Players · K · Pitcher · 2026
Michael King
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #34
- Born
- May 25, 1995 in Rochester, NY, United States
- MLB debut
- September 27, 2019
- Drafted
- 2016, round 12
- College
- Boston College
- High school
- Bishop Hendricken
- Salary, 2026
- $12M
- dbWAR
- 10.8 8 season(s)
- IP
- 185.0
- ERA
- 3.21
- FIP
- 4.13
- K/9
- 7.7
- FIP−
- 99 100 = avg
Michael King is a starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2026 he struck out 159 batters over 185.0 innings across 32 appearances, 32 of them starts, going 12-10. His ERA of 3.21 is 23.1% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 7th of 19 on his team, and 122nd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.13 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.5% of swings (11.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.0%. His 2.2 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 | SD | 32 | 32 | 185.0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 148 | 66 | 159 | 70 | 3.21 | 4.13 | 1.18 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 77 | 99 | 2.2 | |
| 2025 | SD | 15 | 15 | 73.1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 28 | 76 | 26 | 3.44 | 4.42 | 1.20 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 83 | 106 | 0.6 | |
| 2024 | SD | 31 | 30 | 173.2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 144 | 57 | 201 | 63 | 2.95 | 3.33 | 1.19 | 10.4 | 3.3 | 72 | 82 | 3.6 | |
| 2023 | NYY | 49 | 9 | 104.2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 88 | 32 | 127 | 32 | 2.75 | 3.13 | 1.15 | 10.9 | 2.8 | 64 | 72 | 2.2 | |
| 2022 | NYY | 34 | 0 | 51.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 66 | 16 | 2.29 | 2.23 | 1.00 | 11.6 | 2.8 | 58 | 56 | 1.4 | |
| 2021 | NYY | 22 | 6 | 63.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 25 | 62 | 24 | 3.55 | 3.86 | 1.28 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 83 | 91 | 0.8 | |
| 2020 | NYY | 9 | 4 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 7.76 | 5.14 | 1.54 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 174 | 115 | 0.1 | |
| 2019 | NYY | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.21 | 1.00 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 49 | 0.1 |
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 | 476 | 425 | 93 | 13 | 47 | 97 | .219 | .299 | .336 | .289 | 20.4% |
| vs RHB | 281 | 245 | 55 | 7 | 23 | 62 | .224 | .319 | .363 | .311 | 22.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Michael King 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 | 829 | 93.2 | 2,256 | 50.8% | 16.8% | 173 | .249 | .817 | |
| Changeup | 788 | 86.5 | 1,865 | 39.3% | 27.0% | 225 | .204 | .535 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 606 | 94.3 | 2,354 | 50.2% | 27.7% | 112 | .223 | .693 | |
| Sweeper | 563 | 82.0 | 2,827 | 44.9% | 27.3% | 115 | .226 | .659 | |
| Slider | 195 | 85.5 | 2,541 | 42.6% | 24.4% | 47 | .170 | .448 |
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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.