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Joe Ross

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
243 lb
Number
#41
Born
May 21, 1993 in Berkeley, CA, United States
MLB debut
June 6, 2015
Drafted
2011, round 1
High school
Bishop O'Dowd
dbWAR
6.4
15 season(s)
IP
11.2
ERA
9.26
FIP
6.79
K/9
5.4
FIP−
162
100 = avg

Joe Ross is a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2026 he struck out 7 batters over 11.2 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 9.26 is 121.6% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 6.79 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 30.0% of swings (16.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.3%. His -0.3 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.

FIP6.79
K/95.4
WHIP1.89
WAR-.3

WAR by season

2.10.9-0.3151617181921242526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026TEX/AZ8011.20101612769.266.791.895.44.6222162-0.3
2025PHI37151.0210572939185.124.881.476.93.2123117-0.1
2024MIL251074.0360723166293.773.831.368.03.592940.8
2021WSH2019108.05909850109344.174.361.229.12.8981021.1
2019WSH27964.0440743957335.484.591.678.04.61221020.5
2018WSH3316.0020179745.065.851.313.92.3122141-0.1
2017WSH131373.2530884168205.014.991.478.32.41151150.4
2016WSH1919105.07501084093293.433.491.308.02.582832.1
2015WSH161376.2550643169213.643.421.118.12.592861.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021WSH20398030114.250.294.250.000.4442.6%35.9%.250-2.2540.4
2019WSH11202000110.105.150.105.000.2225.0%50.0%.123-3.4-35-0.1
2018WSH35000003.000.000.000.000.0000.0%60.0%.000-1.3-116-0.1
2017WSH15376010116.182.206.242.061.3532.7%43.2%.198-3.9140.1
2016WSH204410010315.244.295.293.049.3856.8%34.1%.265-2.0620.4
2015WSH14303000011.111.143.111.000.1880.0%36.7%.121-4.7-38-0.1

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB30285024.179.233.250.22113.3%
vs RHB272311343.478.556.913.61111.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Joe Ross 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.

Slider28.8%5989.41,93435.6%23.5%19.3161.093
Sinker24.4%5095.52,14144.0%16.0%9——
Splitter20.5%4290.41,47842.9%47.8%7——
Four-Seam Fastball20.0%4195.22,15434.1%33.3%12——
Curveball6.3%1383.92,09946.2%42.9%4——
Joe Ross'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.