Players · B · Pitcher · 2026
Anthony Bender
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #37
- Born
- February 3, 1995 in Petaluma, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- May 5, 2021
- Drafted
- 2016, round 20
- College
- Santa Rosa Junior College
- High school
- Casa Grande
- Salary, 2026
- $2.81M
- dbWAR
- 3.6 6 season(s)
- IP
- 34.1
- ERA
- 2.62
- FIP
- 2.40
- K/9
- 10.7
- FIP−
- 58 100 = avg
Anthony Bender is a relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2026 he struck out 41 batters over 34.1 innings across 35 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 2.62 is 37.3% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and 56th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.40 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 24.0% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 29.3%. His 0.9 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.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MIA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -122 | -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 | 59 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .200 | .322 | .220 | .261 | 32.2% |
| vs RHB | 81 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 22 | .149 | .210 | .230 | .203 | 27.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Anthony Bender 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.
| Sweeper | 279 | 83.5 | 2,860 | 55.6% | 26.8% | 77 | .143 | .362 | |
| Sinker | 171 | 96.4 | 2,313 | 53.8% | 18.2% | 33 | .212 | .714 | |
| Slider | 69 | 86.6 | 2,753 | 37.7% | 23.3% | 12 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 12 | 88.6 | 1,426 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 2 | — | — |
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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.