Nolan Schanuel

Bats L Throws R6'4" 220 lbBorn 2002 Boca Raton, USADebut 2023Team LAADraft 2023 R1 #11 Los Angeles Angels, Florida AtlanticContract 1 y/$810,000 (26) 2026: $810,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 104.0FIELD+ 98.0 at 1BTotal 1.74 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	483	414	107	18	1	10	55	68	5	0.258	0.352	0.377	0.729	0.119	0.326	14.2	11.3	107.8	1.97
2027	486	421	109	20	1	10	51	67	2	0.259	0.345	0.377	0.723	0.119	0.323	13.8	10.5	107.9	1.98

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 113 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	Elbie Fletcher	1939	102.6	142.0	641
2	Harold Baines	1982	103.5	104.5	655
3	Wally Pipp	1916	114.1	110.8	668
4	Eric Hosmer	2013	104.9	95.4	547
5	Chris Chambliss	1972	109.6	102.7	636
6	Whitey Lockman	1950	111.6	97.8	673
7	Jim Spencer	1971	94.0	54.8	225
8	Anthony Rizzo	2013	101.9	156.0	616
9	Rod Carew	1969	116.0	157.9	204
10	John Milner	1973	116.3	109.7	576

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			486		109	20	1	10		2	51	67	0.259	0.345	0.377	0.723	107.9
2026*	LAA	106	442	42	108	22	0	7		1	42	58	0.278	0.354	0.389	0.743	111.7
2025	LAA	132	564	64	129	23	1	12	53	5	59	71	0.264	0.353	0.389	0.742	108.7
2024	LAA	147	606	62	130	19	0	13	54	10	68	103	0.250	0.343	0.362	0.706	105.2
2023	LAA	29	132	19	30	3	0	1	6	0	20	19	0.275	0.402	0.330	0.732	110.9
Career		308	1302	145	289	45	1	26	113	15	147	193	0.259	0.353	0.371	0.724	107.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	442	87.5	12.1	2.4	33.3	16.4	27.1	0.287	0.390	0.336	25.7
2025	564	87.5	13.2	4.5	29.0	15.0	24.0	0.262	0.388	0.327	26.0
2024	607	86.1	10.3	3.5	25.4	14.4	21.7	0.253	0.361	0.322	26.4
2023	132	85.4	6.5	2.2	25.6	17.6	20.6	0.274	0.363	0.347	26.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAA	1B	131	1131	994	60	6	120	0.994	-2.6
2024	LAA	1B	144	1211	1018	76	7	127	0.994	-7.7
2023	LAA	1B	28	244	177	13	2	20	0.990	-1.6

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AA	Rocket City Trash Pandas	Bat	76	1 HR, 1 SB	0.333	0.941

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.279	0.356	0.343	0.328
2025	0.344	0.336	0.303	0.373
2024	0.315	0.325	0.309	0.338
2023	0.312	0.357	0.396	0.293

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.