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Justin Lawrence
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 211 lb
- Number
- #44
- Born
- November 25, 1994 in Panama City, Panama
- MLB debut
- April 29, 2021
- Drafted
- 2015, round 12
- College
- Daytona JC
- Salary, 2026
- $1.23M
- dbWAR
- .9 6 season(s)
- IP
- 34.1
- ERA
- 7.34
- FIP
- 6.98
- K/9
- 11.3
- FIP−
- 167 100 = avg
Justin Lawrence is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 43 batters over 34.1 innings across 37 appearances, going 0-3. His ERA of 7.34 is 75.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 532nd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.98 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.3% of swings (10.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.3%. His -0.9 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 | PIT/WSH/MIN | 37 | 0 | 34.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 28 | 43 | 28 | 7.34 | 6.98 | 1.95 | 11.3 | 7.3 | 176 | 167 | -0.9 | |
| 2025 | PIT | 17 | 0 | 17.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 0.51 | 2.23 | 0.96 | 11.7 | 4.1 | 12 | 54 | 0.5 | |
| 2024 | COL | 56 | 0 | 59.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 73 | 43 | 45 | 33 | 6.49 | 5.63 | 1.78 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 159 | 138 | -0.7 | |
| 2023 | COL | 69 | 0 | 75.0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 65 | 31 | 78 | 36 | 3.72 | 3.76 | 1.35 | 9.4 | 4.3 | 86 | 87 | 1.1 | |
| 2022 | COL | 38 | 0 | 42.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 27 | 48 | 22 | 5.70 | 3.39 | 1.55 | 10.1 | 4.6 | 144 | 86 | 0.7 | |
| 2021 | COL | 19 | 0 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 8.64 | 4.55 | 2.40 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 203 | 107 | 0.1 |
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 | 77 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 17 | .288 | .455 | .542 | .437 | 22.1% |
| vs RHB | 100 | 83 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 26 | .265 | .380 | .554 | .402 | 26.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Justin Lawrence 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.
| Sweeper | 299 | 82.1 | 2,981 | 43.5% | 45.5% | 56 | .161 | .656 | |
| Sinker | 292 | 95.5 | 2,420 | 42.5% | 12.6% | 65 | .369 | 1.194 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 93 | 95.6 | 2,501 | 50.5% | 22.0% | 21 | .286 | .985 |
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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.