SS · 2026
Kevin McGonigle
- Age
- 22
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 5' 9"
- Weight
- 187 lb
- Number
- #7
- Born
- August 18, 2004 in Media, PA, USA
- MLB debut
- March 26, 2026
- Drafted
- 2023, round CB-A
- High school
- Monsignor Bonner
- Salary, 2026
- $780,000
- dbWAR
- 4.3 1 season(s)
- PA
- 515
- AVG
- .286
- OBP
- .390
- SLG
- .428
- wRC+
- 135 100 = avg
Kevin McGonigle is a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers. In 2026 he hit 12 home runs and knocked in 45 RBIs, notching 125 hits across 515 plate appearances in 114 games. His batting average was .286, 17.4% higher than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .390 clip and slugged .428, for an OPS of .818, 13.7% higher than the league mark of .719 — the second best on his team, and 55th of 417 among MLB batters with 100+ plate appearances. He averaged 87.8 mph off the bat, hit 36.0% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 83.8% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 135 wRC+ puts his offence 35% above average. That comes to 4.3 dbWAR — +21.0 runs with the bat, +0.8 on the bases, +4.2 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2026.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to +43.3 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 145 | 127 | 32 | 3 | 15 | 28 | .252 | .331 | .354 | .310 | 19.3% |
| vs RHP | 370 | 310 | 93 | 9 | 58 | 42 | .300 | .414 | .458 | .390 | 11.4% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2026.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2026.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 114 | 515 | 125 | 12 | 45 | 11 | 73 | 70 | .286 | .390 | .428 | .142 | .317 | 14.2% | 13.6% | .368 | +21.0 | 135 | 4.3 | — |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by discipline, contact, power and speed, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.