Players · M · Pitcher · 2025

T.J. McFarland

Age: 36
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 200 lb

Born: June 8, 1989 in Palos Park, IL, United States
MLB debut: April 6, 2013
Drafted: 2007, round 4
High school: Amos Alonso Stagg
Salary, 2025: $1.8M

dbWAR: 1.7
IP: 15.2
ERA: 6.89
FIP: 4.67
K/9: 4.0
FIP−: 112

T.J. McFarland was a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2025 he struck out 7 batters over 15.2 innings across 27 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.89 was 65.8% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 4.67 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.1% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.5%. His 0.0 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, 2025.

FIP4.67

K/94.0

WHIP1.85

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2025	ATH	27	0	15.2	0	0	0	26	12	7	3	6.89	4.67	1.85	4.0	1.7	166	112	0.0
2024	OAK	79	0	56.2	2	4	0	53	24	39	17	3.81	3.82	1.24	6.2	2.7	93	94	0.5
2023	NYM	3	0	1.2	0	1	0	4	1	2	1	5.40	4.46	3.00	10.8	5.4	125	103	0.0
2022	STL	28	0	32.2	0	0	0	42	24	16	11	6.61	5.32	1.62	4.4	3.0	167	134	-0.3
2021	STL	38	0	38.2	4	1	0	32	11	21	9	2.56	3.79	1.06	4.9	2.1	60	89	0.4
2020	OAK	23	0	20.2	2	0	0	26	10	9	5	4.35	6.34	1.50	3.9	2.2	98	142	-0.3
2019	AZ	51	0	56.0	0	0	0	71	30	35	20	4.82	4.48	1.63	5.6	3.2	107	99	0.3
2018	AZ	47	0	72.0	2	2	1	64	16	42	22	2.00	3.63	1.19	5.3	2.8	48	88	0.9
2017	AZ	43	1	54.0	4	5	0	65	32	29	17	5.33	4.10	1.52	4.8	2.8	122	94	0.6
2016	BAL	16	0	24.2	2	2	0	33	19	7	10	6.93	5.62	1.74	2.6	3.6	165	134	-0.3
2015	BAL	30	0	40.1	2	2	0	52	22	26	18	4.91	4.47	1.74	5.8	4.0	124	113	0.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	AZ	4	5	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	60.0%	.000	-1.4	-120	-0.1
2018	AZ	7	7	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	85.7%	.000	-1.8	-118	-0.1
2017	AZ	4	5	1	3	.200	.200	.200	.000	.500	0.0%	60.0%	.175	-0.6	-2	0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. 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	11	0	1	5	.393	.433	.571	.432	16.7%
vs RHB	44	41	15	2	2	2	.366	.386	.634	.423	4.5%

Pitch sequencing

What T.J. McFarland 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


Sinker	51.1%	139	87.9	1,942	34.5%	11.5%	40	.375	.982
Sweeper	37.1%	101	78.1	2,400	52.5%	23.9%	20	.400	1.231
Changeup	10.7%	29	80.9	1,768	34.5%	20.0%	9	—	—

T.J. McFarland'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.