Lane Thomas

Bats R Throws R6'0" 191 lbBorn 1995 Knoxville, USADebut 2019Team ATLDraft 2014 R5 #144 Toronto Blue Jays, Bearden (TN) HSContract 1 y/$5.25M (26) 2026: $1,572,193

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 100.1FIELD+ 98.9 at CFTotal 1.02 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	250	223	52	11	1	8	22	67	8	0.231	0.305	0.396	0.701	0.165	0.308	26.6	8.9	93.0	0.56
2027	325	287	66	14	1	11	32	82	8	0.230	0.312	0.397	0.708	0.167	0.312	25.1	9.8	99.4	0.99

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 83 HIT+ the next season; 7 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	Jim Hickman	1966	97.2	57.3	114
2	Luis Olmo	1949	102.8	86.3	173
3	Rip Repulski	1958	100.3	80.5	109
4	Tom Grieve	1977	102.2	64.5	110
5	Ron Swoboda	1973	104.5	did not play
6	Delmon Young	2015	96.6	did not play
7	Jermaine Dye	2003	101.5	103.6	590
8	Preston Wilson	2004	106.7	102.7	576
9	Jimmy Walsh	1917	98.3	did not play
10	Willie Tasby	1962	92.3	88.3	134

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			325		66	14	1	11		8	32	82	0.230	0.312	0.397	0.708	99.4
2026*	ATL	107	348	35	70	18	0	11		7	41	87	0.231	0.325	0.399	0.724	104.9
2025	CLE	39	142	10	20	2	0	4	11	4	14	44	0.160	0.246	0.272	0.518	44.4
2024	CLE	130	528	65	112	26	3	15	63	32	44	137	0.237	0.309	0.400	0.709	99.2
2023	WSH	157	682	101	168	36	3	28	86	20	36	176	0.268	0.315	0.468	0.783	112.4
2022	WSH	146	548	62	120	26	2	17	52	8	41	132	0.241	0.301	0.404	0.705	102.6
2021	WSH	77	264	35	53	15	2	7	28	6	37	63	0.235	0.341	0.412	0.752	110.2
2020	STL	18	40	5	4	2	0	1	2	0	4	13	0.111	0.200	0.250	0.450	25.7
2019	STL	34	44	6	12	0	1	4	12	1	4	8	0.316	0.409	0.684	1.093	180.4
Career		601	2248	284	489	107	11	76	254	71	180	573	0.242	0.309	0.418	0.727	102.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2023	WSH	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	1.0	6	1	0	1
Career		0	0	27.00	1	0	0	1.0	6	1	0	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	348	89.6	18.7	6.9	42.2	22.6	20.8	0.242	0.376	0.317	29.1
2025	142	87.8	23.5	4.8	31.3	32.1	22.3	0.168	0.272	0.243	29.3
2024	528	88.8	17.0	7.4	40.6	23.3	22.8	0.240	0.388	0.311	29.3
2023	682	88.5	10.8	9.6	40.7	23.0	27.2	0.250	0.439	0.319	29.3
2022	548	86.4	12.5	6.5	34.5	21.1	26.0	0.222	0.371	0.291	29.4
2021	264	91.0	12.3	7.4	45.7	21.1	20.7	0.230	0.385	0.322	29.0
2020	40	91.0	15.4	4.3	39.1	28.1	16.9	0.145	0.223	0.213	28.3
2019	44	91.7	6.4	14.8	43.3	21.1	17.0	0.285	0.515	0.383	29.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	OF	40	290	89	3	1	0	0.989
2024	CLE	OF	138	1066	256	7	7	3	0.974
2023	WSH	OF	162	1339	334	18	5	3	0.986
2023	WSH	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.2
2022	WSH	OF	142	1125	298	8	2	2	0.994
2021	WSH	OF	63	474	106	6	3	1	0.974
2021	WSH	2B	2	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2020	STL	OF	18	98	21	1	1	1	0.957
2019	STL	OF	25	82	22	1	0	1	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	Columbus Clippers	Bat	27	2 HR, 1 SB	0.333	1.037
2021	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	127	4 HR, 3 SB	0.265	0.790
2021	AAA	nan	Bat	140	5 HR, 3 SB	0.278	0.819
2019	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	304	10 HR, 11 SB	0.268	0.812
2018	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	140	6 HR, 4 SB	0.275	0.817
2018	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	435	21 HR, 13 SB	0.260	0.824
2017	A+	nan	Bat	347	4 HR, 10 SB	0.252	0.693
2017	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Bat	308	4 HR, 8 SB	0.252	0.702
2017	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	39	0 HR, 2 SB	0.257	0.622
2016	A	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	332	7 HR, 17 SB	0.216	0.678
2016	Rk	GCL Blue Jays	Bat	23	1 HR, 2 SB	0.429	1.288
2015	A	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	38	0 HR, 1 SB	0.114	0.355
2014	Rk	GCL Blue Jays	Bat	152	0 HR, 7 SB	0.260	0.744
2014	Rk	Bluefield Blue Jays	Bat	73	1 HR, 2 SB	0.323	0.815
2014	Rk	nan	Bat	225	1 HR, 9 SB	0.281	0.767

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.382	0.289	0.369	0.296
2025	0.270	0.230	0.413	0.172
2024	0.392	0.293	0.298	0.345
2023	0.405	0.323	0.387	0.309
2022	0.327	0.317	0.274	0.361
2021	0.478	0.290	0.337	0.350
2020	0.113	0.228	0.212	0.200
2019	0.491	0.446	0.485	0.417

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
2024	10	36	4	8	1	0	2	9	1	7	9	0.222	0.349	0.417	0.766
Career	10	36	4	8	1	0	2	9	1	7	9	0.222	0.349	0.417	0.766