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Jacob Webb

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
210 lb
Number
#71
Born
August 15, 1993 in Riverside, CA, United States
MLB debut
April 16, 2019
Drafted
2014, round 18
College
Tabor College
High school
Riverside Polytechnic
Salary, 2026
$1.5M
dbWAR
2.4
9 season(s)
IP
66.0
ERA
3.41
FIP
4.07
K/9
9.8
FIP−
97
100 = avg

Jacob Webb is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2026 he struck out 72 batters over 66.0 innings across 67 appearances, going 6-5. His ERA of 3.41 is 18.4% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 16 on his team, and 153rd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.07 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 33.3% of swings (16.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.6%. 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.

FIP4.07
K/99.8
WHIP1.27
WAR.5

WAR by season

0.70.30.019202123242526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026CHC67066.0659592572253.414.071.279.83.482970.5
2025TEX55066.0541492258193.004.301.037.92.6721030.2
2024BAL60056.2252401958273.023.521.189.24.374860.7
2023LAA/BAL54053.2111392257303.694.481.299.65.0851040.2
2021ATL34034.1541381633144.194.071.518.73.798950.3
2020ATL8010.0000701050.002.691.209.04.50600.3
2019ATL36032.140224528121.394.301.117.83.331950.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021ATL22000002.000.000.000.000—0.0%100.0%.000-0.5-116-0.0
2019ATL11000001.000.000.000.000—0.0%100.0%.000-0.3-119-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1701543341445.214.282.299.26626.5%
vs RHB111982661127.265.333.490.35524.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Jacob Webb 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.

Four-Seam Fastball43.0%48594.22,47449.5%26.1%103.252.734
Changeup38.8%43885.62,28250.0%41.7%116.207.592
Slider8.4%9585.72,60346.3%26.8%20.250.800
Curveball7.5%8581.82,59648.2%11.1%11——
Sweeper2.3%2682.52,65150.0%42.9%2——
Jacob Webb'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.

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.