Players · B · Pitcher · 2025
Matt Bowman
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Born
- May 31, 1991 in Chevy Chase, MD, United States
- MLB debut
- April 6, 2016
- Drafted
- 2012, round 13
- College
- Princeton
- High school
- Saint Albans School
- Salary, 2025
- $1.1M
- dbWAR
- 2.0 11 season(s)
- IP
- 24.2
- ERA
- 6.20
- FIP
- 4.76
- K/9
- 6.6
- FIP−
- 114 100 = avg
Matt Bowman was a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2025 he struck out 18 batters over 24.2 innings across 20 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 6.20 was 49.2% higher than the league average of 4.16 — 21st of 23 on his team, and 480th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.76 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.4% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.8%. His -0.0 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, 2025.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BAL | 20 | 0 | 24.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 6.20 | 4.76 | 1.50 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 149 | 114 | -0.0 | |
| 2024 | BAL/MIN/AZ/SEA | 25 | 1 | 30.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 4.40 | 5.19 | 1.27 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 108 | 127 | -0.2 | |
| 2023 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9.00 | 6.51 | 2.00 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 208 | 150 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | CIN | 27 | 0 | 32.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 3.66 | 3.68 | 1.25 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 81 | 82 | 0.5 | |
| 2018 | STL | 22 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 6.26 | 4.73 | 1.74 | 10.2 | 4.3 | 151 | 114 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | STL | 75 | 0 | 58.2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 26 | 46 | 18 | 3.99 | 3.65 | 1.19 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 92 | 84 | 0.8 | |
| 2016 | STL | 59 | 0 | 67.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 26 | 52 | 20 | 3.46 | 3.31 | 1.17 | 6.9 | 2.7 | 83 | 79 | 1.1 |
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 | 50 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .217 | .280 | .435 | .310 | 16.0% |
| vs RHB | 64 | 60 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .350 | .391 | .550 | .406 | 15.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Matt Bowman 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 | 194 | 91.1 | 2,064 | 51.0% | 13.6% | 46 | .239 | .749 | |
| Cutter | 115 | 88.5 | 2,281 | 42.6% | 16.7% | 23 | .304 | .870 | |
| Sweeper | 87 | 82.7 | 2,663 | 34.5% | 21.4% | 24 | .375 | 1.025 | |
| Splitter | 38 | 84.1 | 1,244 | 34.2% | 18.8% | 7 | — | — | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 13 | 90.4 | 2,157 | 38.5% | 42.9% | 6 | — | — |
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Nearest 2025 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.