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Pitcher · 2025

Konnor Pilkington

Age
28
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 3"
Weight
240 lb
Number
#92
Born
September 12, 1997 in Pascagoula, MS, USA
MLB debut
April 15, 2022
Drafted
2018, round 3
College
Mississippi State
High school
East Central
dbWAR
-.4
1 season(s)
IP
28.1
ERA
4.45
FIP
5.96
K/9
10.8
FIP−
143
100 = avg

Konnor Pilkington is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2025 he struck out 34 batters over 28.1 innings across 32 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 4.45 was 6.9% higher than the league average of 4.16 — 10th of 21 on his team, and 342nd of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.96 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 29.1% of swings (13.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.6%. His -0.4 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.

FIP5.96
K/910.8
WHIP1.38
WAR-.4

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB4842115612.262.354.643.41725.0%
vs RHB75601121122.183.320.350.30529.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Konnor Pilkington 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 Fastball59.0%29594.52,35949.2%20.9%
Changeup21.6%10885.61,73837.0%37.0%
Slider19.4%9785.32,44543.3%46.5%
Konnor Pilkington'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

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202532028.1200221434174.455.961.3810.85.4107143-0.4

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Nearest 2025 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.