Pitcher · 2025
Justin Steele
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #35
- Born
- July 11, 1995 in Lucedale, MS, USA
- MLB debut
- April 12, 2021
- Drafted
- 2014, round 5
- High school
- George County
- Salary, 2025
- $6.55M
- dbWAR
- 2.7 2 season(s)
- IP
- 22.2
- ERA
- 4.76
- FIP
- 4.94
- K/9
- 8.3
- FIP−
- 119 100 = avg
Justin Steele is a starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2025 he struck out 21 batters over 22.2 innings across 4 appearances, 4 of them starts, going 3-1. His ERA of 4.76 was 14.6% higher than the league average of 4.16 — 14th of 16 on his team, and 388th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.94 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 18.5% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.8%. His 0.0 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, 2025.
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 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .185 | .267 | .222 | .233 | 20.0% |
| vs RHB | 62 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 15 | .276 | .306 | .586 | .372 | 24.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Justin Steele 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, and how often it misses in 2025.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 177 | 90.8 | 2,356 | 50.8% | 16.3% | |
| Slider | 97 | 81.5 | 2,679 | 50.5% | 26.4% | |
| Sinker | 19 | 90.4 | 2,343 | 47.4% | 10.0% | |
| Curveball | 12 | 79.4 | 2,764 | 58.3% | 0.0% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 22.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 4.76 | 4.94 | 1.15 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 115 | 119 | 0.0 | |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 134.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 111 | 46 | 135 | 37 | 3.07 | 3.23 | 1.10 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 75 | 79 | 2.7 |
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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.