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Forrest Whitley

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 208 lb

Born: September 15, 1997 in San Antonio, TX, United States
MLB debut: April 16, 2024
Drafted: 2016, round 1
High school: Alamo Heights

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 12.0
ERA: 13.50
FIP: 6.64
K/9: 9.0
FIP−: 160

Forrest Whitley was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2025 he struck out 12 batters over 12.0 innings across 10 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 13.50 was 224.6% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 6.64 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.5% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.2%. His -0.3 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.

FIP6.64

K/99.0

WHIP2.25

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2025	HOU/TB	10	0	12.0	0	0	0	19	18	12	8	13.50	6.64	2.25	9.0	6.0	325	160	-0.3
2024	HOU	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	5	0	5	3	0.00	3.77	2.40	13.5	8.1	0	92	0.0

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	37	30	7	1	6	11	.233	.378	.433	.365	29.7%
vs RHB	29	26	12	2	2	1	.462	.483	.923	.566	3.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Forrest Whitley 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	33.9%	86	96.3	2,419	52.3%	20.5%	15	.333	1.167
Cutter	26.0%	66	89.5	2,653	39.4%	19.4%	17	.412	1.274
Sinker	17.7%	45	96.1	2,433	44.4%	0.0%	13	—	—
Curveball	11.8%	30	81.6	2,907	33.3%	60.0%	5	—	—
Slurve	9.4%	24	83.6	2,797	33.3%	14.3%	5	—	—

Forrest Whitley'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.