Lars Nootbaar

Bats L Throws R6'3" 210 lbBorn 1997 El Segundo, USADebut 2021Team ARIDraft 2018 R8 #243 St. Louis Cardinals, USCContract 1 y/$5.25M (26) 2026: $1,573,529

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 108.1FIELD+ 100.6 at LFTotal 1.43 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	492	423	106	21	1	16	61	98	5	0.251	0.348	0.418	0.766	0.167	0.337	19.9	12.4	116.3	2.51
2027	350	301	73	15	1	11	44	72	4	0.244	0.341	0.410	0.751	0.166	0.331	20.5	12.6	111.5	1.58

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 103 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	Kyle Schwarber	2020	110.5	147.2	471
2	Davy Jones	1907	112.7	68.4	138
3	Dale Mitchell	1949	111.7	106.0	577
4	Lee Thomas	1963	105.4	100.1	636
5	Mel Hall	1988	106.0	98.0	391
6	Paul O'Neill	1990	107.7	125.2	607
7	John Stone	1933	108.1	123.7	483
8	Steve Evans	1912	118.3	98.6	272
9	Willie Kirkland	1961	111.0	74.4	470
10	John Dobbs	1902	110.0	89.2	553

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			350		73	15	1	11		4	44	72	0.244	0.341	0.410	0.751	111.5
2026*	ARI	60	228	25	43	9	1	4		2	32	47	0.221	0.329	0.338	0.667	82.2
2025	STL	135	583	68	119	24	1	13	48	4	64	119	0.234	0.325	0.361	0.686	97.0
2024	STL	109	405	39	85	18	3	12	45	7	52	79	0.244	0.342	0.417	0.758	112.6
2023	STL	117	503	74	111	23	1	14	46	11	72	99	0.261	0.367	0.418	0.784	117.1
2022	STL	108	347	53	66	16	3	14	40	4	51	71	0.228	0.340	0.448	0.788	127.8
2021	STL	58	124	15	26	3	1	5	15	2	13	28	0.239	0.317	0.422	0.739	104.1
Career		527	1962	249	407	84	9	58	194	28	252	396	0.242	0.341	0.406	0.747	111.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	228	91.7	7.1	9.4	49.7	19.2	19.1	0.239	0.414	0.332	27.5
2025	583	91.3	16.5	10.2	50.0	20.9	22.0	0.231	0.400	0.317	27.0
2024	405	91.8	6.0	9.9	49.5	19.0	17.0	0.261	0.466	0.358	27.0
2023	503	89.1	7.2	8.8	37.8	18.5	17.2	0.262	0.442	0.357	27.8
2022	347	91.7	10.7	12.1	46.0	23.9	21.0	0.246	0.432	0.352	28.2
2021	124	89.1	12.1	4.8	36.1	26.2	17.6	0.210	0.354	0.287	28.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	STL	OF	142	1128	223	3	1	0	0.996
2024	STL	OF	128	863	209	2	3	2	0.986
2023	STL	OF	131	964	268	6	2	2	0.993
2022	STL	OF	94	711	169	8	2	4	0.989
2021	STL	OF	34	222	55	3	2	1	0.967

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	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	23	2 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.898
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.176	0.535
2024	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	34	2 HR, 0 SB	0.259	0.931
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	77	4 HR, 2 SB	0.222	0.801
2021	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	136	6 HR, 1 SB	0.308	0.900
2019	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	110	0 HR, 1 SB	0.269	0.685
2019	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	155	2 HR, 1 SB	0.275	0.673
2019	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	122	5 HR, 2 SB	0.245	0.787

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.222	0.320	0.332	0.265
2025	0.267	0.328	0.336	0.286
2024	0.367	0.329	0.319	0.358
2023	0.307	0.373	0.332	0.379
2022	0.382	0.338	0.285	0.397
2021	0.358	0.318	0.264	0.436

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
2022	2	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.333	0.500	0.500	1.000
Career	2	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.333	0.500	0.500	1.000