Players · B · Pitcher · 2026
Shane Bieber
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #57
- Born
- May 31, 1995 in Orange, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- May 31, 2018
- Drafted
- 2016, round 4
- College
- UC Santa Barbara
- High school
- Laguna Hills
- Salary, 2026
- $4M
- dbWAR
- 21.9 12 season(s)
- IP
- 55.2
- ERA
- 4.53
- FIP
- 5.15
- K/9
- 7.1
- FIP−
- 123 100 = avg
Shane Bieber is a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2026 he struck out 44 batters over 55.2 innings across 11 appearances, 11 of them starts, going 5-2. His ERA of 4.53 is 8.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 12th of 16 on his team, and 346th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.15 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.5% of swings (10.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.2%. 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 | TOR | 11 | 11 | 55.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 28 | 44 | 24 | 4.53 | 5.15 | 1.44 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 108 | 123 | 0.1 | |
| 2025 | TOR | 7 | 7 | 40.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 3.57 | 4.47 | 1.02 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 86 | 108 | 0.3 | |
| 2024 | CLE | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 15.0 | 0.8 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | |
| 2023 | CLE | 21 | 21 | 128.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 124 | 54 | 107 | 34 | 3.80 | 3.87 | 1.23 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 88 | 89 | 2.1 | |
| 2022 | CLE | 31 | 31 | 200.0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 172 | 64 | 198 | 36 | 2.88 | 2.87 | 1.04 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 73 | 72 | 5.0 | |
| 2021 | CLE | 16 | 16 | 96.2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 34 | 134 | 33 | 3.17 | 3.03 | 1.21 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 74 | 71 | 2.5 | |
| 2020 | CLE | 12 | 12 | 77.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 122 | 21 | 1.63 | 2.07 | 0.87 | 14.2 | 2.4 | 37 | 46 | 3.1 | |
| 2019 | CLE | 34 | 33 | 214.1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 186 | 78 | 259 | 40 | 3.28 | 3.32 | 1.05 | 10.9 | 1.7 | 73 | 74 | 5.3 | |
| 2018 | CLE | 20 | 19 | 114.2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 58 | 118 | 23 | 4.55 | 3.23 | 1.33 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 110 | 78 | 2.7 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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 | 133 | 114 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 22 | .202 | .308 | .412 | .320 | 16.5% |
| vs RHB | 109 | 103 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 22 | .320 | .358 | .476 | .365 | 20.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Shane Bieber 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 340 | 92.3 | 2,371 | 45.0% | 11.8% | 62 | .210 | .764 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 172 | 82.6 | 2,508 | 45.3% | 36.1% | 50 | .380 | .946 | |
| Changeup | 171 | 88.2 | 1,419 | 35.7% | 24.3% | 37 | .135 | .526 | |
| Cutter | 113 | 87.4 | 2,580 | 38.9% | 21.4% | 21 | .286 | .919 | |
| Slider | 93 | 85.3 | 2,598 | 40.9% | 36.5% | 34 | .324 | .861 | |
| Sinker | 41 | 92.2 | 2,304 | 31.7% | 10.0% | 13 | — | — |
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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.