Players · B · Pitcher · 2026
Kris Bubic
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #40
- Born
- August 19, 1997 in Cupertino, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- July 31, 2020
- Drafted
- 2018, round CB-A
- College
- Stanford
- High school
- Archbishop Mitty
- Salary, 2026
- $6.15M
- dbWAR
- 6.5 8 season(s)
- IP
- 54.0
- ERA
- 3.83
- FIP
- 3.58
- K/9
- 9.2
- FIP−
- 86 100 = avg
Kris Bubic is a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 55 batters over 54.0 innings across 13 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 4-2. His ERA of 3.83 is 8.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 5th of 19 on his team, and 230th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.58 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.4% of swings (12.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.8%. His 1.0 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, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC/LAD | 13 | 9 | 54.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 23 | 55 | 26 | 3.83 | 3.58 | 1.20 | 9.2 | 4.3 | 92 | 86 | 1.0 | |
| 2025 | KC | 20 | 20 | 116.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 33 | 116 | 39 | 2.55 | 2.89 | 1.18 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 61 | 70 | 3.0 | |
| 2024 | KC | 27 | 0 | 30.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 2.67 | 1.95 | 1.02 | 11.6 | 1.5 | 65 | 48 | 1.0 | |
| 2023 | KC | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 3.94 | 2.63 | 1.31 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 91 | 61 | 0.5 | |
| 2022 | KC | 28 | 27 | 129.0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 156 | 80 | 110 | 63 | 5.58 | 4.78 | 1.70 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 141 | 120 | 0.3 | |
| 2021 | KC | 29 | 20 | 130.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 121 | 64 | 114 | 59 | 4.43 | 5.14 | 1.38 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 104 | 120 | 0.2 | |
| 2020 | KC | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 24 | 49 | 22 | 4.32 | 4.75 | 1.48 | 8.8 | 4.0 | 97 | 107 | 0.5 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KC | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 20.0% | .000 | -1.3 | -115 | -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 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .191 | .309 | .319 | .293 | 25.5% |
| vs RHB | 167 | 147 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 41 | .204 | .299 | .313 | .283 | 24.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Kris Bubic 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 Fastball | 359 | 91.9 | 2,394 | 46.8% | 25.6% | 74 | .216 | .741 | |
| Changeup | 180 | 85.9 | 1,509 | 47.8% | 32.1% | 42 | .119 | .278 | |
| Sweeper | 146 | 82.5 | 2,606 | 52.1% | 30.0% | 35 | .257 | .792 | |
| Sinker | 110 | 91.4 | 2,247 | 40.9% | 8.0% | 24 | .208 | .617 | |
| Slider | 75 | 85.4 | 2,569 | 48.0% | 33.3% | 19 | .211 | .496 |
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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.