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Chase Shugart

Philadelphia Phillies National League East

Age: 30
B/T: L/R
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #55

Born: October 24, 1996 in Bridge City, TX, United States
MLB debut: August 15, 2024
Drafted: 2018, round 12
College: Texas
High school: Bridge City

dbWAR: .1
IP: 52.0
ERA: 3.98
FIP: 4.78
K/9: 9.7
FIP−: 114

Chase Shugart is a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2026 he struck out 56 batters over 52.0 innings across 45 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 3.98 is 4.7% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 7th of 17 on his team, and 257th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.78 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.8% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.9%. 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, 2026.

FIP4.78

K/99.7

WHIP1.17

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	PHI	45	52.0	2	1	0	42	23	56	19	3.98	4.78	1.17	9.7	3.3	95	114	0.0
2025	PIT	35	45.0	4	3	0	33	17	31	17	3.40	4.69	1.11	6.2	3.4	82	113	-0.0
2024	BOS	6	8.2	0	0	1	8	4	8	3	4.15	3.86	1.27	8.3	3.1	102	95	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	101	88	19	7	7	28	.216	.277	.511	.326	27.7%
vs RHB	115	99	23	3	12	28	.232	.322	.374	.313	24.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Chase Shugart 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.

Season


Cutter	31.9%	267	91.5	2,450	44.2%	18.3%	44	.273	.841
Sinker	28.4%	238	95.1	2,116	58.4%	21.7%	55	.145	.444
Sweeper	20.6%	173	82.5	2,740	37.6%	31.3%	48	.250	.856
Four-Seam Fastball	9.7%	81	96.1	2,148	40.7%	26.7%	16	.188	.912
Changeup	9.4%	79	89.2	1,860	32.9%	25.0%	24	.292	.863

Chase Shugart'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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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Will DionWSH

ERA: 3.78
FIP: 4.13
SO: 53
WAR: 0.4

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Elvis AlvaradoATH

ERA: 4.00
FIP: 4.71
SO: 62
WAR: 0.2

Very close

Steven CruzKC

ERA: 4.30
FIP: 5.16
SO: 65
WAR: -0.2

Caleb ThielbarCHC

ERA: 4.86
FIP: 4.70
SO: 60
WAR: 0.0

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.