Is the younger brother of Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras.
2024
Batted .281 with 23 HR and 92 RBI in 155 games with Milwaukee...Made 153 starts (119 games at C, 34 games at DH)…Finished fifth in National League Most Valuable Player voting...Was named to the All-MLB First Team...Won his second consecutive Silver Slugger Award...Was named Brewers Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season as voted on by members of the Milwaukee Chapter of the BBWAA...Was an All-Star for the second time, both as a starter...Was voted to start by the fans for the first time...Started at catcher (0-for-2, 1 K)…Joined Ted Simmons (1984) and Jonathan Lucroy (2014) as the only catchers in franchise history to start an All-Star Game...Joined Simmons as the only Brewers catchers to be voted to start by the fans...Led the team in AVG (.281), runs (99), hits (167), doubles (37), OBP (.365), SLG (.466), OPS (.831) and walks (78)…Among NL leaders in walks (T-fifth, 78), runs (sixth, 99), hits (seventh, 167) doubles (T-seventh, 37) and OBP (10th, .365)…Hit 17 of his 23 HR as a catcher, which tied for fifth in the Major Leagues from the position and tied for second in the National League...His 74 RBI as a catcher ranked third in the Majors and led the National League...Batted .310 (49-for-158) with runners in scoring position...The team had a 3.47 ERA when he caught (1060 IP, 409 ER) and went 76-43 when he started behind the plate...His 1060.0 innings caught led the National League and was fourth in the Majors...Threw out 17 of 89 runners attempting to steal (19.1%)…Recorded a season-high 12-game hitting streak from 4/3-4/16 during which he batted .408 (20-for-49) with four HR and 15 RBI...Tied his career high with four hits, including two HR, along with a career-high five RBI in a 12-4 win on 4/7 vs. Seattle...Belted his first career leadoff homer on 4/14 at Baltimore off Corbin Burnes...Notched his second four-hit game of the season and third of his career in a 7-4 loss on 9/20 vs. Arizona...Started all three games of the NL Wild Card Series vs. New York (two games at C, one game at DH)…Signed a one-year contract with a club option for 2026 on 1/31/25, avoiding arbitration.
2023
Batted .289 with 17 HR and 78 RBI in 141 games with Milwaukee...Made 137 starts (108g at C, 29g at DH)...Became the first catcher in franchise history to win a Silver Slugger Award...Was named Brewers Most Valuable Player and Top Newcomer as voted on by members of the Milwaukee Chapter of the BBWAA...Led the team in batting average (.289), hits (156), doubles (38), extra-base hits (56), total bases (247), SLG (.457) and OPS (.825)...Among NL leaders in doubles (4th, 38), AVG (8th, .289) and OBP (10th, .367)...The team had a 3.68 ERA when he caught (942.2ip, 385er) and went 64-44 when he started behind the plate...Threw out 11 of 88 runners attempting to steal (12.5%)...Reached base safely in 38 of his last 39 games, batting .336 (51-for-152) with 5 HR and 24 RBI...ended the season on a career-high 18-game hitting streak, batting .343 (23-for-67) with two HR and eight RBI...Was the first Brewer since Norichika Aoki (2012) to produce four hitting steaks of 10+ games in a season (11, 10, 14, 18)...Belted his first career pinch-hit homer on 6/10 vs. Oakland off Richard Lovelady...Hit .333 (3-for-9) in the NL Wild Card Series vs. Arizona.
2022
Batted .278 with 20 HR and 45 RBI in 97 games with Atlanta...Made 89 starts (57g at C, 31g at DH, 1g in LF)...Had two stints with the team (Opening Day-4/11 and 4/28-end of season)...Also appeared in 13 games at Triple-A Gwinnett (.292, 0hr, 8rbi)...Started the All-Star Game (his first ASG) at designated hitter, replacing the injured Bryce Harper (PHI) and batting seventh...hit behind his brother, Willson, and struck out against Alek Manoah (TOR) in his only plate appearance...The team had a 3.52 ERA when he caught (518.2ip, 203er) and went 37-20 when he started behind the plate...Threw out four of 40 runners attempting to steal (10.0%)...Hit 17 of his 20 HR as a catcher, which tied for fourth (with his brother) in the Major Leagues from the position...Produced two-homer games in wins on 4/29 at Texas, 5/21 at Miami and 7/30 vs. Arizona...were the first multi-homer games of his career...Collected a career-high four RBI in a 9-2 win on 5/8 vs. Milwaukee...From 8/9-8/17 recorded a career-high nine-game hitting streak during which he batted .316 (12-for-38) with 1 HR and three RBI...Notched a career-high 4 hits in an 11-4 win on 8/26 at St. Louis, going 4-for-5 with two runs, a double and three RBI...Over his last 48 games batted .304 (52-for-171) with nine HR and 22 RBI...Appeared in three games in the NLDS vs. Philadelphia, including two starts (DH)...Was traded to Milwaukee in a three-team deal that included Oakland on 12/12.
