Kyle Tucker

Bats L Throws R6'4" 199 lbBorn 1997 Tampa, USADebut 2018Team LAD3x All-StarDraft 2015 R1 #5 Houston Astros, H.B. Plant (FL) HSContract 4 y/$240M (26-29)* 2026: $33,000,000

Awards: All-MLB Second Team x2, AL Silver Slugger, NL Silver Slugger, Rawlings AL Gold Glove, TSN All-Star

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 119.0FIELD+ 99.2 at RFTotal 2.72 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	518	439	114	22	2	22	72	82	18	0.259	0.364	0.468	0.831	0.209	0.359	15.8	13.9	133.5	3.74
2027	502	432	108	22	2	19	63	86	11	0.249	0.346	0.436	0.782	0.187	0.341	17.2	12.5	124.2	3.05

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 137 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	Larry Doby	1952	144.6	137.5	617
2	Christian Yelich	2020	136.1	101.5	475
3	Reggie Jackson	1974	152.6	136.1	669
4	Tony Gwynn	1988	132.9	132.6	679
5	Carl Yastrzemski	1968	144.0	136.1	707
6	Jeff Heath	1943	130.8	161.0	170
7	Billy Williams	1966	133.6	133.2	712
8	Dave Parker	1979	143.1	114.7	550
9	Mel Ott	1937	154.4	179.0	652
10	Bobby Abreu	2002	141.0	138.0	695

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			502		108	22	2	19		11	63	86	0.249	0.346	0.436	0.782	124.2
2026*	LAN	120	493	68	99	19	3	11		7	59	92	0.232	0.327	0.368	0.694	95.7
2025	CHC	136	595	91	133	25	4	22	73	25	87	88	0.266	0.377	0.464	0.841	143.0
2024	HOU	78	336	56	80	13	0	23	49	11	56	54	0.289	0.408	0.585	0.993	179.8
2023	HOU	157	667	97	163	37	5	29	112	30	80	92	0.284	0.369	0.517	0.886	138.7
2022	HOU	150	606	71	140	28	1	30	107	25	59	95	0.257	0.330	0.478	0.808	127.4
2021	HOU	140	565	83	149	37	3	30	92	14	53	90	0.294	0.359	0.557	0.917	143.4
2020	HOU	58	228	33	56	12	6	9	42	8	18	46	0.268	0.325	0.512	0.837	118.4
2019	HOU	22	72	15	18	6	0	4	11	5	4	20	0.269	0.319	0.537	0.857	115.1
2018	HOU	28	72	10	9	2	1	0	4	1	6	13	0.141	0.236	0.203	0.439	28.6
Career		769	3141	456	748	160	20	147	490	119	363	498	0.273	0.358	0.507	0.865	138.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	493	88.8	16.8	5.9	37.5	22.4	25.0	0.256	0.383	0.327	26.4
2025	597	90.1	17.2	10.8	40.4	20.2	17.6	0.270	0.483	0.372	26.5
2024	339	91.1	21.2	12.9	44.9	19.0	17.5	0.275	0.546	0.402	26.0
2023	674	90.2	14.8	10.6	45.9	18.5	21.6	0.287	0.533	0.386	26.6
2022	609	90.0	19.0	10.2	42.4	20.0	26.2	0.263	0.510	0.362	26.7
2021	567	91.4	17.6	11.6	47.5	20.3	26.3	0.296	0.577	0.394	27.4
2020	228	91.1	14.9	9.1	44.5	22.5	26.3	0.261	0.449	0.327	27.6
2019	72	92.0	16.3	13.3	48.9	30.1	31.5	0.263	0.522	0.344	27.7
2018	72	90.7	15.5	4.3	45.1	23.4	18.5	0.264	0.372	0.324	26.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	OF	115	1002	253	5	3	0	0.989
2024	HOU	OF	70	593	124	4	0	2	1.000
2023	HOU	OF	153	1323	303	8	3	1	0.990
2022	HOU	OF	147	1276	287	8	3	1	0.990
2021	HOU	OF	135	1157	254	6	3	2	0.989
2020	HOU	OF	47	402	89	2	1	1	0.989
2019	HOU	OF	19	124	32	1	0	0	1.000
2019	HOU	1B	4	14	12	1	1	1	0.929	+0.2
2018	HOU	OF	23	159	20	2	2	0	0.917

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	536	34 HR, 30 SB	0.266	0.909
2018	AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Bat	465	24 HR, 20 SB	0.332	0.990
2017	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	318	16 HR, 8 SB	0.265	0.837
2017	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Bat	206	9 HR, 13 SB	0.288	0.933
2016	A+	Lancaster JetHawks	Bat	69	3 HR, 1 SB	0.339	1.096
2016	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	428	6 HR, 31 SB	0.276	0.750
2015	Rk	GCL Astros	Bat	133	2 HR, 4 SB	0.208	0.584
2015	Rk	Greeneville Astros	Bat	121	1 HR, 14 SB	0.286	0.715
2015	Rk	nan	Bat	254	3 HR, 18 SB	0.246	0.647

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.348	0.308	0.268	0.367
2025	0.364	0.372	0.335	0.400
2024	0.370	0.452	0.478	0.352
2023	0.404	0.374	0.346	0.420
2022	0.321	0.370	0.334	0.371
2021	0.395	0.396	0.433	0.360
2020	0.310	0.392	0.357	0.373
2019	0.359	0.359	0.353	0.364

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	27	5	7	0	1	1	0	5	5	0.259	0.375	0.370	0.745
2024	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.000	0.125	0.000	0.125
2023	11	40	4	6	3	0	1	0	8	10	0.150	0.292	0.225	0.517
2022	13	49	4	10	1	3	6	1	7	14	0.204	0.298	0.408	0.706
2021	16	61	13	17	4	4	15	5	5	12	0.279	0.333	0.541	0.874
2020	13	49	4	15	0	1	6	0	2	8	0.306	0.327	0.367	0.694
2019	9	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	7	0.167	0.333	0.167	0.500
Career	72	245	32	57	8	9	29	7	31	58	0.233	0.317	0.376	0.692