Pitcher · 2024
Spencer Howard
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Born
- July 28, 1996 in San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- August 9, 2020
- Drafted
- 2017, round 2
- College
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- dbWAR
- -.1 1 season(s)
- IP
- 29.0
- ERA
- 6.21
- FIP
- 4.99
- K/9
- 8.4
- FIP−
- 122 100 = avg
Spencer Howard is a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2024 he struck out 27 batters over 29.0 innings across 9 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 6.21 was 52.2% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 17th of 19 on his team, and 495th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.99 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.0% of swings (12.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.8%. 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, 2024.
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 | 69 | 63 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 16 | .238 | .290 | .444 | .315 | 23.2% |
| vs RHB | 75 | 65 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 11 | .446 | .514 | .646 | .499 | 14.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Spencer Howard 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 2024.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 274 | 93.8 | 2,096 | 49.3% | 18.8% | |
| Slider | 135 | 85.3 | 2,124 | 50.4% | 33.3% | |
| Changeup | 91 | 80.1 | 1,529 | 42.9% | 30.0% | |
| Curveball | 37 | 75.7 | 1,980 | 37.8% | 9.1% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 6.21 | 4.99 | 2.00 | 8.4 | 4.3 | 152 | 122 | -0.1 | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2024 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.