2021
Twenty-four-year-old William Contreras played in his second big league campaign in 2021...He hit .215 (35-for-163) with eight home runs, 23 RBI and 19 runs across 52 games...Appeared in 52 games this season after playing in only four last season...Hit his first major league home run May 5 at Washington off of Erick Fedde...Appeared in 44 games for Triple-A Gwinnett, posting a .290 batting average (45-for-155) with 29 RBI and 26 runs scored.
2020
Made his major-league debut with a four-game stint in Atlanta to begin the season…Went 4-for10 (.400) with one double and one RBI...Spent the rest of the season at the alternate training site...Is one of nine catchers in Braves history to open their career by collecting at least four hits in their first four career games… Of the nine on the list, Contreras’ 10 plate appearances are the fewest…Del Crandall, Evan Gattis and Luke Urban all had a record five hits in this period...Made the Braves’ Opening Day roster…Debuted in Atlanta’s opener, on 7/24 at NYM, as a defensive replacement…At 22 years, 213 days, became the youngest Braves catcher to debut since Jarrod Saltalamacchia did so on his 22nd birthday, 5/2/07... Was recalled prior to the game after catchers Travis d’Arnaud and Tyler Flowers were placed on the COVID-related injured list for precautionary reasons...On the first pitch he saw in the major leagues, recorded an RBI double in the 10th inning on 7/25 off the Mets’ Hunter Strickland...His younger brother, the Cubs’ Willson, also made his debut as a defensive replacement (6/17/16), before also collecting an extra-base hit (a home run) in his first career plate appearance in his second game (6/19/16)...In his third career game, his first start, had a career-best three hits…Went 3-for-5 on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball,” 7/26 at New York-NL...Is one of three catchers in Braves history to have a three-hit game within their first three career games (Del Crandall, 3rd game, 6/23/49 and Evan Gattis, 2nd game, 4/5/13)...Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as the Braves’ No. 7 prospect…Tabbed the second-best catching prospect in the system behind 2019 first-round pick Shea Langeliers.
2019
Played for High-A Florida (50 G) and Double-A Mississippi (60 G), batting .255/.315/.354 (97- for-381) with 20 doubles, six home runs, 29 RBI and 50 runs scored in 110 games…Defensively, combined to throw out 32 of 98 would-be basestealers (32.7 percent)...Named a Florida State League Mid-Season AllStar after hitting .263 (50-for-190) with three home runs and 22 RBI in 50 games to open the season…Was promoted to Double-A on 6/5 and spent the rest of the season with Mississippi...The Braves selected his contract on 11/19...Finished the year ranked by MLB.com as Atlanta's No. 8 prospect, including the second-best catching prospect (Shea Langeliers).
2018
Split the season between Single-A Rome and High-A Florida, combining to bat .285/.347/.436 in 105 games between the two stops...Ended the season in the Top 10 among Braves farmhands (min. 200 PA) in doubles (T5th, 24), runs (T7th, 57), average (8th, .285), OPS (8th, .783), hits (9th, 111) and home runs (T9th, 11)...Was named Rome's Player of the Month for July, and was named a South Atlantic League PostSeason All-Star.
2017
Named rookie-level Danville's Player of the Year and an Appalachian League All-Star after batting .290/.379/.432 with 15 extra-base hits and 25 RBI in 45 games...Reached base at a .379 clip, which was the third-highest rate among Braves farmhands (minimum 150 at-bats)...Batted .351/.419/.595 in 37 at-bats as the designated hitter, compared to a .273 (36-for-132) mark with a .391 slugging percentage in 132 at-bats playing catcher.
