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MacKenzie Gore

Age: 27
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 193 lb
Number: #1

Born: February 24, 1999 in Wilmington, NC, United States
MLB debut: April 15, 2022
Drafted: 2017, round 1
High school: Whiteville
Salary, 2026: $5.6M

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dbWAR: 9.8
IP: 173.0
ERA: 4.58
FIP: 3.87
K/9: 9.1
FIP−: 93

MacKenzie Gore is a starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2026 he struck out 174 batters over 173.0 innings across 34 appearances, 34 of them starts, going 8-11. His ERA of 4.58 was 9.5% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 12th of 16 on his team, and 353rd of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.87 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.9% of swings (12.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.2%. His 2.6 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 regular season.

FIP3.87

K/99.1

WHIP1.33

WAR2.6

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	TEX	34	34	173.0	8	11	159	88	174	71	4.58	3.87	1.33	9.1	3.7	109	93	2.6
2025	WSH	30	30	159.2	5	15	152	74	185	64	4.17	3.74	1.35	10.4	3.6	100	90	2.7
2024	WSH	32	32	166.1	10	12	171	72	181	65	3.90	3.53	1.42	9.8	3.5	96	87	3.1
2023	WSH	27	27	136.1	7	10	134	67	151	57	4.42	4.89	1.40	10.0	3.8	102	113	0.9
2022	SD	16	13	70.0	4	4	66	35	72	37	4.50	4.11	1.47	9.3	4.8	113	104	0.6

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. 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	190	167	43	2	21	35	.257	.342	.377	.325	18.4%
vs RHB	560	498	116	17	50	139	.233	.308	.398	.312	24.8%

Pitch sequencing

What MacKenzie Gore 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	47.4%	1,404	95.1	2,241	49.9%	21.5%	295	.244	.718
Curveball	18.1%	535	81.5	2,264	43.4%	28.9%	119	.244	.759
Changeup	13.1%	388	86.2	1,972	38.1%	35.6%	98	.194	.453
Slider	9.9%	294	85.6	2,069	45.9%	28.7%	68	.235	.641
Cutter	6.2%	184	89.9	1,928	45.7%	25.8%	43	.256	1.024
Sinker	5.3%	157	95.1	2,124	42.7%	12.3%	42	.286	.840

MacKenzie Gore'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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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

José SorianoLAA

ERA: 3.91
FIP: 3.90
SO: 169
WAR: 2.5

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Connor PrielippMIN

ERA: 4.87
FIP: 3.73
SO: 128
WAR: 2.1

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Dustin MaySTL

ERA: 4.70
FIP: 3.63
SO: 144
WAR: 2.6

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Quinn MathewsSTL

ERA: 3.83
FIP: 3.83
SO: 46
WAR: 0.8

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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.