Parker Meadows

Bats L Throws R6'5" 205 lbBorn 1999 Atlanta, USADebut 2023Team DETDraft 2018 R2 #44 Detroit Tigers, Grayson HSContract 1 y/$805,300 (26) 2026: $805,300

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.2FIELD+ 100.6 at CFTotal 0.39 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	300	268	60	11	2	7	27	75	8	0.222	0.296	0.362	0.658	0.140	0.291	25.2	9.0	84.7	0.37
2027	220	197	44	8	1	5	19	56	6	0.222	0.293	0.354	0.647	0.132	0.287	25.6	8.5	85.4	0.29

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 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 93 HIT+ the next season; 6 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	Danny Heep	1983	93.3	78.9	233
2	Ben Oglivie	1974	90.6	102.9	357
3	Trevor Larnach	2022	96.1	97.7	212
4	Steve Hovley	1970	86.0	56.4	36
5	Red Treadway	1945	84.8	did not play
6	Bevo LeBourveau	1922	90.1	did not play
7	Albie Pearson	1960	90.0	116.1	535
8	Art Shamsky	1967	96.1	106.3	381
9	Nick Williams	2019	94.3	did not play
10	Oswaldo Arcia	2016	97.0	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			220		44	8	1	5		6	19	56	0.222	0.293	0.354	0.647	85.4
2026*	DET	12	39	3	9	1	1	0		3	2	10	0.250	0.308	0.333	0.641	79.4
2025	DET	58	213	22	41	6	2	4	16	4	21	56	0.215	0.291	0.330	0.621	73.4
2024	DET	82	298	39	66	12	6	9	28	9	25	76	0.244	0.310	0.433	0.743	109.3
2023	DET	37	145	19	29	4	2	3	13	8	17	37	0.232	0.331	0.368	0.699	93.2
Career		177	656	80	136	22	10	16	57	21	63	169	0.232	0.308	0.386	0.694	94.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	39	85.3	13.3	3.8	19.2	20.3	27.9	0.212	0.277	0.250	28.3
2025	213	86.9	12.5	5.2	30.9	28.8	23.9	0.225	0.346	0.291	29.0
2024	298	87.0	18.5	7.7	32.3	27.0	25.8	0.229	0.388	0.301	29.3
2023	145	89.3	18.3	9.0	34.8	24.0	23.0	0.248	0.397	0.326	29.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%
2025	DET	OF	57	468	118	1	1	0.992
2024	DET	OF	82	660	193	0	1	0.995
2023	DET	OF	36	316	88	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
2025	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	55	1 HR, 1 SB	0.267	0.933
2024	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	237	8 HR, 19 SB	0.292	0.883
2023	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	517	19 HR, 19 SB	0.256	0.811
2022	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	489	16 HR, 17 SB	0.275	0.820
2022	A+	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	67	4 HR, 0 SB	0.230	0.813
2021	A+	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	408	8 HR, 9 SB	0.208	0.620
2019	A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	504	7 HR, 14 SB	0.221	0.608
2018	Rk	GCL Tigers West	Bat	85	4 HR, 3 SB	0.284	0.876

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.296	0.475	0.206
2025	0.255	0.292	0.263	0.301
2024	0.320	0.333	0.343	0.320
2023	0.374	0.327	0.349	0.313

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	8	29	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	10	0.138	0.167	0.138	0.305
2024	7	26	3	7	2	1	1	3	3	6	0.269	0.345	0.462	0.806
Career	15	55	6	11	2	1	1	3	4	16	0.200	0.254	0.291	0.545