Players · H · Pitcher · 2026
Ryan Helsley
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Number
- #21
- Born
- July 18, 1994 in Tahlequah, OK, United States
- MLB debut
- April 16, 2019
- Drafted
- 2015, round 5
- College
- Northeastern State
- Salary, 2026
- $14M
- dbWAR
- 5.2 9 season(s)
- IP
- 15.1
- ERA
- 4.11
- FIP
- 4.67
- K/9
- 12.3
- FIP−
- 112 100 = avg
Ryan Helsley is a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 21 batters over 15.1 innings across 17 appearances, going 0-4. His ERA of 4.11 is 1.7% lower than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 4.67 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 37.9% of swings (17.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 30.9%. 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BAL | 17 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 4.11 | 4.67 | 1.43 | 12.3 | 5.3 | 98 | 112 | -0.0 | |
| 2025 | STL/NYM | 58 | 0 | 56.0 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 61 | 28 | 63 | 25 | 4.50 | 4.14 | 1.54 | 10.1 | 4.0 | 108 | 99 | 0.3 | |
| 2024 | STL | 65 | 0 | 66.1 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 50 | 15 | 79 | 23 | 2.04 | 2.41 | 1.10 | 10.7 | 3.1 | 50 | 59 | 1.7 | |
| 2023 | STL | 33 | 0 | 36.2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 52 | 17 | 2.45 | 2.25 | 1.06 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 57 | 52 | 1.1 | |
| 2022 | STL | 54 | 0 | 64.2 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 94 | 20 | 1.25 | 2.34 | 0.74 | 13.1 | 2.8 | 32 | 59 | 1.6 | |
| 2021 | STL | 51 | 0 | 47.1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 24 | 47 | 27 | 4.56 | 3.99 | 1.42 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 107 | 94 | 0.4 | |
| 2020 | STL | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5.25 | 7.02 | 1.33 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 118 | 158 | -0.3 | |
| 2019 | STL | 24 | 0 | 36.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 2.95 | 4.22 | 1.25 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 65 | 94 | 0.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | STL | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0% | 66.7% | .291 | -0.1 | 80 | 0.0 | — |
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 | 48 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 17 | .214 | .313 | .381 | .304 | 35.4% |
| vs RHB | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .235 | .350 | .471 | .362 | 20.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Ryan Helsley 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 | 123 | 98.7 | 2,579 | 46.3% | 33.3% | 27 | .222 | .825 | |
| Slider | 106 | 87.9 | 2,423 | 47.2% | 37.0% | 22 | .227 | .729 | |
| Splitter | 33 | 90.1 | 1,447 | 51.5% | 50.0% | 9 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 11 | 81.5 | 2,531 | 45.5% | 50.0% | 2 | — | — |
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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.