Players · B · Pitcher · 2026

Shane Baz

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #34

Born: June 17, 1999 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: September 20, 2021
Drafted: 2017, round 1
High school: Concordia Lutheran
Salary, 2026: $1.8M

dbWAR: 6.2
IP: 179.2
ERA: 4.11
FIP: 3.63
K/9: 7.7
FIP−: 87

Shane Baz is a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 154 batters over 179.2 innings across 31 appearances, 31 of them starts, going 6-15. His ERA of 4.11 is 1.7% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 10th of 17 on his team, and 281st of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.63 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.5% of swings (10.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.0%. His 3.2 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.

FIP3.63

K/97.7

WHIP1.35

WAR3.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	BAL	31	31	179.2	6	15	179	82	154	63	4.11	3.63	1.35	7.7	3.2	98	87	3.2
2025	TB	31	31	166.1	10	12	158	90	176	64	4.87	4.37	1.33	9.5	3.5	117	105	1.7
2024	TB	14	14	79.1	4	3	57	27	69	27	3.06	4.07	1.06	7.8	3.1	75	100	1.0
2022	TB	6	6	27.0	1	2	27	15	30	9	5.00	4.41	1.33	10.0	3.0	126	111	0.2
2021	TB	3	3	13.1	2	0	6	3	18	3	2.02	4.07	0.67	12.1	2.0	47	95	0.2

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	462	403	112	11	44	97	.278	.348	.437	.345	21.0%
vs RHB	307	281	67	4	19	57	.238	.287	.335	.276	18.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Shane Baz 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	34.1%	992	95.8	2,395	47.4%	16.1%	209	.234	.730
Knuckle Curve	32.9%	959	85.3	2,623	44.6%	28.7%	252	.282	.701
Cutter	14.9%	434	89.6	2,320	47.2%	22.8%	116	.250	.747
Changeup	9.2%	268	87.7	1,880	35.4%	20.5%	53	.321	.823
Sinker	8.8%	257	95.3	2,275	47.5%	14.4%	56	.232	.542

Shane Baz'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.

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SO: 121
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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.