Nico Hoerner

Bats R Throws R6'1" 200 lbBorn 1997 Oakland, USADebut 2019Team CHCDraft 2018 R1 #24 Chicago Cubs, StanfordContract 3 y/$35 (24-26) 6 y/$141 (27-32)* 2026: $12,000,000

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove x2

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 117.8FIELD+ 113.2 at 2BTotal 2.85 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	484	442	124	22	2	6	31	46	20	0.280	0.335	0.385	0.720	0.105	0.317	9.5	6.4	102.5	1.66
2027	532	485	134	25	2	7	35	50	19	0.276	0.331	0.380	0.711	0.105	0.314	9.4	6.5	101.4	1.75

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 98 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	Willie Kamm	1928	102.8	93.6	619
2	Bert Campaneris	1970	99.1	71.8	609
3	Pie Traynor	1927	103.0	110.5	640
4	Enos Cabell	1978	97.7	84.6	630
5	Howie Kendrick	2012	104.1	117.5	513
6	Brian Dozier	2015	100.8	137.7	691
7	Denis Menke	1969	106.1	127.8	665
8	Javier Baez	2021	101.1	91.4	590
9	Don Wert	1967	97.6	59.0	589
10	Dots Miller	1915	101.4	88.8	560

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			532		134	25	2	7		19	35	50	0.276	0.331	0.380	0.711	101.4
2026*	CHN	125	549	52	131	26	1	7		20	40	47	0.264	0.322	0.362	0.685	100.2
2025	CHC	156	649	89	178	29	4	7	61	29	39	49	0.297	0.345	0.394	0.739	115.3
2024	CHC	151	641	86	159	35	1	7	48	31	44	66	0.273	0.335	0.373	0.708	103.2
2023	CHC	150	688	98	175	27	4	9	68	43	49	83	0.283	0.346	0.383	0.729	97.7
2022	CHC	135	517	60	135	22	5	10	55	20	28	57	0.281	0.327	0.410	0.736	105.1
2021	CHC	44	170	13	45	10	0	0	16	5	17	25	0.302	0.382	0.369	0.751	105.2
2020	CHC	48	125	19	24	4	0	0	13	3	12	24	0.222	0.312	0.259	0.571	62.5
2019	CHC	20	82	13	22	1	1	3	17	0	3	11	0.282	0.305	0.436	0.741	83.1
Career		704	2872	378	738	128	15	36	278	131	192	315	0.282	0.340	0.384	0.723	102.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	549	85.9	12.2	1.1	28.1	12.0	31.7	0.301	0.376	0.326	28.4
2025	649	86.7	12.5	2.4	30.3	11.2	32.5	0.292	0.391	0.322	28.6
2024	641	85.7	10.4	1.2	27.6	11.9	31.9	0.281	0.359	0.318	28.4
2023	688	86.6	10.5	1.8	33.4	12.5	30.5	0.272	0.361	0.313	28.5
2022	517	87.2	10.6	2.6	33.5	14.2	33.7	0.273	0.384	0.309	29.1
2021	170	87.0	7.7	1.6	34.4	18.8	30.4	0.278	0.364	0.322	28.8
2020	126	87.5	0.8	1.2	37.2	18.9	32.5	0.243	0.315	0.297	28.7
2019	82	85.6	3.9	1.7	23.5	18.1	46.4	0.309	0.401	0.315	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	2B	153	1326	241	366	4	75	0.993	+23.8
2025	CHC	SS	8	37	6	9	0	1	1.000	+0.8
2024	CHC	2B	144	1234	229	337	8	61	0.986	+11.2
2024	CHC	SS	10	73	9	26	1	3	0.972	+2.2
2023	CHC	2B	135	1167	226	363	7	78	0.988	+15.3
2023	CHC	SS	20	137	21	48	2	12	0.972	+4.3
2022	CHC	SS	133	1118	127	358	13	58	0.974	+13.3
2022	CHC	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2021	CHC	2B	30	251	39	84	1	16	0.992	+7.9
2021	CHC	SS	12	98	11	35	1	2	0.979	+1.6
2021	CHC	OF	5	16	3	0	0	0	1.000
2021	CHC	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2020	CHC	2B	37	208	27	58	2	6	0.977	+5.8
2020	CHC	SS	10	49	4	15	0	3	1.000	-0.2
2020	CHC	3B	6	40	1	7	0	0	1.000	+1.2
2020	CHC	OF	2	8	2	0	0	0	1.000
2019	CHC	SS	17	151	19	50	2	9	0.972	-2.2
2019	CHC	2B	1	9	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2019	CHC	OF	1	8	2	0	0	0	1.000

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	Iowa Cubs	Bat	28	0 HR, 0 SB	0.269	0.629
2019	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	294	3 HR, 8 SB	0.284	0.743
2019	Rk	AZL Cubs 2	Bat	21	0 HR, 0 SB	0.400	0.879

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.323	0.312	0.317	0.313
2025	0.405	0.319	0.340	0.338
2024	0.373	0.321	0.304	0.359
2023	0.359	0.334	0.355	0.325
2022	0.333	0.330	0.358	0.304
2021	0.340	0.370	0.407	0.312
2020	0.288	0.288	0.278	0.297
2019	0.317	0.315	0.323	0.307

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	8	31	4	13	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	0.419	0.424	0.548	0.973
Career	8	31	4	13	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	0.419	0.424	0.548	0.973