Players · W · Pitcher · 2026
Jake Woodford
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #41
- Born
- October 28, 1996 in St. Petersburg, FL, United States
- MLB debut
- August 15, 2020
- Drafted
- 2015, round CB-A
- High school
- Plant
- dbWAR
- .1 8 season(s)
- IP
- 27.2
- ERA
- 7.81
- FIP
- 4.51
- K/9
- 8.1
- FIP−
- 108 100 = avg
Jake Woodford is a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2026 he struck out 25 batters over 27.2 innings across 19 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 7.81 is 86.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 536th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.51 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.6% of swings (9.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.7%. His 0.1 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 | MIL/CHC/TB | 19 | 0 | 27.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 7.81 | 4.51 | 1.84 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 187 | 108 | 0.1 | |
| 2025 | AZ | 22 | 0 | 36.1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 6.44 | 4.26 | 1.60 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 155 | 103 | 0.2 | |
| 2024 | PIT/CWS | 9 | 7 | 35.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 7.97 | 4.94 | 1.63 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 195 | 121 | 0.0 | |
| 2023 | STL | 15 | 8 | 47.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 6.23 | 6.61 | 1.74 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 144 | 153 | -0.8 | |
| 2022 | STL | 27 | 1 | 48.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 2.23 | 3.13 | 1.12 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 56 | 79 | 0.8 | |
| 2021 | STL | 26 | 8 | 67.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 30 | 50 | 25 | 3.99 | 4.50 | 1.34 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 94 | 105 | 0.3 | |
| 2020 | STL | 12 | 1 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 5.57 | 6.72 | 1.19 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 125 | 151 | -0.4 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | STL | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .000 | .222 | 0.0% | 45.0% | .097 | -3.7 | -55 | -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 | 54 | 48 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .458 | .481 | .729 | .508 | 11.1% |
| vs RHB | 80 | 74 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 19 | .284 | .316 | .446 | .331 | 23.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Jake Woodford 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.
| Cutter | 177 | 90.3 | 2,268 | 43.5% | 20.9% | 40 | .425 | 1.305 | |
| Sinker | 145 | 93.6 | 2,055 | 51.7% | 13.4% | 39 | .410 | .996 | |
| Splitter | 74 | 85.3 | 1,050 | 29.7% | 16.7% | 14 | — | — | |
| Sweeper | 72 | 81.4 | 2,585 | 41.7% | 33.3% | 23 | .304 | .609 |
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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.