Lars Nootbaar
St. Louis Cardinals · No. 21 · LF

Lars Nootbaar

6' 1", 205 lbs·Age 28·Bats L / Throws R
↓ ColdL8 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
All-Around MasherElite power paired with above-average contact — a complete middle-of-the-order bat.2021–2026 · 1,359 batted balls
2026 · 28 G
.250
AVG
.732
OPS
2
HR
10
RBI
25
H
14
BB
26
SO
1
SB
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Career Highs
.788
Best OPS · 2022
14
Most HR · 2023
48
Most RBI · 2025
.261
Best AVG · 2023
Career Arc · OPS
6 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 12200021.260
Jul 11211310.265
Jul 9410101.263
Jul 8300000.263
Jul 7310011.272
Jul 5400000.273
Jul 4400002.286
Jul 2520101.300
Jul 1300002.293
Jun 30420001.306

Career · Batting

6 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202158109515
20221082901440
20231174261446
20241093481245
20251355091348
202633108312
Career560179061206
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,358 BBE · 2021–2026 · 90.2 mph avg EV · 9.8% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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