0.255	0.309	0.367	0.676	0.112	0.298	19.5	6.7	85.8	0.61
2027	210	192	46	8	1	4	14	42	4	0.240	0.296	0.358	0.653	0.118	0.288	20.2	6.8	79.1	0.12

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 76 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	Dick Egan	1912	84.0	94.2	221
2	Jerry Adair	1965	80.6	80.1	460
3	Rick Burleson	1979	82.3	91.7	718
4	Bobby Crosby	2008	83.4	71.9	272
5	Jim Presley	1990	90.0	-1.6	66
6	Howie Shanks	1919	74.5	81.3	489
7	Bill Russell	1977	78.6	89.4	672
8	Yuniesky Betancourt	2010	82.1	67.9	584
9	Bret Boone	1997	83.6	100.3	648
10	Danny O'Connell	1957	86.9	81.6	368

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			210		46	8	1	4		4	14	42	0.240	0.296	0.358	0.653	79.1
2026*	CIN	74	194	17	27	2	1	5		1	10	38	0.148	0.201	0.253	0.454	14.6
2025	CIN	152	570	50	124	16	3	5	49	12	36	111	0.235	0.290	0.306	0.595	63.9
2024	PIT	96	396	38	85	9	0	4	25	11	23	75	0.233	0.283	0.290	0.573	59.6
2023	PIT	124	525	65	134	31	7	15	61	10	28	104	0.271	0.309	0.453	0.762	102.8
2022	PIT	136	560	55	123	24	3	7	41	20	48	122	0.244	0.314	0.345	0.659	88.3
2021	PIT	96	396	49	93	20	2	6	38	9	31	87	0.257	0.316	0.373	0.689	87.9
2020	PIT	24	95	17	32	7	2	5	11	1	9	20	0.376	0.442	0.682	1.124	195.6
Career		628	2542	274	591	107	17	42	225	63	175	519	0.253	0.308	0.367	0.675	85.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	193	90.4	15.4	8.6	39.2	23.8	30.7	0.245	0.400	0.302	26.9
2025	570	89.3	8.5	4.6	42.5	19.9	27.0	0.238	0.342	0.282	27.2
2024	396	88.9	4.8	2.4	42.9	18.1	28.0	0.244	0.336	0.285	26.4
2023	525	92.2	13.2	7.4	48.3	21.2	30.7	0.265	0.442	0.322	27.1
2022	560	91.0	5.2	3.9	46.8	20.7	27.0	0.246	0.363	0.304	27.9
2021	396	90.2	2.6	5.1	45.8	20.6	25.8	0.238	0.360	0.292	27.8
2020	95	92.8	7.4	9.4	55.4	18.1	27.6	0.291	0.486	0.362	28.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	3B	152	1283	100	291	5	26	0.987	+13.1
2024	PIT	3B	96	830	75	185	5	28	0.981	+6.4
2023	PIT	3B	122	1038	93	266	6	33	0.984	+15.2
2022	PIT	3B	133	1103	109	307	12	36	0.972	+16.7
2022	PIT	SS	3	5	3	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2021	PIT	3B	95	766	73	173	3	28	0.988	+2.0
2020	PIT	3B	24	198	17	50	1	3	0.985	+2.6

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2021	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	26	2 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.891
2019	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	480	10 HR, 12 SB	0.265	0.751
2018	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	508	7 HR, 12 SB	0.293	0.819
2017	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Bat	482	2 HR, 27 SB	0.278	0.708
2016	A	West Virginia Power	Bat	276	6 HR, 6 SB	0.263	0.712
2015	Rk	GCL Pirates	Bat	175	0 HR, 7 SB	0.333	0.809

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.244	0.225	0.248	0.211
2025	0.237	0.290	0.322	0.234
2024	0.395	0.231	0.246	0.289
2023	0.358	0.324	0.391	0.284
2022	0.345	0.288	0.300	0.310
2021	0.334	0.306	0.339	0.289
2020	0.570	0.444	0.464	0.490

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
2025	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000