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Connor Thomas
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #50
- Born
- May 29, 1998 in Tifton, GA, United States
- MLB debut
- March 29, 2025
- Drafted
- 2019, round 5
- College
- Georgia Tech
- High school
- Tift County
- dbWAR
- -.4 Regular season, 2 season(s)
- IP
- 25.2
- ERA
- 7.01
- FIP
- 5.01
- K/9
- 6.3
- FIP−
- 120 100 = avg
Connor Thomas is a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 18 batters over 25.2 innings across 19 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 7.01 was 67.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 527th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.01 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (10.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.3%. 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 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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 | 48 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .326 | .375 | .442 | .360 | 12.5% |
| vs RHB | 70 | 61 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 12 | .295 | .357 | .475 | .361 | 17.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Connor Thomas 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.
| Sinker | 98 | 91.0 | 2,343 | 41.8% | 8.3% | 31 | .258 | .827 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 95 | 91.7 | 2,502 | 50.5% | 33.3% | 20 | .100 | .390 | |
| Changeup | 81 | 85.3 | 1,393 | 29.6% | 20.6% | 19 | .316 | .697 | |
| Sweeper | 76 | 82.8 | 2,825 | 40.8% | 28.1% | 16 | .438 | 1.132 | |
| Cutter | 68 | 87.5 | 2,762 | 51.5% | 17.9% | 18 | .500 | 1.196 |
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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.