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Luis Contreras

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 175 lb
Number: #73

Born: April 29, 1996 in Maracaibo, Venezuela
MLB debut: June 23, 2024

dbWAR: .1
IP: 12.0
ERA: 6.75
FIP: 5.14
K/9: 9.8
FIP−: 123

Luis Contreras was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2025 he struck out 13 batters over 12.0 innings across 9 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.75 was 62.3% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 5.14 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 32.3% of swings (14.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.1%. 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, 2025.

FIP5.14

K/99.8

WHIP1.58

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2025	HOU	9	0	12.0	0	0	0	11	9	13	8	6.75	5.14	1.58	9.8	6.0	162	123	-0.1
2024	HOU	5	0	6.0	0	0	0	7	6	6	2	9.00	2.17	1.50	9.0	3.0	221	53	0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	25	21	7	0	4	6	.333	.440	.429	.393	24.0%
vs RHB	29	25	4	2	4	7	.160	.276	.440	.312	24.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Luis Contreras 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


Four-Seam Fastball	50.4%	113	91.1	2,543	48.7%	30.9%	24	.250	.838
Slider	19.6%	44	85.5	2,384	52.3%	34.8%	11	—	—
Changeup	16.5%	37	83.6	1,558	29.7%	30.0%	7	—	—
Sweeper	12.1%	27	79.2	2,475	33.3%	36.4%	4	—	—

Luis Contreras'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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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.