Ildemaro Vargas
Bats B Throws R6'0" 180 lbBorn 1991 Caripito, VenezuelaDebut 2017Team ARIContract 1 y/$1.4M (26) 2026: $1,400,000
Projections
2027 NEXT+ 76.4FIELD+ 99.6 at 2BTotal 0.07 WAR
| Season | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA | K% | BB% | HIT+ | WAR |
|---|
| 2026 | 156 | 143 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0.243 | 0.293 | 0.351 | 0.644 | 0.107 | 0.284 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 72.9 | -0.03 |
| 2027 | 300 | 277 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 0.243 | 0.289 | 0.359 | 0.647 | 0.115 | 0.283 | 11.8 | 5.5 | 76.7 | 0.08 |
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 33
His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 104 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.
Batting
| Year | Team | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HIT+ |
|---|
| 2027 proj | | | 300 | | 68 | 13 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | 16 | 35 | 0.243 | 0.289 | 0.359 | 0.647 | 76.7 |
| 2026* | ARI | 112 | 391 | 50 | 96 | 17 | 4 | 9 | | 3 | 22 | 38 | 0.264 | 0.308 | 0.407 | 0.715 | 94.3 |
| 2025 | ARI | 38 | 121 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.270 | 0.292 | 0.383 | 0.674 | 82.6 |
| 2024 | WSH | 97 | 303 | 21 | 67 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 0.246 | 0.295 | 0.316 | 0.611 | 75.1 |
| 2023 | WSH | 86 | 286 | 32 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 0.252 | 0.304 | 0.363 | 0.666 | 84.7 |
| 2022 | WSH | 63 | 222 | 19 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 0.263 | 0.299 | 0.392 | 0.691 | 97.4 |
| 2021 | ARI | 34 | 83 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0.156 | 0.217 | 0.221 | 0.438 | 13.6 |
| 2020 | CHC | 24 | 54 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.196 | 0.222 | 0.314 | 0.536 | 40.0 |
| 2019 | ARI | 92 | 211 | 25 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 0.269 | 0.299 | 0.413 | 0.712 | 80.9 |
| 2018 | ARI | 14 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.211 | 0.250 | 0.368 | 0.618 | 53.9 |
| 2017 | ARI | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.385 | 0.692 | 67.4 |
| Career | | 460 | 1313 | 128 | 303 | 58 | 7 | 20 | 145 | 16 | 66 | 147 | 0.249 | 0.289 | 0.357 | 0.646 | 76.9 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | BF | HR | BB | SO | PITCH+ |
|---|
| 2024 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 2023 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | |
| 2022 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Career | | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | |
Statcast
| Year | PA | EV | LA | Barrel% | HardHit% | Whiff% | Chase% | xBA | xSLG | xwOBA | Sprint |
|---|
| 2026 | 391 | 87.5 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 35.5 | 15.2 | 39.8 | 0.279 | 0.382 | 0.310 | 27.1 |
| 2025 | 121 | 89.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 37.3 | 19.4 | 37.4 | 0.262 | 0.376 | 0.287 | 27.4 |
| 2024 | 303 | 87.0 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 31.9 | 12.6 | 30.1 | 0.255 | 0.326 | 0.286 | 26.7 |
| 2023 | 286 | 87.1 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 31.3 | 12.6 | 29.2 | 0.264 | 0.372 | 0.305 | 27.0 |
| 2022 | 222 | 87.0 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 29.3 | 12.1 | 30.9 | 0.228 | 0.318 | 0.259 | 27.1 |
| 2021 | 83 | 84.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 28.3 | 21.7 | 37.5 | 0.211 | 0.281 | 0.245 | 27.0 |
| 2020 | 54 | 85.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 28.6 | 19.0 | 28.3 | 0.202 | 0.280 | 0.228 | 26.9 |
| 2019 | 211 | 87.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 30.3 | 12.2 | 28.9 | 0.261 | 0.371 | 0.289 | 27.3 |
| 2018 | 20 | 87.0 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 39.1 | 0.257 | 0.376 | 0.292 | 26.4 |
| 2017 | 13 | 81.5 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 26.7 | 29.4 | 0.168 | 0.221 | 0.167 | 26.0 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Runs saved |
|---|
| 2025 | ARI | 2B | 13 | 104 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | +2.0 |
| 2025 | ARI | 1B | 12 | 81 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | +1.4 |
