Players · D · Pitcher · 2026
Randy Dobnak
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Number
- #62
- Born
- January 17, 1995 in South Park, PA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 9, 2019
- College
- Alderson Broaddus
- Salary, 2026
- $1M
- dbWAR
- 2.0 6 season(s)
- IP
- 74.1
- ERA
- 3.51
- FIP
- 4.22
- K/9
- 5.9
- FIP−
- 101 100 = avg
Randy Dobnak is a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 49 batters over 74.1 innings across 15 appearances, 13 of them starts, going 3-5. His ERA of 3.51 is 16.0% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 19 on his team, and 168th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.22 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.1% of swings (8.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.3%. His 0.9 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 | KC | 15 | 13 | 74.1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 78 | 29 | 49 | 26 | 3.51 | 4.22 | 1.40 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 84 | 101 | 0.9 | |
| 2025 | MIN | 1 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.69 | 6.32 | 0.75 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 41 | 152 | -0.1 | |
| 2024 | MIN | 5 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5.59 | 4.61 | 1.66 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 137 | 113 | 0.0 | |
| 2021 | MIN | 14 | 6 | 50.2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 7.64 | 5.70 | 1.54 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 179 | 134 | -0.4 | |
| 2020 | MIN | 10 | 10 | 46.2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 4.05 | 3.96 | 1.35 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 91 | 89 | 0.8 | |
| 2019 | MIN | 9 | 5 | 28.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 1.59 | 2.90 | 1.13 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 35 | 64 | 0.8 |
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 | 202 | 181 | 51 | 6 | 12 | 28 | .282 | .335 | .431 | .337 | 13.9% |
| vs RHB | 120 | 106 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 21 | .255 | .342 | .330 | .310 | 17.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Randy Dobnak 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 | 490 | 91.5 | 1,952 | 42.7% | 7.3% | 126 | .302 | .784 | |
| Sweeper | 310 | 82.4 | 2,469 | 47.4% | 31.8% | 46 | .217 | .851 | |
| Changeup | 279 | 84.7 | 1,479 | 43.0% | 27.2% | 70 | .271 | .655 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 120 | 92.3 | 2,032 | 35.8% | 12.0% | 31 | .226 | .552 | |
| Slider | 65 | 83.8 | 2,207 | 41.5% | 33.3% | 17 | .235 | .513 |
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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.