Jordan Walker

Bats R Throws R6'5" 220 lbBorn 2002 Stone Mountain, USADebut 2023Team STL1x All-StarDraft 2020 R1 #21 St. Louis Cardinals, Decatur HSContract 1 y/$799,400 (26) 2026: $799,400

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 104.5FIELD+ 100.2 at RFTotal 1.87 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	349	318	78	16	1	11	25	93	7	0.244	0.305	0.405	0.710	0.160	0.309	26.7	7.2	93.9	0.83
2027	512	464	120	25	2	19	40	126	12	0.258	0.322	0.444	0.766	0.185	0.331	24.5	7.9	108.7	2.14

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 80 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	Curt Flood	1961	85.5	94.6	701
2	Frank Welch	1921	84.1	91.0	432
3	Ollie Brown	1967	84.7	60.9	100
4	Byron Buxton	2017	87.1	-4.3	94
5	Joe Rudi	1970	82.7	95.2	556
6	Manuel Margot	2018	87.0	84.5	441
7	Luis Melendez	1973	77.3	62.2	140
8	Victor Robles	2020	85.5	73.1	369
9	Dale Murphy	1979	92.7	136.3	633
10	Sammy Sosa	1992	83.0	109.1	641

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			512		120	25	2	19		12	40	126	0.258	0.322	0.444	0.766	108.7
2026*	SLN	125	533	78	140	28	0	26		17	41	128	0.289	0.347	0.507	0.854	134.2
2025	STL	111	396	40	78	13	1	6	41	10	29	126	0.215	0.278	0.306	0.584	66.1
2024	STL	51	178	16	33	10	1	5	20	1	10	50	0.201	0.253	0.366	0.619	68.3
2023	STL	117	465	51	116	19	2	16	51	7	37	104	0.276	0.342	0.445	0.787	114.5
Career		279	1039	107	227	42	4	27	112	18	76	280	0.240	0.302	0.378	0.680	88.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	530	92.6	12.5	13.4	47.9	30.4	35.8	0.276	0.487	0.356	29.2
2025	396	92.3	10.3	10.9	50.0	35.6	34.0	0.207	0.363	0.278	28.7
2024	178	91.2	9.4	9.5	43.1	31.6	32.6	0.206	0.366	0.278	28.4
2023	465	89.4	10.2	7.5	42.5	30.0	33.3	0.263	0.430	0.332	28.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	STL	OF	108	885	204	5	4	2	0.981
2024	STL	OF	48	367	64	2	1	1	0.985
2023	STL	OF	112	924	188	8	5	0	0.975

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	43	2 HR, 1 SB	0.158	0.651
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	377	9 HR, 4 SB	0.263	0.753
2023	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	135	4 HR, 4 SB	0.239	0.746
2022	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	536	19 HR, 22 SB	0.306	0.898
2021	A+	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	244	8 HR, 13 SB	0.292	0.831
2021	A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	122	6 HR, 1 SB	0.374	1.162

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.416	0.363	0.359	0.396
2025	0.313	0.263	0.294	0.260
2024	0.305	0.257	0.244	0.297
2023	0.300	0.363	0.364	0.328

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