Players · B · Pitcher · 2026

Ben Bowden

Age: 32
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 249 lb
Number: #62

Born: October 21, 1994 in Lynn, MA, United States
MLB debut: April 2, 2021
Drafted: 2016, round 2
College: Vanderbilt
High school: Lynn English

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 1.0
ERA: 36.00
FIP: 12.10
K/9: 0.0
FIP−: 290

Ben Bowden is a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2026 he struck out 0 batters over 1.0 inning across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 36.00 is 761.7% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 12.10 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 14.3% of swings (5.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 25.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 0.0%. His -0.1 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.

FIP12.10

K/90.0

WHIP4.00

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	ATH	1	1.0	0	0	2	4	0	2	36.00	12.10	4.00	0.0	18.0	862	290	-0.1
2025	ATH	11	10.2	0	0	9	5	7	5	4.22	5.67	1.31	5.9	4.2	101	136	-0.1
2021	COL	39	35.2	3	2	44	26	42	21	6.56	4.85	1.82	10.6	5.3	154	114	0.0

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	3	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.242	0.0%
vs RHB	5	3	2	0	1	0	.667	.800	1.000	.724	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Ben Bowden throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Four-seamChangeup

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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	70.0%	28	93.9	2,406	39.3%	18.2%	3	—	—

Ben Bowden'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.