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, USA
- MLB debut
- April 2, 2021
- Drafted
- 2016, round 2
- College
- Vanderbilt
- High school
- Lynn English
- dbWAR
- -.2 2 season(s)
- IP
- 1.0
- ERA
- 36.00
- FIP
- 12.09
- K/9
- 0.0
- FIP−
- 289 100 = avg
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 was 762.1% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 12.09 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.
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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .241 | 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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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 28 | 93.9 | 2,406 | 39.3% | 18.2% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 36.00 | 12.09 | 4.00 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 862 | 289 | -0.1 | |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4.22 | 5.67 | 1.31 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 101 | 136 | -0.1 |
Head to head
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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.