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Patrick Sandoval
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #43
- Born
- October 18, 1996 in Mission Viejo, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 5, 2019
- Drafted
- 2015, round 11
- High school
- Mission Viejo
- Salary, 2026
- $12.8M
- dbWAR
- 9.1 9 season(s)
- IP
- 65.2
- ERA
- 5.07
- FIP
- 3.92
- K/9
- 9.3
- FIP−
- 94 100 = avg
Patrick Sandoval is a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2026 he struck out 68 batters over 65.2 innings across 14 appearances, 13 of them starts, going 1-7. His ERA of 5.07 is 21.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 412th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.92 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.7% of swings (12.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. 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 | BOS | 14 | 13 | 65.2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 37 | 68 | 31 | 5.07 | 3.92 | 1.68 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 121 | 94 | 1.0 | |
| 2024 | LAA | 16 | 16 | 79.2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 45 | 81 | 35 | 5.08 | 3.87 | 1.51 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 125 | 95 | 1.2 | |
| 2023 | LAA | 28 | 28 | 144.2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 145 | 66 | 128 | 74 | 4.11 | 4.18 | 1.51 | 8.0 | 4.6 | 95 | 97 | 2.0 | |
| 2022 | LAA | 27 | 27 | 148.2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 139 | 48 | 151 | 60 | 2.91 | 3.09 | 1.34 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 73 | 78 | 3.4 | |
| 2021 | LAA | 17 | 14 | 87.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 35 | 94 | 36 | 3.62 | 4.03 | 1.21 | 9.7 | 3.7 | 85 | 95 | 1.2 | |
| 2020 | LAA | 9 | 6 | 36.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 5.65 | 5.92 | 1.34 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 127 | 133 | -0.2 | |
| 2019 | LAA | 10 | 9 | 39.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 22 | 42 | 19 | 5.03 | 4.59 | 1.37 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 112 | 102 | 0.4 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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 | 86 | 75 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 23 | .373 | .447 | .547 | .437 | 26.7% |
| vs RHB | 213 | 187 | 51 | 4 | 22 | 45 | .273 | .347 | .396 | .332 | 21.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Patrick Sandoval 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.
| Changeup | 292 | 83.3 | 1,705 | 45.2% | 41.5% | 76 | .158 | .385 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 278 | 93.4 | 2,062 | 51.8% | 17.0% | 69 | .348 | 1.010 | |
| Slider | 245 | 86.7 | 2,548 | 43.3% | 28.0% | 49 | .306 | .804 | |
| Sinker | 202 | 93.9 | 2,059 | 46.5% | 12.6% | 43 | .395 | 1.100 | |
| Sweeper | 57 | 80.5 | 2,657 | 40.4% | 21.2% | 22 | .455 | 1.091 | |
| Curveball | 47 | 75.7 | 2,705 | 34.0% | 25.0% | 3 | — | — |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.