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Ryan Walker

San Francisco Giants National League West

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #74

Born: November 26, 1995 in Arlington, WA, United States
MLB debut: May 21, 2023
Drafted: 2018, round 31
College: Washington State

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dbWAR: 3.4
IP: 32.2
ERA: 7.16
FIP: 5.52
K/9: 6.3
FIP−: 132

Ryan Walker is a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2026 he struck out 23 batters over 32.2 innings across 33 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 7.16 was 71.3% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 529th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.52 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 14.9% of swings (6.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.8%. His -0.3 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.

FIP5.52

K/96.3

WHIP1.81

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	SF	33	0	32.2	0	1	3	40	26	23	19	7.16	5.52	1.81	6.3	5.2	171	132	-0.3
2025	SF	68	0	61.1	5	7	17	60	28	60	18	4.11	3.30	1.27	8.8	2.6	99	79	1.0
2024	SF	76	1	80.0	10	4	10	50	17	99	18	1.91	2.52	0.85	11.1	2.0	47	62	1.9
2023	SF	49	13	61.1	5	3	1	61	22	78	24	3.23	3.68	1.39	11.4	3.5	75	85	0.9

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	58	46	15	2	12	11	.326	.466	.587	.444	19.0%
vs RHB	97	83	25	3	7	12	.301	.355	.410	.339	12.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Ryan Walker 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.

Season


Sinker	65.4%	398	95.1	2,343	48.5%	12.1%	82	.354	.930
Slider	30.7%	187	83.2	2,499	34.8%	20.3%	42	.214	.652
Four-Seam Fastball	3.9%	24	94.1	2,210	37.5%	22.2%	6	—	—

Ryan Walker's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Justin TopaMIN

ERA: 6.95
FIP: 6.01
SO: 15
WAR: -0.3

Shaun AndersonLAA

ERA: 7.65
FIP: 5.65
SO: 17
WAR: -0.2

Simeon Woods RichardsonMIN

ERA: 6.68
FIP: 5.83
SO: 40
WAR: -0.7

Seth HalvorsenCOL

ERA: 5.90
FIP: 6.17
SO: 23
WAR: -0.5

How these are computed

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.