Bobby Witt

Bats R Throws R6'1" 200 lbBorn 2000 Colleyville, USADebut 2022Team KC3x All-StarDraft 2019 R1 #2 Kansas City Royals, Colleyville Heritage HSContract 11 yr/$288.7M (24-34)+opt 2026: $14,111,111

Awards: AL Silver Slugger x2, All-MLB First Team x2, Rawlings AL Gold Glove x2

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 146.9FIELD+ 102.2 at SSTotal 4.42 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	567	511	152	34	6	24	46	93	30	0.298	0.359	0.528	0.887	0.230	0.375	16.5	8.1	139.5	4.50
2027	497	448	129	28	3	21	41	86	26	0.287	0.350	0.503	0.852	0.215	0.362	17.3	8.2	135.0	3.67

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 124 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	Alex Rodriguez	2001	140.8	157.1	725
2	Derek Jeter	1999	123.4	131.0	679
3	Hanley Ramirez	2009	139.3	123.7	619
4	Tony Lazzeri	1929	131.3	113.0	650
5	Troy Glaus	2002	118.8	112.9	367
6	Harlond Clift	1938	122.5	109.2	653
7	Austin Riley	2022	122.4	124.9	715
8	Ryan Zimmerman	2010	121.5	120.1	440
9	Heinie Zimmerman	1912	126.5	145.5	510
10	Cal Ripken	1986	129.8	106.1	717

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			497		129	28	3	21		26	41	86	0.287	0.350	0.503	0.852	135.0
2026*	KCA	109	481	68	121	26	1	15		33	50	84	0.284	0.360	0.455	0.815	128.8
2025	KC	157	687	99	184	47	6	23	88	38	49	125	0.295	0.351	0.501	0.852	132.9
2024	KC	161	709	125	211	45	11	32	109	31	57	106	0.332	0.389	0.588	0.977	171.4
2023	KC	158	694	97	177	28	11	30	96	49	40	121	0.276	0.319	0.495	0.813	117.6
2022	KC	150	632	82	150	31	6	20	80	30	30	135	0.254	0.294	0.428	0.722	98.7
Career		626	2722	403	722	151	34	105	373	148	176	487	0.290	0.340	0.504	0.844	131.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	481	92.3	16.5	11.8	51.0	24.7	33.3	0.299	0.500	0.379	30.1
2025	687	93.3	15.2	12.5	48.5	23.9	30.6	0.285	0.508	0.365	30.2
2024	709	92.7	15.1	14.3	48.3	22.3	32.1	0.309	0.583	0.407	30.5
2023	694	90.7	15.7	11.6	45.6	22.8	30.8	0.289	0.534	0.368	30.5
2022	632	89.7	16.8	8.7	38.6	25.2	34.7	0.252	0.444	0.318	30.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	SS	154	1340	186	382	10	74	0.983	-3.5
2024	KC	SS	160	1394	207	361	15	78	0.974	-7.8
2023	KC	SS	149	1280	169	344	12	69	0.977	-8.9
2022	KC	SS	98	826	113	259	16	51	0.959	-16.7
2022	KC	3B	55	444	32	90	3	7	0.976	-12.7

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2021	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	285	17 HR, 15 SB	0.285	0.933
2021	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	279	16 HR, 14 SB	0.295	0.939
2019	Rk	AZL Royals	Bat	180	1 HR, 9 SB	0.262	0.671

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.379	0.362	0.390	0.341
2025	0.384	0.368	0.367	0.376
2024	0.393	0.425	0.473	0.367
2023	0.374	0.343	0.379	0.320
2022	0.308	0.321	0.352	0.285

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	6	26	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	0.192	0.222	0.192	0.415
Career	6	26	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	0.192	0.222	0.192	0.415