Players · Z · Pitcher · 2026
Bruce Zimmermann
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 236 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- February 9, 1995 in Baltimore, MD, United States
- MLB debut
- September 17, 2020
- Drafted
- 2017, round 5
- College
- Mount Olive
- dbWAR
- -1.2 7 season(s)
- IP
- 5.0
- ERA
- 5.40
- FIP
- 2.90
- K/9
- 3.6
- FIP−
- 69 100 = avg
Bruce Zimmermann is a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2026 he struck out 2 batters over 5.0 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.40 is 29.2% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 2.90 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 10.3% of swings (4.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.5%. 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, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | STL | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.40 | 2.90 | 1.40 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 129 | 69 | 0.1 | |
| 2025 | MIL | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7.50 | 8.14 | 1.50 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 180 | 196 | -0.2 | |
| 2023 | BAL | 7 | 0 | 13.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 4.72 | 4.53 | 1.27 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 109 | 105 | 0.0 | |
| 2022 | BAL | 15 | 13 | 73.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 49 | 49 | 12 | 5.99 | 6.06 | 1.48 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 151 | 153 | -1.0 | |
| 2021 | BAL | 14 | 13 | 64.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 36 | 56 | 22 | 5.04 | 5.38 | 1.51 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 118 | 126 | 0.0 | |
| 2020 | BAL | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7.71 | 6.62 | 1.14 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 173 | 149 | -0.1 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BAL | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 75.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -115 | -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 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .385 | .385 | .538 | .399 | 7.7% |
| vs RHB | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .247 | 12.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Bruce Zimmermann 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.
| Sinker | 23 | 89.5 | 2,328 | 43.5% | 0.0% | 7 | — | — | |
| Slider | 12 | 83.1 | 2,390 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 3 | — | — | |
| Splitter | 11 | 83.7 | 1,705 | 45.5% | 50.0% | 3 | — | — |
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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.