Players · L · Pitcher · 2026
Eric Lauer
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 209 lb
- Number
- #33
- Born
- June 3, 1995 in Elyria, OH, United States
- MLB debut
- April 24, 2018
- Drafted
- 2016, round 1
- College
- Kent State
- High school
- Midview
- Salary, 2026
- $4.4M
- dbWAR
- 4.8 11 season(s)
- IP
- 108.1
- ERA
- 5.23
- FIP
- 6.00
- K/9
- 6.0
- FIP−
- 144 100 = avg
Eric Lauer is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2026 he struck out 72 batters over 108.1 innings across 22 appearances, 18 of them starts, going 8-7. His ERA of 5.23 is 25.3% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 424th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.00 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 18.6% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.5%. 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 | LAD/TOR | 22 | 18 | 108.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 107 | 63 | 72 | 35 | 5.23 | 6.00 | 1.31 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 125 | 144 | -1.1 | |
| 2025 | TOR | 28 | 15 | 104.2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 37 | 102 | 26 | 3.18 | 3.85 | 1.11 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 77 | 93 | 1.4 | |
| 2023 | MIL | 10 | 9 | 46.2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 34 | 43 | 24 | 6.56 | 7.41 | 1.67 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 151 | 171 | -1.1 | |
| 2022 | MIL | 29 | 29 | 158.2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 135 | 65 | 157 | 59 | 3.69 | 4.50 | 1.22 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 93 | 113 | 0.9 | |
| 2021 | MIL | 24 | 20 | 118.2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 94 | 42 | 117 | 41 | 3.19 | 4.04 | 1.14 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 75 | 95 | 1.7 | |
| 2020 | MIL | 4 | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 13.09 | 6.37 | 2.36 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 294 | 143 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | SD | 30 | 29 | 149.2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 74 | 138 | 51 | 4.45 | 4.23 | 1.40 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 99 | 94 | 2.1 | |
| 2018 | SD | 23 | 23 | 112.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 127 | 54 | 100 | 46 | 4.34 | 4.51 | 1.54 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 105 | 109 | 0.9 |
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 | 110 | 96 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 21 | .260 | .349 | .490 | .368 | 19.1% |
| vs RHB | 356 | 322 | 82 | 20 | 25 | 51 | .255 | .309 | .484 | .342 | 14.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Eric Lauer 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 | 759 | 91.1 | 2,188 | 52.8% | 20.0% | 166 | .247 | .875 | |
| Cutter | 416 | 87.6 | 2,394 | 49.3% | 19.8% | 95 | .263 | .811 | |
| Changeup | 269 | 84.6 | 1,393 | 25.7% | 14.9% | 77 | .273 | .677 | |
| Curveball | 223 | 75.9 | 2,450 | 46.6% | 17.6% | 45 | .244 | .847 | |
| Slider | 147 | 82.8 | 2,372 | 38.8% | 14.1% | 37 | .243 | .633 |
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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.