Colt Keith

Bats L Throws R6'2" 211 lbBorn 2001 Zanesville, USADebut 2024Team DETDraft 2020 R5 #132 Detroit Tigers, Biloxi HSContract 6 y/$28,642,500 (24-29)+opts 2026: $4,333,333

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 112.4FIELD+ 100.6 at 2BTotal 1.77 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	379	340	90	17	2	11	34	77	2	0.264	0.332	0.424	0.756	0.160	0.329	20.3	9.0	110.4	1.67
2027	380	342	90	17	2	11	33	74	4	0.264	0.330	0.423	0.754	0.159	0.329	19.5	8.6	110.6	1.68

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 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 102 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	Billy Goodman	1949	100.7	114.7	485
2	Sean Burroughs	2004	98.4	69.4	317
3	Roy Howell	1977	99.8	96.4	601
4	Lou Whitaker	1980	95.9	103.7	382
5	Ken Boswell	1969	97.8	79.9	402
6	Cecil Travis	1937	104.8	115.6	642
7	Jorge Orta	1974	106.8	126.5	602
8	Buddy Myer	1927	95.0	107.6	619
9	MJ Melendez	2022	99.6	95.3	602
10	Dick McAuliffe	1963	97.0	109.2	645

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			380		90	17	2	11		4	33	74	0.264	0.330	0.423	0.754	110.6
2026*	DET	117	363	46	90	15	4	9		5	25	67	0.270	0.325	0.420	0.745	106.0
2025	DET	137	468	65	106	22	2	13	45	1	48	102	0.256	0.333	0.413	0.746	107.4
2024	DET	148	556	54	134	15	4	13	61	7	36	110	0.260	0.309	0.380	0.689	94.4
Career		285	1024	119	240	37	6	26	106	8	84	212	0.258	0.320	0.395	0.715	100.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	363	89.0	13.1	7.1	42.2	20.4	24.7	0.278	0.433	0.335	28.1
2025	468	90.0	13.3	9.2	43.7	22.5	25.3	0.257	0.444	0.341	28.0
2024	556	87.8	11.3	5.6	35.3	23.2	29.9	0.265	0.398	0.314	27.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	3B	37	254	18	52	2	6	0.972	-2.4
2025	DET	2B	26	185	27	54	4	9	0.953	+0.7
2025	DET	1B	18	144	131	6	0	9	1.000	+0.1
2024	DET	2B	133	1087	194	309	12	68	0.977	-3.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	301	13 HR, 1 SB	0.287	0.890
2023	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	276	14 HR, 2 SB	0.325	0.976
2022	A+	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	216	9 HR, 4 SB	0.301	0.914
2021	A+	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	76	1 HR, 0 SB	0.162	0.500
2021	A	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Bat	181	1 HR, 4 SB	0.320	0.858

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.172	0.344	0.343	0.322
2025	0.229	0.345	0.333	0.334
2024	0.334	0.307	0.307	0.316

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	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	5	15	0	1	0	0	1	5	0.067	0.176	0.067	0.243
2024	7	18	3	2	1	1	6	8	0.111	0.333	0.167	0.500
Career	12	33	3	3	1	1	7	13	0.091	0.268	0.121	0.390