Players · B · Pitcher · 2026
Justin Bruihl
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #47
- Born
- June 26, 1997 in Petaluma, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 8, 2021
- College
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- dbWAR
- .9 7 season(s)
- IP
- 75.2
- ERA
- 3.81
- FIP
- 3.97
- K/9
- 6.3
- FIP−
- 95 100 = avg
Justin Bruihl is a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2026 he struck out 53 batters over 75.2 innings across 72 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 3.81 is 8.9% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 8th of 16 on his team, and 222nd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.97 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.8% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.6%. His 0.6 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | STL | 72 | 0 | 75.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 32 | 53 | 28 | 3.81 | 3.97 | 1.36 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 91 | 95 | 0.6 | |
| 2025 | TOR | 15 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 5.27 | 4.16 | 1.90 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 127 | 100 | 0.1 | |
| 2024 | PIT | 7 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9.53 | 4.75 | 1.76 | 7.9 | 1.6 | 234 | 117 | -0.0 | |
| 2023 | LAD/COL | 27 | 0 | 28.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 5.46 | 4.11 | 1.39 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 126 | 95 | 0.2 | |
| 2022 | LAD | 24 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3.80 | 5.35 | 1.18 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 96 | 135 | -0.2 | |
| 2021 | LAD | 21 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2.89 | 3.97 | 1.07 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 68 | 93 | 0.2 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LAD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | 100.0% | 0.0% | .725 | +0.3 | 388 | 0.1 | — |
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 | 183 | 156 | 37 | 2 | 12 | 26 | .237 | .326 | .327 | .301 | 14.2% |
| vs RHB | 157 | 134 | 38 | 2 | 16 | 27 | .284 | .359 | .403 | .334 | 17.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Justin Bruihl 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 | 568 | 90.2 | 2,168 | 48.6% | 9.1% | 128 | .289 | .755 | |
| Sweeper | 529 | 77.9 | 2,548 | 47.1% | 23.8% | 120 | .225 | .617 | |
| Changeup | 112 | 80.3 | 1,428 | 27.7% | 29.8% | 25 | .120 | .388 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 79 | 91.7 | 2,255 | 31.6% | 22.6% | 14 | — | — | |
| Cutter | 12 | 86.9 | 2,425 | 33.3% | 14.3% | 3 | — | — |
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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.