Players · W · Pitcher · 2026
Zack Wheeler
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- May 30, 1990 in Smyrna, GA, United States
- MLB debut
- June 18, 2013
- Drafted
- 2009, round 1
- High school
- East Paulding
- Salary, 2026
- $42M
- dbWAR
- 39.0 14 season(s)
- IP
- 156.0
- ERA
- 3.06
- FIP
- 3.34
- K/9
- 10.8
- FIP−
- 80 100 = avg
Zack Wheeler is a starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2026 he struck out 188 batters over 156.0 innings across 27 appearances, 27 of them starts, going 13-5. His ERA of 3.06 is 26.8% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 17 on his team, and 99th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.34 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 31.3% of swings (15.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 30.2%. His 3.6 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PHI | 27 | 27 | 156.0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 118 | 53 | 188 | 47 | 3.06 | 3.34 | 1.06 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 73 | 80 | 3.6 | |
| 2025 | PHI | 24 | 24 | 149.2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 107 | 45 | 195 | 33 | 2.71 | 3.00 | 0.94 | 11.7 | 2.0 | 65 | 72 | 4.0 | |
| 2024 | PHI | 32 | 32 | 200.0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 139 | 57 | 224 | 52 | 2.56 | 3.13 | 0.95 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 63 | 77 | 4.7 | |
| 2023 | PHI | 32 | 32 | 192.0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 168 | 77 | 212 | 39 | 3.61 | 3.15 | 1.08 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 83 | 73 | 4.9 | |
| 2022 | PHI | 26 | 26 | 153.0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 48 | 163 | 34 | 2.82 | 2.89 | 1.04 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 71 | 73 | 3.9 | |
| 2021 | PHI | 32 | 32 | 213.1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 169 | 66 | 247 | 46 | 2.78 | 2.59 | 1.01 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 65 | 61 | 6.7 | |
| 2020 | PHI | 11 | 11 | 71.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 23 | 53 | 16 | 2.92 | 3.22 | 1.17 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 65 | 72 | 1.9 | |
| 2019 | NYM | 31 | 31 | 195.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 196 | 86 | 195 | 50 | 3.96 | 3.48 | 1.26 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 88 | 77 | 4.4 | |
| 2018 | NYM | 29 | 29 | 182.1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 150 | 67 | 179 | 55 | 3.31 | 3.25 | 1.12 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 80 | 78 | 3.8 | |
| 2017 | NYM | 17 | 17 | 86.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 97 | 50 | 81 | 40 | 5.21 | 5.03 | 1.59 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 120 | 116 | 0.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 366 | 329 | 73 | 13 | 33 | 106 | .222 | .298 | .383 | .304 | 29.0% |
| vs RHB | 256 | 239 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 82 | .188 | .234 | .318 | .245 | 32.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Zack Wheeler 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 913 | 95.2 | 2,430 | 56.4% | 30.3% | 181 | .204 | .695 | |
| Splitter | 407 | 87.4 | 1,563 | 44.7% | 46.7% | 104 | .183 | .518 | |
| Sinker | 397 | 94.8 | 2,297 | 44.3% | 10.8% | 107 | .252 | .647 | |
| Sweeper | 348 | 81.3 | 2,765 | 44.8% | 37.5% | 65 | .200 | .630 | |
| Cutter | 270 | 90.9 | 2,532 | 45.2% | 22.3% | 57 | .263 | .800 | |
| Curveball | 217 | 80.0 | 2,833 | 43.8% | 47.1% | 54 | .130 | .376 |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, 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.