Donovan Walton

Bats L Throws R5'10" 190 lbBorn 1994 Dallas, USADebut 2019Team ATHDraft 2012 R36 #1100 New York Mets, Bishop Kelley HS (OK)Contract 1 y (26) 2026: $325,295

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 79.2FIELD+ 100.1 at 2BTotal 0.09 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	136	122	28	5	0	3	11	24	0	0.233	0.302	0.353	0.655	0.120	0.291	18.0	7.8	78.1	0.06
2027	142	125	28	5	0	3	13	25	1	0.228	0.307	0.336	0.644	0.109	0.289	17.3	9.0	78.3	0.07

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 32 HIT+ the next season; 5 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	Jason Smith	2009	53.5	did not play
2	Deven Marrero	2022	34.2	did not play
3	Gus Polidor	1993	32.5	did not play
4	Munenori Kawasaki	2012	38.4	79.2	289
5	Champ Osteen	1908	47.9	77.1	54
6	Bob Lillis	1961	44.2	65.9	491
7	Michael Martinez	2014	21.3	63.2	32
8	Mike Phillips	1982	66.2	-123.2	2
9	Ray Olmedo	2012	48.2	did not play
10	Harry Hanebrink	1959	59.9	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			142		28	5	0	3		1	13	25	0.228	0.307	0.336	0.644	78.3
2026*	ATH	60	164	27	40	11	1	3		1	16	28	0.280	0.364	0.434	0.798	127.5
2025	PHI	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250	-46.9
2024	SF	9	25	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	7	0.136	0.240	0.273	0.513	54.5
2022	SF	25	78	9	12	8	0	1	8	0	1	16	0.158	0.179	0.303	0.482	26.1
2021	SEA	24	69	6	13	2	1	2	7	1	4	15	0.206	0.254	0.365	0.619	71.6
2020	SEA	5	14	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	5	0.154	0.214	0.231	0.445	28.0
2019	SEA	7	19	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	0.188	0.316	0.188	0.503	56.4
Career		72	214	21	34	11	1	4	23	1	11	49	0.172	0.223	0.298	0.521	43.8

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	HR	BB
2024	SF	0.00	1	1.0	5	0	0
2022	SF	27.00	1	1.0	7	1	1
Career		13.50	2	2.0	12	1	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	164	87.6	11.6	4.3	32.5	23.7	28.3	0.245	0.363	0.312	26.5
2025	9	92.6	-4.0	0.0	37.5	6.7	20.0	0.290	0.338	0.274	26.0
2024	25	84.1	10.4	6.7	20.0	28.3	22.2	0.183	0.306	0.274	25.8
2022	78	86.1	7.7	5.0	31.7	17.8	36.7	0.186	0.305	0.223	27.6
2021	69	88.0	9.4	8.0	22.0	26.6	31.1	0.221	0.340	0.269	26.9
2020	14	81.2	4.1	12.5	12.5	42.9	40.7	0.149	0.289	0.220	25.4
2019	19	87.6	8.7	0.0	18.2	34.8	34.8	0.179	0.231	0.265	25.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	2B	2	18	3	3	0	1	1.000	+0.0
2024	SF	2B	8	62	10	16	0	1	1.000	-1.5
2024	SF	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2022	SF	2B	14	96	13	32	0	4	1.000	+2.3
2022	SF	SS	12	93	13	38	2	4	0.962	-0.8
2022	SEA	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2022	SF	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2021	SEA	2B	14	101	22	29	1	9	0.981	+0.4
2021	SEA	OF	5	35	6	0	1	0	0.857
2021	SEA	3B	2	10	0	2	1	1	0.667	+0.4
2021	SEA	SS	2	10	0	5	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2020	SEA	SS	4	26	3	6	0	2	1.000	-1.1
2020	SEA	2B	1	9	2	1	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2019	SEA	SS	5	37	4	4	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2019	SEA	2B	2	10	4	3	0	1	1.000	+0.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	168	7 HR, 3 SB	0.282	0.910
2025	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	209	2 HR, 3 SB	0.339	0.837
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	504	13 HR, 4 SB	0.270	0.752
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Bat	295	11 HR, 1 SB	0.222	0.692
2024	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Bat	387	7 HR, 4 SB	0.306	0.821
2023	A+	Eugene Emeralds	Bat	50	0 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.658
2023	AA	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Bat	76	2 HR, 2 SB	0.311	0.872
2023	Rk	ACL Giants Black	Bat	36	0 HR, 0 SB	0.379	1.017
2023	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Bat	109	4 HR, 1 SB	0.208	0.632
2022	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Bat	57	1 HR, 2 SB	0.294	0.878
2022	AAA	nan	Bat	145	2 HR, 5 SB	0.254	0.773
2022	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Bat	88	1 HR, 3 SB	0.225	0.697
2021	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Bat	334	13 HR, 1 SB	0.304	0.914
2019	AA	Arkansas Travelers	Bat	558	11 HR, 10 SB	0.300	0.817
2018	AA	Arkansas Travelers	Bat	238	1 HR, 3 SB	0.236	0.652
2018	A+	Modesto Nuts	Bat	256	3 HR, 8 SB	0.309	0.835
2017	A+	Modesto Nuts	Bat	272	2 HR, 6 SB	0.269	0.717
2024	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	49	12.0 IP, 4% K	2.25

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.223	0.364	0.308	0.402
2025	0.000	0.150	0.113
2024	0.483	0.158	0.322	0.188
2022	0.247	0.196	0.135	0.271
2021	0.338	0.267	0.246	0.309
2020	0.717	0.064	0.450	0.163
2019	0.350	0.312	0.246	0.500

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