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Sonny Gray

Age: 37
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #54

Born: November 7, 1989 in Smyrna, TN, United States
MLB debut: July 10, 2013
Drafted: 2008, round 27
College: Vanderbilt
High school: Smyrna
Salary, 2026: $35M

dbWAR: 35.6
IP: 169.0
ERA: 2.72
FIP: 3.47
K/9: 7.9
FIP−: 83

Sonny Gray is a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2026 he struck out 149 batters over 169.0 innings across 29 appearances, 29 of them starts, going 18-5. His ERA of 2.72 is 35.0% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 5th of 19 on his team, and 64th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.47 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.1% of swings (11.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.8%. His 3.5 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, 2026.

FIP3.47

K/97.9

WHIP1.15

WAR3.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	BOS	29	29	169.0	18	5	148	51	149	46	2.72	3.47	1.15	7.9	2.4	65	83	3.5
2025	STL	32	32	180.2	14	8	185	86	201	38	4.28	3.39	1.23	10.0	1.9	103	82	3.7
2024	STL	28	28	166.1	13	9	142	71	203	39	3.84	3.12	1.09	11.0	2.1	94	77	3.8
2023	MIN	32	32	184.0	8	8	156	57	183	55	2.79	2.83	1.15	9.0	2.7	64	65	5.4
2022	MIN	24	24	119.2	8	5	99	41	117	36	3.08	3.40	1.13	8.8	2.7	78	86	2.2
2021	CIN	26	26	135.1	7	9	115	63	155	50	4.19	3.99	1.22	10.3	3.3	98	94	2.4
2020	CIN	11	11	56.0	5	3	42	23	72	26	3.70	3.05	1.21	11.6	4.2	83	68	1.7
2019	CIN	31	31	175.1	11	8	122	56	205	68	2.87	3.42	1.08	10.5	3.5	64	76	4.3
2018	NYY	30	23	130.1	11	9	138	71	123	57	4.90	4.17	1.50	8.5	3.9	118	100	1.5
2017	OAK/NYY	27	27	162.1	10	12	139	64	153	57	3.55	3.90	1.21	8.5	3.2	81	90	2.9
2016	OAK	22	22	117.0	5	11	133	74	94	42	5.69	4.67	1.50	7.2	3.2	136	111	0.6
2015	OAK	31	31	208.0	14	7	166	63	169	59	2.73	3.45	1.08	7.3	2.6	69	87	3.6

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	CIN	24	43	6	0	1	10	.146	.167	.146	.000	.194	2.3%	23.3%	.142	-6.3	-20	0.0
2019	CIN	28	60	7	3	2	19	.152	.188	.196	.043	.259	3.3%	31.7%	.171	-7.8	-3	0.1
2018	NYY	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-116	-0.0
2016	OAK	1	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-0.8	-123	-0.0
2015	OAK	2	6	1	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.000	.500	0.0%	66.7%	.147	-0.8	-20	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. 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	444	404	92	10	31	105	.228	.287	.366	.290	23.6%
vs RHB	240	224	56	6	15	44	.250	.300	.379	.302	18.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Sonny Gray 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	21.7%	538	92.0	2,366	45.0%	15.4%	157	.217	.584
Sweeper	20.5%	506	84.8	2,683	44.5%	38.3%	162	.136	.381
Cutter	18.6%	460	88.3	2,637	44.3%	14.9%	110	.291	.817
Four-Seam Fastball	17.5%	433	91.5	2,482	45.0%	12.5%	109	.294	.847
Curveball	15.9%	393	79.6	2,611	48.1%	30.9%	67	.328	.940
Changeup	5.7%	142	86.2	1,746	35.9%	22.2%	25	.240	.600

Sonny Gray'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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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Shane McClanahanTB

ERA: 3.36
FIP: 3.50
SO: 106
WAR: 2.4

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Ranger SuarezBOS

ERA: 3.22
FIP: 3.16
SO: 140
WAR: 3.6

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Troy MeltonDET

ERA: 2.83
FIP: 4.09
SO: 94
WAR: 1.5

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Michael SorokaAZ

ERA: 3.31
FIP: 3.09
SO: 110
WAR: 2.7

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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.