Pitcher · 2026
Andrew Alvarez
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- June 13, 1999 in Anaheim, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- September 1, 2025
- Drafted
- 2021, round 12
- College
- Cal Poly
- High school
- Los Alamitos
- dbWAR
- 1.8 2 season(s)
- IP
- 69.1
- ERA
- 3.76
- FIP
- 3.10
- K/9
- 8.4
- FIP−
- 74 100 = avg
Andrew Alvarez is a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 65 batters over 69.1 innings across 17 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 2-3. His ERA of 3.76 was 9.9% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 6th of 15 on his team, and 217th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.10 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.6% of swings (12.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.0%. His 1.4 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 | 82 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 16 | .260 | .341 | .384 | .328 | 19.5% |
| vs RHB | 214 | 186 | 46 | 1 | 23 | 49 | .247 | .336 | .333 | .308 | 22.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Andrew Alvarez 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.
| Curveball | 350 | 82.8 | 2,717 | 45.4% | 32.9% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 327 | 92.4 | 2,317 | 41.6% | 12.8% | |
| Slider | 277 | 84.1 | 2,662 | 48.0% | 36.8% | |
| Sinker | 165 | 91.9 | 2,269 | 44.2% | 15.2% | |
| Changeup | 44 | 86.2 | 1,796 | 38.6% | 43.8% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 9 | 69.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 29 | 65 | 32 | 3.76 | 3.10 | 1.40 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 90 | 74 | 1.4 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 23.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 2.31 | 3.39 | 1.11 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 56 | 82 | 0.4 |
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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.