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Sam Hentges

San Francisco Giants National League West

Age: 30
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 255 lb
Number: #31

Born: July 18, 1996 in Shoreview, MN, United States
MLB debut: April 20, 2021
Drafted: 2014, round 4
High school: Mounds View
Salary, 2026: $1.4M

dbWAR: 4.1
IP: 35.2
ERA: 3.28
FIP: 3.35
K/9: 9.8
FIP−: 80

Sam Hentges is a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2026 he struck out 39 batters over 35.2 innings across 44 appearances, going 1-7. His ERA of 3.28 is 21.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the third best on his team, and 126th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.35 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 27.2% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.2%. His 0.5 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.

FIP3.35

K/99.8

WHIP1.65

WAR.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	SF	44	0	35.2	1	7	0	34	13	39	25	3.28	3.35	1.65	9.8	6.3	79	80	0.5
2024	CLE	25	0	23.2	0	0	0	18	8	27	5	3.04	3.17	0.97	10.3	1.9	75	78	0.4
2023	CLE	56	0	52.1	3	2	0	53	21	56	18	3.61	2.64	1.36	9.6	3.1	83	61	1.3
2022	CLE	57	0	62.0	3	2	1	41	16	72	19	2.32	2.48	0.97	10.5	2.8	59	63	1.5
2021	CLE	30	12	68.2	1	4	0	90	51	68	32	6.68	4.48	1.78	8.9	4.2	157	105	0.4

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	CLE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-122	-0.0	—

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	80	64	21	0	14	18	.328	.438	.344	.366	22.5%
vs RHB	88	73	13	0	11	21	.178	.318	.247	.267	23.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Sam Hentges 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


Four-Seam Fastball	33.6%	224	94.5	2,213	45.1%	27.1%	46	.261	.723
Sinker	27.0%	180	94.0	2,114	51.1%	19.5%	45	.222	.594
Slider	22.1%	147	87.8	2,192	42.9%	28.8%	26	.346	.746
Curveball	17.3%	115	80.5	2,320	38.3%	40.5%	21	.143	.548

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

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FIP: 2.88
SO: 25
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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.