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Alex Lange
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 202 lb
- Number
- #56
- Born
- October 2, 1995 in Riverside, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- April 10, 2021
- Drafted
- 2017, round 1
- College
- Louisiana State
- High school
- Lee's Summit West
- Salary, 2026
- $900,000
- dbWAR
- .9 Regular season, 6 season(s)
- IP
- 60.0
- ERA
- 6.75
- FIP
- 5.87
- K/9
- 9.0
- FIP−
- 140 100 = avg
Alex Lange is a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 60 batters over 60.0 innings across 59 appearances, going 2-7. His ERA of 6.75 was 61.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 17th of 19 on his team, and 522nd of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.87 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.3% of swings (12.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.8%. His -0.7 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 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 59 | 0 | 60.0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 65 | 45 | 60 | 33 | 6.75 | 5.87 | 1.63 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 161 | 140 | -0.7 | |
| 2025 | DET | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.14 | 3.00 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 99 | 0.0 | |
| 2024 | DET | 21 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 4.34 | 3.97 | 1.77 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 106 | 97 | 0.1 | |
| 2023 | DET | 67 | 0 | 66.0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 43 | 27 | 79 | 45 | 3.68 | 4.36 | 1.33 | 10.8 | 6.1 | 85 | 101 | 0.4 | |
| 2022 | DET | 71 | 0 | 63.1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 24 | 82 | 31 | 3.41 | 3.25 | 1.23 | 11.7 | 4.4 | 86 | 82 | 0.9 | |
| 2021 | DET | 36 | 0 | 35.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 39 | 16 | 4.04 | 4.40 | 1.49 | 9.8 | 4.0 | 95 | 103 | 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 | 155 | 134 | 44 | 8 | 17 | 28 | .328 | .413 | .575 | .427 | 18.1% |
| vs RHB | 121 | 102 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 32 | .206 | .331 | .412 | .334 | 26.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Alex Lange 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.
| Slider | 356 | 87.9 | 2,274 | 48.9% | 38.1% | 77 | .221 | .628 | |
| Sinker | 269 | 95.7 | 2,151 | 46.8% | 18.9% | 54 | .315 | 1.120 | |
| Changeup | 245 | 90.7 | 1,803 | 42.4% | 30.2% | 54 | .241 | .726 | |
| Cutter | 151 | 92.1 | 2,285 | 43.7% | 13.8% | 27 | .370 | 1.241 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 114 | 95.9 | 2,281 | 43.9% | 15.4% | 24 | .333 | 1.032 |
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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.