Players · B · Pitcher · 2026
Chris Bassitt
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #40
- Born
- February 22, 1989 in Toledo, OH, United States
- MLB debut
- August 30, 2014
- Drafted
- 2011, round 16
- College
- Akron
- High school
- Genoa Area
- Salary, 2026
- $18.5M
- dbWAR
- 18.6 14 season(s)
- IP
- 102.0
- ERA
- 4.59
- FIP
- 4.31
- K/9
- 6.5
- FIP−
- 103 100 = avg
Chris Bassitt is a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 74 batters over 102.0 innings across 20 appearances, 18 of them starts, going 9-5. His ERA of 4.59 is 9.8% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 14th of 17 on his team, and 356th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.31 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 20.9% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.1%. His 1.0 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, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BAL | 20 | 18 | 102.0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 52 | 74 | 38 | 4.59 | 4.31 | 1.55 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 110 | 103 | 1.0 | |
| 2025 | TOR | 32 | 31 | 170.1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 174 | 75 | 166 | 52 | 3.96 | 4.01 | 1.33 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 95 | 96 | 2.4 | |
| 2024 | TOR | 31 | 31 | 171.0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 180 | 79 | 168 | 70 | 4.16 | 4.08 | 1.46 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 102 | 100 | 2.1 | |
| 2023 | TOR | 33 | 33 | 200.0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 176 | 80 | 186 | 59 | 3.60 | 4.28 | 1.18 | 8.4 | 2.7 | 83 | 99 | 2.4 | |
| 2022 | NYM | 30 | 30 | 181.2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 159 | 69 | 167 | 49 | 3.42 | 3.66 | 1.14 | 8.3 | 2.4 | 86 | 92 | 2.7 | |
| 2021 | OAK | 27 | 27 | 157.1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 55 | 159 | 39 | 3.15 | 3.34 | 1.06 | 9.1 | 2.2 | 74 | 78 | 3.5 | |
| 2020 | OAK | 11 | 11 | 63.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 16 | 55 | 17 | 2.29 | 3.59 | 1.16 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 51 | 81 | 1.4 | |
| 2019 | OAK | 28 | 25 | 144.0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 61 | 141 | 47 | 3.81 | 4.40 | 1.19 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 85 | 98 | 1.7 | |
| 2018 | OAK | 11 | 7 | 47.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 41 | 19 | 3.02 | 3.98 | 1.24 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 73 | 96 | 0.5 | |
| 2016 | OAK | 5 | 5 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 6.11 | 5.32 | 1.75 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 146 | 127 | -0.1 | |
| 2015 | OAK | 18 | 13 | 86.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 78 | 34 | 64 | 30 | 3.56 | 3.76 | 1.26 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 90 | 95 | 1.0 |
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 | 269 | 238 | 74 | 8 | 25 | 42 | .311 | .379 | .475 | .375 | 15.6% |
| vs RHB | 191 | 171 | 46 | 2 | 13 | 32 | .269 | .340 | .351 | .315 | 16.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Chris Bassitt 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.
| Sinker | 636 | 92.3 | 2,116 | 46.1% | 13.0% | 173 | .335 | .837 | |
| Curveball | 372 | 71.3 | 2,328 | 44.1% | 30.2% | 90 | .211 | .630 | |
| Cutter | 338 | 90.0 | 2,155 | 43.8% | 22.7% | 64 | .328 | .903 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 147 | 92.4 | 2,152 | 40.8% | 20.8% | 33 | .303 | .937 | |
| Sweeper | 105 | 73.5 | 2,392 | 47.6% | 32.6% | 25 | .200 | .606 | |
| Changeup | 83 | 85.4 | 1,828 | 27.7% | 25.9% | 14 | — | — | |
| Slider | 50 | 81.1 | 2,451 | 30.0% | 4.8% | 12 | — | — |
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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.