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, USA
- MLB debut
- September 20, 2021
- Drafted
- 2017, round 1
- High school
- Concordia Lutheran
- Salary, 2026
- $1.8M
- dbWAR
- 4.7 3 season(s)
- IP
- 136.1
- ERA
- 3.76
- FIP
- 3.36
- K/9
- 7.9
- FIP−
- 80 100 = avg
Shane Baz is a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 120 batters over 136.1 innings across 23 appearances, 23 of them starts, going 4-11. His ERA of 3.76 was 9.9% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 7th of 16 on his team, and 216th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.36 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.1% of swings (10.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.7%. 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.
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 | 334 | 295 | 82 | 6 | 29 | 74 | .278 | .337 | .437 | .338 | 22.2% |
| vs RHB | 245 | 222 | 52 | 4 | 17 | 46 | .234 | .290 | .351 | .283 | 18.8% |
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, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 752 | 96.0 | 2,400 | 47.2% | 17.6% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 720 | 85.4 | 2,636 | 45.7% | 29.3% | |
| Cutter | 363 | 89.6 | 2,319 | 47.1% | 22.5% | |
| Changeup | 187 | 88.1 | 1,886 | 38.5% | 16.7% | |
| Sinker | 184 | 95.3 | 2,271 | 48.4% | 14.8% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 136.1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 134 | 57 | 120 | 46 | 3.76 | 3.36 | 1.32 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 90 | 80 | 2.6 | |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 166.1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 158 | 90 | 176 | 64 | 4.87 | 4.37 | 1.33 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 117 | 105 | 1.3 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 79.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 27 | 69 | 27 | 3.06 | 4.07 | 1.06 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 75 | 100 | 0.8 |
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Similar players
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.