Gunnar Henderson

Bats L Throws R6'2" 210 lbBorn 2001 Montgomery, USADebut 2022Team BAL1x All-StarDraft 2019 R2 #42 Baltimore Orioles, John T. Morgan AcademyContract 1 y/$8.5M (26) 2026: $8,500,000

Awards: AL Silver Slugger, Jackie Robinson AL Rookie of the Year

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 139.4FIELD+ 106.8 at SSTotal 4.46 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	554	487	132	27	4	22	58	115	19	0.272	0.353	0.477	0.831	0.206	0.358	20.8	10.6	130.6	3.80
2027	558	493	128	26	4	21	55	120	13	0.259	0.339	0.457	0.796	0.198	0.344	21.5	9.9	123.2	3.32

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 130 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	Larry Doyle	1911	132.7	129.8	629
2	Richie Hebner	1972	133.3	127.6	576
3	Home Run Baker	1910	133.3	143.0	659
4	George Brett	1977	124.3	121.3	558
5	Eric Chavez	2002	116.8	123.6	654
6	Rafael Devers	2021	117.2	138.3	614
7	Joe Sewell	1923	122.1	108.5	685
8	Hanley Ramirez	2008	136.5	148.3	652
9	Steven Kwan	2022	127.9	101.2	718
10	Eddie Mathews	1956	152.3	156.3	666

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			558		128	26	4	21		13	55	120	0.259	0.339	0.457	0.796	123.2
2026*	BAL	126	571	76	112	23	4	20		10	52	126	0.220	0.303	0.400	0.703	98.2
2025	BAL	154	651	85	158	34	5	17	68	30	62	137	0.274	0.349	0.438	0.787	121.0
2024	BAL	159	719	118	177	31	7	37	92	21	78	159	0.281	0.364	0.529	0.893	158.6
2023	BAL	150	622	100	143	29	9	28	82	10	56	159	0.255	0.325	0.489	0.814	124.7
2022	BAL	34	132	12	30	7	1	4	18	1	16	34	0.259	0.348	0.440	0.788	124.4
Career		497	2124	315	508	101	22	86	260	62	212	489	0.270	0.347	0.484	0.831	135.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	571	90.0	12.3	7.3	45.3	23.8	30.2	0.243	0.400	0.319	28.3
2025	651	92.1	9.5	8.6	49.2	25.1	27.7	0.276	0.425	0.341	28.5
2024	719	92.8	9.2	11.2	53.9	24.4	23.2	0.279	0.499	0.375	28.9
2023	622	92.0	11.4	11.4	52.0	26.4	26.6	0.257	0.479	0.347	28.8
2022	132	92.4	2.0	9.8	53.7	26.6	17.9	0.247	0.442	0.339	29.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BAL	SS	145	1250	206	370	8	76	0.986	+1.8
2024	BAL	SS	157	1384	232	378	25	71	0.961	+12.8
2023	BAL	3B	84	595	43	110	6	14	0.962	+0.5
2023	BAL	SS	83	585	87	164	8	34	0.969	+2.2
2022	BAL	3B	24	173	24	33	0	6	1.000	+1.9
2022	BAL	SS	7	48	8	24	1	5	0.970	+0.7
2022	BAL	2B	3	26	6	10	0	3	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
2025	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	20	2 HR, 0 SB	0.263	0.879
2022	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	295	11 HR, 10 SB	0.288	0.894
2022	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	208	8 HR, 12 SB	0.312	1.025
2021	A+	Aberdeen IronBirds	Bat	289	9 HR, 11 SB	0.230	0.775
2021	A	Delmarva Shorebirds	Bat	157	8 HR, 5 SB	0.312	0.943
2019	Rk	FCL Orioles	Bat	121	1 HR, 2 SB	0.259	0.701

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.321	0.319	0.326	0.313
2025	0.276	0.385	0.371	0.328
2024	0.365	0.398	0.391	0.385
2023	0.281	0.380	0.347	0.360
2022	0.211	0.385	0.281	0.438

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.000	0.222	0.000	0.222
2023	3	12	3	6	1	2	1	4	0.500	0.538	0.750	1.288
Career	5	19	3	6	1	2	3	8	0.316	0.409	0.474	0.883