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Cam Sanders

Age
30
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
215 lb
Number
#73
Born
December 9, 1996 in Thibodaux, LA, United States
MLB debut
August 5, 2025
Drafted
2018, round 12
College
Louisiana State
High school
E.D. White

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dbWAR
.2
Regular season, 2 season(s)
IP
29.1
ERA
4.60
FIP
3.27
K/9
12.3
FIP−
78
100 = avg

Cam Sanders is a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 40 batters over 29.1 innings across 28 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 4.60 was 10.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 15th of 17 on his team, and 359th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.27 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 37.0% of swings (16.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 30.5%. His 0.5 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.

FIP3.27
K/912.3
WHIP1.43
WAR.5

WAR by season

0.50.1-0.32526

Pitching Regular season

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

Trend
2026BAL/PIT28029.1113221540204.603.271.4312.36.1110780.5
2025PIT606.200096458.108.092.105.46.8195194-0.3

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB72581211318.207.352.293.30425.0%
vs RHB5948100722.208.356.250.30037.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Cam Sanders 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 Fastball45.7%25096.02,59550.0%35.7%44.205.712
Slider38.8%21285.72,72851.9%43.2%46.174.472
Changeup12.6%6990.51,72130.4%23.3%15.267.686
Sinker2.9%1695.62,46731.3%33.3%1——
Cam Sanders'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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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.