| 2025 | ARI | 3B | 7 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.889 | +0.6 |
| 2025 | ARI | SS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | -0.4 |
| 2024 | WSH | 3B | 47 | 299 | 10 | 62 | 4 | 6 | 0.947 | -1.5 |
| 2024 | WSH | 2B | 32 | 246 | 60 | 59 | 0 | 24 | 1.000 | -2.3 |
| 2024 | WSH | OF | 15 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.947 | |
| 2024 | WSH | SS | 7 | 53 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0.955 | +0.6 |
| 2024 | WSH | 1B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -0.0 |
| 2024 | WSH | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | +0.7 |
| 2023 | WSH | 3B | 45 | 332 | 21 | 75 | 4 | 5 | 0.960 | -1.5 |
| 2023 | WSH | 2B | 18 | 107 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | +1.3 |
| 2023 | WSH | SS | 15 | 116 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 0.969 | +0.7 |
| 2023 | WSH | OF | 12 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2023 | WSH | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | -0.0 |
| 2022 | WSH | 3B | 43 | 372 | 33 | 99 | 4 | 9 | 0.971 | +3.6 |
| 2022 | WSH | SS | 15 | 121 | 23 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 0.983 | +2.0 |
| 2022 | WSH | 2B | 4 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | +0.0 |
| 2022 | WSH | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 2021 | ARI | 3B | 10 | 60 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.941 | -2.8 |
| 2021 | ARI | 2B | 9 | 56 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | -0.2 |
| 2021 | ARI | SS | 5 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.909 | -1.5 |
| 2021 | PIT | OF | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2020 | CHC | 2B | 16 | 84 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 0.980 | +1.1 |
| 2020 | ARI | 1B | 5 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.952 | -1.0 |
| 2020 | CHC | 3B | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | +0.5 |
| 2019 | ARI | 2B | 48 | 293 | 51 | 87 | 1 | 22 | 0.993 | +5.9 |
| 2019 | ARI | 3B | 14 | 61 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0.929 | -1.9 |
| 2019 | ARI | SS | 4 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | -0.2 |
| 2019 | ARI | OF | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2018 | ARI | 3B | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0.833 | +1.9 |
| 2018 | ARI | 2B | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | +0.5 |
| 2018 | ARI | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 2017 | ARI | 2B | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | -0.3 |
| 2017 | ARI | 3B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | -0.2 |
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 | Reno Aces | Bat | 241 | 5 HR, 4 SB | 0.255 | 0.717 |
| 2022 | AAA | Iowa Cubs | Bat | 112 | 1 HR, 1 SB | 0.279 | 0.734 |
| 2022 | AAA | Rochester Red Wings | Bat | 197 | 2 HR, 2 SB | 0.224 | 0.623 |
| 2022 | AAA | nan | Bat | 309 | 3 HR, 3 SB | 0.245 | 0.664 |
| 2021 | AAA | Reno Aces | Bat | 268 | 10 HR, 3 SB | 0.313 | 0.869 |
| 2019 | AAA | Reno Aces | Bat | 137 | 2 HR, 1 SB | 0.403 | 1.026 |
| 2018 | AAA | Reno Aces | Bat | 572 | 7 HR, 10 SB | 0.311 | 0.793 |
| 2017 | AAA | Reno Aces | Bat | 535 | 10 HR, 8 SB | 0.312 | 0.817 |
| 2016 | AAA | Reno Aces | Bat | 224 | 2 HR, 13 SB | 0.354 | 0.867 |
| 2016 | AA | Mobile BayBears | Bat | 351 | 4 HR, 8 SB | 0.276 | 0.697 |
| 2015 | A | Kane County Cougars | Bat | 384 | 5 HR, 9 SB | 0.321 | 0.823 |
| 2014 | A+ | Palm Beach Cardinals | Bat | 477 | 1 HR, 1 SB | 0.241 | 0.563 |
| 2013 | A | Peoria Chiefs | Bat | 467 | 1 HR, 8 SB | 0.248 | 0.609 |
| 2012 | A+ | Palm Beach Cardinals | Bat | 26 | 0 HR, 0 SB | 0.364 | 0.962 |
Splits
| Year | vs LHP | vs RHP | Home | Away |
|---|
| 2026 | 0.397 | 0.289 | 0.336 | 0.317 |
| 2025 | 0.308 | 0.309 | 0.253 | 0.349 |
| 2024 | 0.286 | 0.272 | 0.279 | 0.278 |
| 2023 | 0.345 | 0.281 | 0.300 | 0.309 |
| 2022 | 0.306 | 0.314 | 0.301 | 0.320 |
| 2021 | 0.230 | 0.228 | 0.318 | 0.144 |
| 2020 | 0.203 | 0.306 | 0.262 | 0.233 |
| 2019 | 0.468 | 0.276 | 0.327 | 0.325 |
wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.