Austin Hays

Bats R Throws R6'0" 205 lbBorn 1995 Daytona Beach, USADebut 2017Team SD1x All-StarDraft 2016 R3 #91 Baltimore Orioles, JacksonvilleContract 1 y/$6M (26)+27 m opt 2026: $208,556

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 80.3FIELD+ 99.7 at LFTotal 0.14 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	390	356	85	17	1	12	26	93	4	0.239	0.296	0.395	0.691	0.156	0.301	23.9	6.8	86.0	0.55
2027	205	188	44	9	0	6	13	49	1	0.233	0.288	0.381	0.669	0.149	0.292	24.1	6.4	84.1	0.24

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 92 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	Jackie Brandt	1963	107.0	85.5	578
2	Torii Hunter	2005	98.3	112.8	611
3	Vernon Wells	2008	108.2	84.8	684
4	Ollie Brown	1973	102.5	89.5	178
5	Stephen Piscotty	2020	108.9	79.7	188
6	Jim Landis	1963	105.5	67.3	347
7	Greg Vaughn	1995	106.9	121.5	609
8	Kip Selbach	1901	114.0	121.3	573
9	George Whitted	1919	96.4	82.8	555
10	Pete Incaviglia	1993	107.9	75.9	263

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			205		44	9	0	6		1	13	49	0.233	0.288	0.381	0.669	84.1
2026*	SDN	18	60	6	14	1	0	2		0	1	16	0.237	0.250	0.356	0.606	59.6
2025	CIN	103	416	60	101	16	5	15	64	7	29	107	0.266	0.315	0.453	0.768	100.7
2024	PHI	85	255	26	60	18	0	5	20	2	9	59	0.255	0.303	0.396	0.699	99.8
2023	BAL	144	566	76	143	36	2	16	67	5	38	141	0.275	0.325	0.444	0.769	113.4
2022	BAL	145	582	66	134	35	2	16	60	2	34	114	0.250	0.306	0.413	0.719	102.4
2021	BAL	131	529	73	125	26	4	22	71	4	28	107	0.256	0.308	0.461	0.769	104.9
2020	BAL	33	134	20	34	2	0	4	9	2	8	25	0.279	0.328	0.393	0.722	97.6
2019	BAL	21	75	12	21	6	0	4	13	2	7	13	0.309	0.373	0.574	0.947	147.8
2017	BAL	20	63	4	13	3	0	1	8	0	2	16	0.217	0.238	0.317	0.555	44.0
Career		682	2620	337	631	142	13	83	312	24	155	582	0.262	0.313	0.435	0.748	104.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	60	86.1	0.0	4.7	41.9	34.7	38.4	0.281	0.377	0.285	27.1
2025	416	88.8	14.6	10.5	38.4	31.4	34.4	0.234	0.403	0.300	27.6
2024	255	88.9	14.9	6.7	40.2	29.1	35.9	0.232	0.380	0.294	27.1
2023	566	89.4	10.4	8.9	40.1	28.4	30.9	0.238	0.425	0.309	27.4
2022	582	87.7	11.3	5.2	37.7	23.5	36.3	0.239	0.383	0.301	27.8
2021	529	88.8	12.5	9.1	39.2	24.6	29.4	0.241	0.435	0.316	27.3
2020	134	87.0	11.0	4.1	31.3	19.9	35.7	0.245	0.355	0.292	27.8
2019	75	91.0	11.5	5.8	41.8	26.5	30.6	0.288	0.468	0.352	28.6
2017	63	84.8	8.3	2.5	28.9	37.0	34.0	0.208	0.307	0.241	28.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	CIN	OF	61	507	125	0	3	0	0.977
2024	PHI	OF	77	542	115	2	1	0	0.992
2023	BAL	OF	149	1195	256	4	0	0	1.000
2022	BAL	OF	141	1211	276	8	1	0	0.996
2021	BAL	OF	129	1052	244	9	1	2	0.996
2020	BAL	OF	33	274	67	3	0	0	1.000
2019	BAL	OF	20	153	54	1	0	0	1.000
2017	BAL	OF	20	144	28	0	3	0	0.903

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	Charlotte Knights	Bat	79	6 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.779
2019	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	257	10 HR, 6 SB	0.254	0.758
2019	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	61	3 HR, 3 SB	0.268	0.846
2019	A+	Frederick Keys	Bat	40	2 HR, 0 SB	0.162	0.524
2018	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	288	12 HR, 6 SB	0.242	0.703
2017	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	283	16 HR, 1 SB	0.330	0.961
2017	A+	Frederick Keys	Bat	280	16 HR, 4 SB	0.328	0.956

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.388	0.190	0.317	0.198
2025	0.403	0.317	0.330	0.346
2024	0.409	0.262	0.255	0.384
2023	0.345	0.341	0.333	0.350
2022	0.332	0.328	0.351	0.308
2021	0.387	0.304	0.366	0.310
2020	0.377	0.331	0.340	0.343
2019	0.165	0.557	0.431	0.401

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	2	7	3	1	0	1	1	0.143	0.250	0.143	0.393
2024	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2023	3	11	1	3	1	2	3	0.273	0.385	0.364	0.748
Career	7	22	4	4	1	3	7	0.182	0.280	0.227	0.507