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Pitcher · 2025

Ian Gibaut

Age
32
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
250 lb
Number
#79
Born
November 19, 1993 in Houston, TX, USA
MLB debut
July 12, 2019
Drafted
2015, round 11
College
Tulane
dbWAR
.1
2 season(s)
IP
25.1
ERA
4.62
FIP
4.44
K/9
5.3
FIP−
107
100 = avg

Ian Gibaut is a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2025 he struck out 15 batters over 25.1 innings across 25 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 4.62 was 11.1% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the worst on his team, and 365th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.44 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.0% of swings (8.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.8%. 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, 2025.

FIP4.44
K/95.3
WHIP1.34
WAR.0

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 LHB48429065.214.313.262.27210.4%
vs RHB6158173210.293.311.517.35016.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Ian Gibaut 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 Fastball51.5%20094.02,12846.0%18.2%
Sweeper16.5%6483.52,65634.4%12.5%
Slider14.7%5787.32,33133.3%25.8%
Cutter13.9%5490.62,33144.4%10.0%
Changeup3.4%1384.31,87553.8%0.0%
Ian Gibaut'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.

Trend
202525025.101026131584.624.441.345.32.81111070.0
2024202.000031114.503.672.004.54.5110900.0

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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.