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Brandon Woodruff
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 241 lb
- Number
- #53
- Born
- February 10, 1993 in Tupelo, MS, United States
- MLB debut
- August 4, 2017
- Drafted
- 2011, round 5
- College
- Mississippi State
- High school
- Wheeler
- Salary, 2026
- $22M
- dbWAR
- 19.8 13 season(s)
- IP
- 45.1
- ERA
- 2.98
- FIP
- 3.19
- K/9
- 9.3
- FIP−
- 76 100 = avg
Brandon Woodruff is a starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2026 he struck out 47 batters over 45.1 innings across 9 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 2-2. His ERA of 2.98 is 28.7% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 6th of 15 on his team, and 90th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.19 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (12.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.0%. His 1.1 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 | MIL | 9 | 9 | 45.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 47 | 10 | 2.98 | 3.19 | 0.84 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 71 | 76 | 1.1 | |
| 2025 | MIL | 12 | 12 | 64.2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 23 | 83 | 14 | 3.20 | 3.17 | 0.91 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 77 | 76 | 1.5 | |
| 2023 | MIL | 11 | 11 | 67.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 17 | 74 | 15 | 2.28 | 3.60 | 0.82 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 53 | 83 | 1.4 | |
| 2022 | MIL | 27 | 27 | 153.1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 52 | 190 | 42 | 3.05 | 3.08 | 1.07 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 77 | 78 | 3.4 | |
| 2021 | MIL | 30 | 30 | 179.1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 130 | 51 | 211 | 43 | 2.56 | 2.96 | 0.96 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 60 | 69 | 5.0 | |
| 2020 | MIL | 13 | 13 | 73.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 25 | 91 | 18 | 3.05 | 3.20 | 0.99 | 11.1 | 2.2 | 69 | 72 | 2.0 | |
| 2019 | MIL | 22 | 22 | 121.2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 49 | 143 | 30 | 3.62 | 3.01 | 1.14 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 80 | 67 | 3.5 | |
| 2018 | MIL | 19 | 4 | 42.1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 47 | 14 | 3.61 | 3.30 | 1.18 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 87 | 80 | 0.7 | |
| 2017 | MIL | 8 | 8 | 43.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 23 | 32 | 14 | 4.81 | 4.37 | 1.33 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 110 | 100 | 0.5 |
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 | 91 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 25 | .146 | .220 | .293 | .225 | 27.5% |
| vs RHB | 83 | 79 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 22 | .203 | .229 | .316 | .239 | 26.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Brandon Woodruff 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 | 281 | 91.8 | 2,336 | 56.6% | 25.8% | 71 | .113 | .449 | |
| Changeup | 136 | 82.4 | 1,774 | 48.5% | 38.2% | 30 | .133 | .300 | |
| Sinker | 123 | 92.4 | 2,282 | 48.8% | 10.9% | 36 | .333 | .870 | |
| Cutter | 65 | 88.5 | 2,377 | 32.3% | 7.4% | 18 | .222 | .667 | |
| Curveball | 28 | 76.2 | 2,563 | 53.6% | 22.2% | 6 | — | — |
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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.