Joey Loperfido

Bats L Throws R6'2" 220 lbBorn 1999 Philadelphia, USADebut 2024Team HOUDraft 2021 R7 #208 Houston Astros, DukeContract 1 y/$791,900 (26) 2026: $499,337

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 82.6FIELD+ 100.5 at LFTotal 0.20 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	190	171	39	8	1	5	13	52	4	0.231	0.297	0.369	0.666	0.139	0.294	27.2	6.9	85.0	0.24
2027	198	177	41	8	1	4	15	51	3	0.231	0.301	0.360	0.661	0.129	0.293	26.0	7.7	84.8	0.25

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 33 HIT+ the next season; 3 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	Don Dillard	1963	87.7	did not play
2	Mel Mazzera	1940	90.4	did not play
3	Alfonso Rivas	2023	90.1	did not play
4	Tyler Collins	2016	94.4	61.4	169
5	Tony Longmire	1995	90.8	did not play
6	Charles Thomas	2005	89.6	did not play
7	Hank Steinbacher	1939	90.8	did not play
8	Rob Ducey	1991	86.4	27.1	86
9	Nick Delmonico	2019	95.6	11.1	22
10	Ed Barney	1916	82.9	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			198		41	8	1	4		3	15	51	0.231	0.301	0.360	0.661	84.8
2026*	HOU	39	120	13	22	7	1	1		1	14	31	0.216	0.314	0.333	0.647	81.0
2025	TOR	41	104	12	32	4	0	4	14	1	4	27	0.333	0.379	0.500	0.879	143.4
2024	TOR	81	262	24	52	13	4	4	25	4	13	95	0.214	0.264	0.350	0.614	70.1
Career		122	366	36	84	17	4	8	39	5	17	122	0.248	0.297	0.392	0.689	90.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	120	89.0	11.9	6.8	35.6	31.0	29.6	0.231	0.337	0.297	28.3
2025	104	87.3	11.7	5.7	37.1	29.4	34.0	0.266	0.407	0.316	28.5
2024	262	88.3	12.9	4.0	34.7	35.4	32.5	0.204	0.315	0.256	28.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TOR	OF	41	227	58	1	1.000
2024	TOR	OF	87	602	150	2	1.000
2024	TOR	1B	2	3	6	0	1.000	-0.0

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	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	173	3 HR, 6 SB	0.290	0.816
2025	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	373	7 HR, 11 SB	0.264	0.742
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	189	13 HR, 9 SB	0.272	0.933
2023	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	138	5 HR, 4 SB	0.235	0.736
2023	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	365	19 HR, 20 SB	0.296	0.940
2023	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	37	1 HR, 3 SB	0.265	0.826
2022	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	113	3 HR, 2 SB	0.354	0.986
2022	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	348	9 HR, 30 SB	0.304	0.872
2021	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	87	2 HR, 1 SB	0.116	0.537

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.064	0.324	0.301	0.287
2025	0.350	0.404	0.249	0.508
2024	0.261	0.285	0.303	0.256

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000