Players · B · Pitcher · 2026

Jake Bird

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #59

Born: December 4, 1995 in Newhall, CA, United States
MLB debut: June 16, 2022
Drafted: 2018, round 5
College: UCLA
High school: West Ranch
Salary, 2026: $1M

dbWAR: 1.9
IP: 38.2
ERA: 5.35
FIP: 4.40
K/9: 9.5
FIP−: 105

Jake Bird is a relief pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2026 he struck out 41 batters over 38.2 innings across 44 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 5.35 is 28.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 435th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.40 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.1% of swings (11.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.8%. His 0.2 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.

FIP4.40

K/99.5

WHIP1.42

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	NYY/WSH	44	0	38.2	1	1	0	42	23	41	13	5.35	4.40	1.42	9.5	3.0	128	105	0.2
2025	COL/NYY	48	0	55.1	4	2	0	60	34	66	25	5.53	3.91	1.54	10.7	4.1	133	94	0.7
2024	COL	35	0	40.0	2	2	1	43	20	31	25	4.50	5.42	1.70	7.0	5.6	110	133	-0.3
2023	COL	70	3	89.1	3	3	0	94	43	77	27	4.33	3.55	1.35	7.8	2.7	100	82	1.6
2022	COL	38	0	47.2	2	4	0	45	26	42	23	4.91	4.96	1.43	7.9	4.3	124	125	-0.1

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	57	48	19	2	6	10	.396	.474	.604	.465	17.5%
vs RHB	115	104	23	4	7	31	.221	.287	.385	.297	27.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Jake Bird 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.

Season


Sweeper	38.3%	260	84.2	2,715	54.2%	35.8%	52	.192	.598
Sinker	33.3%	226	94.6	2,275	39.4%	18.8%	59	.305	.855
Four-Seam Fastball	16.2%	110	93.4	2,487	49.1%	29.1%	21	.190	.510
Curveball	11.3%	77	81.0	2,853	35.1%	22.6%	19	.526	1.545

Jake Bird'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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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Cole WinnTEX

ERA: 5.81
FIP: 4.02
SO: 49
WAR: 0.4

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Cionel PérezNYM

ERA: 4.87
FIP: 4.48
SO: 42
WAR: 0.1

Very close

Nick FrassoCOL

ERA: 6.10
FIP: 4.26
SO: 21
WAR: 0.1

Very close

Kyle BackhusPHI

ERA: 4.95
FIP: 4.25
SO: 20
WAR: 0.1

Very close

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.