Players · J · Pitcher · 2026
Griffin Jax
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #22
- Born
- November 22, 1994 in Phoenix, AZ, United States
- MLB debut
- June 8, 2021
- Drafted
- 2013, round 12
- College
- Air Force
- High school
- Cherry Creek
- Salary, 2026
- $3.56M
- dbWAR
- 6.7 7 season(s)
- IP
- 109.1
- ERA
- 3.38
- FIP
- 3.80
- K/9
- 9.5
- FIP−
- 91 100 = avg
Griffin Jax is a starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2026 he struck out 115 batters over 109.1 innings across 33 appearances, 22 of them starts, going 8-10. His ERA of 3.38 is 19.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 7th of 16 on his team, and 149th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.80 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 30.1% of swings (14.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.6%. His 1.6 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 | TB | 33 | 22 | 109.1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 95 | 41 | 115 | 35 | 3.38 | 3.80 | 1.19 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 81 | 91 | 1.6 | |
| 2025 | MIN/TB | 73 | 2 | 66.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 31 | 99 | 21 | 4.23 | 2.51 | 1.29 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 102 | 60 | 1.7 | |
| 2024 | MIN | 72 | 0 | 71.0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 16 | 95 | 15 | 2.03 | 1.94 | 0.87 | 12.0 | 1.9 | 50 | 48 | 2.2 | |
| 2023 | MIN | 71 | 0 | 65.1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 28 | 68 | 19 | 3.86 | 3.22 | 1.18 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 89 | 74 | 1.2 | |
| 2022 | MIN | 65 | 0 | 72.1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 27 | 78 | 20 | 3.36 | 3.17 | 1.05 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 85 | 80 | 1.1 | |
| 2021 | MIN | 18 | 14 | 82.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 58 | 65 | 29 | 6.37 | 6.47 | 1.35 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 149 | 152 | -1.2 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MIN | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 66.7% | .000 | -0.8 | -121 | -0.0 | — |
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 | 271 | 245 | 60 | 10 | 20 | 76 | .245 | .299 | .404 | .307 | 28.0% |
| vs RHB | 178 | 157 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 39 | .223 | .294 | .357 | .291 | 21.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Griffin Jax 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.
| Sweeper | 421 | 87.5 | 3,023 | 48.7% | 35.5% | 72 | .222 | .702 | |
| Changeup | 379 | 90.9 | 1,884 | 47.5% | 41.4% | 114 | .219 | .522 | |
| Sinker | 373 | 95.3 | 2,527 | 48.3% | 12.4% | 114 | .263 | .770 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 303 | 95.9 | 2,540 | 46.9% | 27.3% | 64 | .250 | .804 | |
| Curveball | 146 | 84.9 | 3,018 | 43.8% | 43.1% | 29 | .138 | .310 | |
| Cutter | 50 | 92.8 | 2,680 | 34.0% | 12.5% | 13 | — | — |
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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.