Players · S · Pitcher · 2026
John Schreiber
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 224 lb
- Number
- #56
- Born
- March 5, 1994 in Wyandotte, MI, United States
- MLB debut
- August 9, 2019
- Drafted
- 2016, round 15
- College
- Northwestern Ohio
- High school
- Oscar A. Carlson
- Salary, 2026
- $3.71M
- dbWAR
- 3.7 8 season(s)
- IP
- 60.1
- ERA
- 3.28
- FIP
- 4.63
- K/9
- 6.0
- FIP−
- 111 100 = avg
John Schreiber is a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 40 batters over 60.1 innings across 66 appearances, going 2-4. His ERA of 3.28 is 21.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the second best on his team, and 127th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.63 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.9% of swings (9.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.3%. 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 | KC/NYY | 66 | 0 | 60.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 40 | 26 | 3.28 | 4.63 | 1.24 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 79 | 111 | 0.1 | |
| 2025 | KC | 74 | 0 | 64.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 27 | 62 | 19 | 3.80 | 4.17 | 1.19 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 91 | 100 | 0.3 | |
| 2024 | KC | 59 | 0 | 51.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 46 | 20 | 3.66 | 3.03 | 1.32 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 90 | 74 | 1.0 | |
| 2023 | BOS | 46 | 2 | 46.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 53 | 25 | 3.86 | 4.52 | 1.41 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 89 | 104 | 0.2 | |
| 2022 | BOS | 64 | 0 | 65.0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 16 | 74 | 19 | 2.22 | 2.50 | 0.98 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 56 | 63 | 1.6 | |
| 2021 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.84 | 1.67 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 70 | 20 | 0.1 | |
| 2020 | DET | 15 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 6.32 | 4.02 | 1.47 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 142 | 90 | 0.2 | |
| 2019 | DET | 13 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 6.23 | 4.44 | 1.54 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 138 | 99 | 0.1 |
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 | 119 | 100 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 11 | .310 | .420 | .550 | .413 | 9.2% |
| vs RHB | 127 | 116 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 29 | .155 | .206 | .233 | .200 | 22.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What John Schreiber 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 | 281 | 93.8 | 2,270 | 46.6% | 24.6% | 65 | .185 | .643 | |
| Sweeper | 270 | 82.4 | 2,666 | 46.7% | 26.7% | 46 | .217 | .794 | |
| Sinker | 255 | 93.3 | 2,219 | 40.0% | 13.8% | 71 | .282 | .682 | |
| Cutter | 126 | 89.6 | 2,457 | 55.6% | 17.9% | 20 | .200 | .611 | |
| Changeup | 65 | 86.7 | 1,228 | 26.2% | 15.4% | 16 | .188 | .500 |
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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.