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Cristian Javier
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #53
- Born
- March 26, 1997 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- July 25, 2020
- Salary, 2026
- $21.4M
- dbWAR
- 6.5 7 season(s)
- IP
- 63.0
- ERA
- 5.14
- FIP
- 4.72
- K/9
- 8.4
- FIP−
- 113 100 = avg
Cristian Javier is a starting pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2026 he struck out 59 batters over 63.0 innings across 17 appearances, 12 of them starts, going 2-6. His ERA of 5.14 is 23.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 20 on his team, and 415th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.72 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 29.0% of swings (14.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.4%. His 0.2 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 | HOU | 17 | 12 | 63.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 36 | 59 | 28 | 5.14 | 4.72 | 1.46 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 123 | 113 | 0.2 | |
| 2025 | HOU | 8 | 8 | 37.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 4.62 | 3.65 | 1.27 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 111 | 88 | 0.7 | |
| 2024 | HOU | 7 | 7 | 34.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 27 | 19 | 3.89 | 4.75 | 1.41 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 95 | 117 | 0.2 | |
| 2023 | HOU | 31 | 31 | 162.0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 82 | 159 | 62 | 4.56 | 4.58 | 1.27 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 105 | 106 | 1.5 | |
| 2022 | HOU | 30 | 25 | 148.2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 89 | 42 | 194 | 52 | 2.54 | 3.16 | 0.95 | 11.7 | 3.1 | 64 | 80 | 3.1 | |
| 2021 | HOU | 36 | 9 | 101.1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 40 | 130 | 53 | 3.55 | 4.43 | 1.18 | 11.5 | 4.7 | 83 | 104 | 0.6 | |
| 2020 | HOU | 12 | 10 | 54.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 21 | 54 | 18 | 3.48 | 4.94 | 0.99 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 78 | 111 | 0.3 |
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 | 140 | 128 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 26 | .258 | .321 | .383 | .315 | 18.6% |
| vs RHB | 136 | 117 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 33 | .265 | .360 | .487 | .372 | 24.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Cristian Javier 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 | 524 | 93.2 | 2,191 | 49.0% | 27.0% | 104 | .298 | .863 | |
| Sweeper | 297 | 81.3 | 2,525 | 46.5% | 37.1% | 62 | .161 | .551 | |
| Changeup | 178 | 85.5 | 2,301 | 41.0% | 29.9% | 54 | .241 | .651 | |
| Cutter | 77 | 88.8 | 2,307 | 57.1% | 21.2% | 18 | .389 | 1.177 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 16 | 77.6 | 2,979 | 31.3% | 20.0% | 1 | — | — | |
| Sinker | 12 | 93.1 | 2,292 | 25.0% | 16.7% | 4 | — | — |
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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.