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Alex Cobb

Cleveland Guardians American League Central

Age: 37
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #38

Born: October 7, 1987 in Boston, MA, United States
MLB debut: May 1, 2011
Drafted: 2006, round 4
High school: Vero Beach
Salary, 2024: $10M

dbWAR: 11.6
IP: 16.1
ERA: 2.76
FIP: 3.29
K/9: 5.5
FIP−: 81

Alex Cobb was a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2024 he struck out 10 batters over 16.1 innings across 3 appearances, 3 of them starts, going 2-1. His ERA of 2.76 was 32.5% lower than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 3.29 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.1% of swings (7.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.1%. His 0.4 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2024.

FIP3.29

K/95.5

WHIP1.04

WAR.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2024	CLE	3	3	16.1	2	1	14	5	10	3	2.76	3.29	1.04	5.5	1.7	68	81	0.4
2023	SF	28	28	151.1	7	7	163	65	131	37	3.87	4.01	1.32	7.8	2.2	89	93	2.2
2022	SF	28	28	149.2	7	8	152	62	151	43	3.73	2.80	1.30	9.1	2.6	94	71	3.9
2021	LAA	18	18	93.1	8	3	85	39	98	33	3.76	2.92	1.26	9.5	3.2	88	69	2.6
2020	BAL	10	10	52.1	2	5	52	25	38	18	4.30	4.87	1.34	6.5	3.1	97	109	0.4
2019	BAL	3	3	12.1	0	2	21	15	8	2	10.95	11.89	1.86	5.8	1.5	243	264	-0.8
2018	BAL	28	28	152.1	5	15	172	83	102	43	4.90	4.80	1.41	6.0	2.5	118	116	0.7
2017	TB	29	29	179.1	12	10	175	73	128	44	3.66	4.16	1.22	6.4	2.2	84	95	2.4
2016	TB	5	5	22.0	1	2	32	21	16	7	8.59	5.60	1.77	6.5	2.9	205	134	-0.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	LAA	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-119	-0.0
2018	BAL	3	7	1	2	.167	.167	.167	.000	.250	0.0%	28.6%	.146	-1.0	-19	0.0
2017	TB	2	6	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	66.7%	.000	-1.6	-125	-0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	30	28	8	1	1	3	.286	.300	.393	.299	10.0%
vs RHB	32	30	6	0	2	7	.200	.250	.300	.245	21.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Alex Cobb throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Splitter	43.8%	106	89.2	1,526	37.7%	20.0%	30	.200	.460
Sinker	42.1%	102	93.8	2,014	45.1%	6.1%	24	.250	.750
Knuckle Curve	13.2%	32	83.2	2,723	46.9%	36.4%	4	—	—

Alex Cobb's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

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.