Spencer Torkelson

Bats R Throws R6'1" 220 lbBorn 1999 Petaluma, USADebut 2022Team DETDraft 2020 R1 #1 Detroit Tigers, Arizona StateContract 1 y/$4.075M (26) 2026: $4,075,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 97.2FIELD+ 97.8 at 1BTotal 1.39 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	510	441	100	22	1	21	59	130	2	0.226	0.322	0.422	0.744	0.196	0.325	25.5	11.5	106.5	1.99
2027	508	440	96	21	1	20	58	142	1	0.218	0.314	0.405	0.719	0.187	0.316	27.9	11.4	101.5	1.67

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 119 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	George Burns	1918	110.9	117.0	507
2	Derrek Lee	2001	105.2	133.8	688
3	Joe Adcock	1953	98.2	135.0	562
4	Edwin Encarnacion	2008	104.9	92.3	338
5	Paul Konerko	2001	108.4	124.4	630
6	George Kelly	1921	105.9	116.2	640
7	Tony Perez	1967	105.0	126.1	690
8	Ryan Mountcastle	2022	109.8	115.7	470
9	Chick Gandil	1913	107.9	99.7	615
10	Fred Merkle	1914	106.1	128.8	557

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			508		96	21	1	20		1	58	142	0.218	0.314	0.405	0.719	101.5
2026*	DET	126	496	53	97	21	0	20		0	53	154	0.224	0.313	0.411	0.724	104.7
2025	DET	155	649	82	135	27	1	31	78	2	72	169	0.240	0.333	0.456	0.789	116.3
2024	DET	92	380	45	75	21	1	10	37	0	33	105	0.219	0.295	0.374	0.669	90.3
2023	DET	159	684	88	141	34	1	31	94	3	67	171	0.233	0.313	0.446	0.758	104.9
2022	DET	110	404	38	73	16	1	8	28	0	37	99	0.203	0.285	0.319	0.604	78.9
Career		516	2117	253	424	98	4	80	237	5	209	544	0.227	0.310	0.412	0.722	100.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	496	89.3	19.7	12.8	41.0	31.3	22.3	0.218	0.405	0.314	26.4
2025	649	90.2	23.1	13.5	45.1	26.9	22.4	0.226	0.456	0.334	26.7
2024	381	89.0	20.2	6.8	39.7	26.6	23.3	0.209	0.358	0.286	27.2
2023	684	91.8	17.1	14.2	50.9	24.7	23.6	0.245	0.488	0.348	27.4
2022	404	90.5	15.0	8.4	41.8	25.6	24.6	0.221	0.391	0.306	27.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	1B	145	1272	1054	99	5	109	0.996	-1.3
2024	DET	1B	90	800	701	58	4	59	0.995	+7.2
2023	DET	1B	154	1366	1137	89	11	117	0.991	-11.0
2022	DET	1B	109	925	805	51	2	76	0.998	+0.6

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	275	11 HR, 1 SB	0.239	0.798
2022	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	155	5 HR, 1 SB	0.229	0.737
2021	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	177	11 HR, 1 SB	0.238	0.881
2021	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	212	14 HR, 1 SB	0.263	0.933
2021	A+	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	141	5 HR, 3 SB	0.312	1.009

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.349	0.307	0.320	0.318
2025	0.373	0.330	0.355	0.330
2024	0.346	0.286	0.346	0.259
2023	0.358	0.336	0.322	0.359
2022	0.297	0.271	0.229	0.327

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	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	8	32	3	6	3	6	3	11	0.188	0.297	0.281	0.579
2024	7	21	2	4	3	1	3	11	0.190	0.292	0.333	0.625
Career	15	53	5	10	6	7	6	22	0.189	0.295	0.302	0.597