Steven Kwan

Bats L Throws L5'9" 170 lbBorn 1997 Los Gatos, USADebut 2022Team CLE2x All-StarDraft 2018 R5 #163 Cleveland Guardians, Oregon StateContract 1 y/$7.725M (26) 2026: $7,725,000

Awards: Rawlings AL Gold Glove x4

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 92.2FIELD+ 101.9 at LFTotal 0.98 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	508	449	122	21	3	7	48	47	13	0.272	0.344	0.376	0.720	0.105	0.320	9.3	9.5	102.3	1.72
2027	453	395	102	17	2	3	47	45	9	0.260	0.340	0.339	0.680	0.080	0.307	10.0	10.3	93.2	1.04

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 127 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	Nick Markakis	2011	117.7	126.4	471
2	Darin Erstad	2001	102.3	83.6	663
3	Dale Mitchell	1949	111.7	106.0	577
4	Gene Richards	1981	120.4	101.0	562
5	Frank Schulte	1910	109.7	149.8	687
6	Kyle Schwarber	2020	110.5	147.2	471
7	Tommy Holmes	1944	116.1	173.4	713
8	Steve Evans	1912	118.3	98.6	272
9	Richie Ashburn	1954	110.3	146.1	644
10	Lenny Dykstra	1990	119.0	137.4	284

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			453		102	17	2	3		9	47	45	0.260	0.340	0.339	0.680	93.2
2026*	CLE	118	483	58	107	15	2	2		9	66	49	0.264	0.370	0.326	0.696	102.0
2025	CLE	156	693	81	170	29	1	11	56	21	55	60	0.272	0.330	0.374	0.705	96.0
2024	CLE	122	540	83	140	16	3	14	44	12	53	51	0.292	0.368	0.425	0.793	130.2
2023	CLE	158	718	93	171	36	7	5	54	21	70	75	0.268	0.340	0.370	0.710	101.2
2022	CLE	147	638	89	168	25	7	6	52	19	62	60	0.298	0.373	0.400	0.772	127.9
Career		583	2589	346	649	106	18	36	206	73	240	246	0.281	0.351	0.390	0.741	112.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	481	83.7	13.5	0.3	8.8	8.8	20.8	0.271	0.333	0.323	27.2
2025	693	86.2	15.6	1.9	19.3	8.7	22.7	0.273	0.366	0.310	27.3
2024	540	86.3	14.9	2.6	23.7	8.2	19.1	0.283	0.392	0.337	27.1
2023	718	86.0	10.7	1.1	18.8	11.2	21.2	0.281	0.362	0.319	28.1
2022	638	85.1	11.8	1.4	20.8	9.0	20.2	0.269	0.350	0.315	28.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	CLE	OF	153	1329	309	13	8	2	0.976
2024	CLE	OF	114	990	205	9	1	3	0.995
2023	CLE	OF	153	1352	344	10	4	2	0.989
2022	CLE	OF	137	1203	266	8	4	3	0.986

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	Columbus Clippers	Bat	120	5 HR, 2 SB	0.311	0.903
2021	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	221	7 HR, 4 SB	0.337	0.950
2019	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Bat	542	3 HR, 11 SB	0.280	0.735
2018	Rk	AZL Indians 1	Bat	50	0 HR, 2 SB	0.350	0.930

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.306	0.336	0.350	0.303
2025	0.268	0.338	0.304	0.325
2024	0.373	0.349	0.386	0.329
2023	0.309	0.326	0.302	0.340
2022	0.292	0.367	0.342	0.358

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	12	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.167	0.167	0.333	0.500
2024	10	42	10	16	1	0	2	2	6	4	0.381	0.458	0.405	0.863
2022	7	30	4	9	1	1	2	1	2	2	0.300	0.344	0.433	0.777
Career	20	84	16	27	4	1	4	3	8	6	0.321	0.380	0.405	0.785