Players · D · Pitcher · 2026

Jacob deGrom

Age: 38
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 180 lb
Number: #48

Born: June 19, 1988 in DeLand, FL, United States
MLB debut: May 15, 2014
Drafted: 2010, round 9
College: Stetson
High school: Cavalry Christian Academy
Salary, 2026: $38M

dbWAR: 46.2
IP: 162.2
ERA: 4.20
FIP: 3.11
K/9: 11.1
FIP−: 75

Jacob deGrom is a starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2026 he struck out 201 batters over 162.2 innings across 31 appearances, 31 of them starts, going 11-11. His ERA of 4.20 is 0.6% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 8th of 16 on his team, and 294th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.11 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 33.2% of swings (17.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 30.1%. His 3.9 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.

FIP3.11

K/911.1

WHIP1.14

WAR3.9

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	TEX	31	31	162.2	11	11	139	76	201	46	4.20	3.11	1.14	11.1	2.5	101	75	3.9
2025	TEX	30	30	172.2	12	8	122	57	185	37	2.97	3.64	0.92	9.6	1.9	71	88	2.9
2024	TEX	3	3	10.2	0	0	11	2	14	1	1.69	2.32	1.13	11.8	0.8	41	57	0.3
2023	TEX	6	6	30.1	2	0	19	9	45	4	2.67	1.54	0.76	13.4	1.2	62	36	1.4
2022	NYM	11	11	64.1	5	4	40	22	102	8	3.08	2.13	0.75	14.3	1.1	78	54	2.1
2021	NYM	15	15	92.0	7	2	40	11	146	11	1.08	1.24	0.55	14.3	1.1	25	29	4.2
2020	NYM	12	12	68.0	4	2	47	18	104	18	2.38	2.26	0.96	13.8	2.4	53	51	2.5
2019	NYM	32	32	204.0	11	8	154	55	255	44	2.43	2.67	0.97	11.3	1.9	54	59	6.4
2018	NYM	32	32	217.0	10	9	152	41	269	46	1.70	1.99	0.91	11.2	1.9	41	48	7.7
2017	NYM	31	31	201.1	15	10	180	79	239	59	3.53	3.50	1.19	10.7	2.6	81	80	4.2
2016	NYM	24	24	148.0	7	8	142	50	143	36	3.04	3.32	1.20	8.7	2.2	73	79	3.2
2015	NYM	30	30	191.0	14	8	149	54	205	38	2.54	2.70	0.98	9.7	1.8	64	68	4.9

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	NYM	15	33	12	0	6	0	0	9	.364	.364	.394	.030	.500	0.0%	27.3%	.330	+0.4	115	0.6
2019	NYM	31	70	13	2	6	0	4	19	.200	.246	.323	.123	.250	5.7%	27.1%	.247	-4.5	50	0.6
2018	NYM	29	74	11	0	5	0	4	25	.164	.211	.179	.015	.262	5.4%	33.8%	.182	-8.2	6	0.4
2017	NYM	34	77	15	1	4	1	2	22	.211	.233	.268	.056	.292	2.6%	28.6%	.220	-6.7	30	0.5
2016	NYM	26	50	6	0	2	0	3	12	.143	.200	.167	.024	.200	6.0%	24.0%	.172	-6.0	-1	0.1
2015	NYM	28	66	11	0	4	0	3	16	.186	.226	.203	.017	.256	4.5%	24.2%	.197	-6.2	16	0.2

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	402	368	76	13	29	124	.207	.267	.359	.274	30.8%
vs RHB	266	247	63	7	17	77	.255	.303	.381	.304	28.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Jacob deGrom 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


Four-Seam Fastball	42.1%	1,152	97.3	2,478	55.0%	25.4%	244	.254	.781
Slider	34.3%	937	91.4	2,649	47.3%	40.2%	251	.175	.487
Changeup	13.6%	373	89.7	1,595	40.8%	45.7%	63	.222	.488
Curveball	6.7%	182	80.9	2,743	51.6%	39.1%	34	.294	.824
Sinker	3.3%	91	96.6	2,329	44.0%	15.5%	26	.346	.986

Jacob deGrom'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.