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Pitcher · 2025

Austin Cox

Age
28
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 4"
Weight
235 lb
Number
#68
Born
March 28, 1997 in Macon, GA, USA
MLB debut
May 4, 2023
Drafted
2018, round 5
College
Mercer
dbWAR
-.7
1 season(s)
IP
21.1
ERA
8.86
FIP
7.54
K/9
9.3
FIP−
181
100 = avg

Austin Cox is a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2025 he struck out 22 batters over 21.1 innings across 13 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 8.86 was 113.0% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the worst on his team, and 539th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 7.54 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.4% of swings (8.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.6%. His -0.7 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, 2025.

FIP7.54
K/99.3
WHIP1.73
WAR-.7

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB423810546.263.333.711.43014.3%
vs RHB6056204316.357.383.661.43726.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Austin Cox 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 2025.

Four-Seam Fastball35.6%15292.72,12757.2%11.5%
Slider32.6%13986.62,35036.7%20.6%
Curveball17.6%7580.42,48838.7%27.6%
Splitter10.3%4482.264545.5%30.4%
Cutter3.5%1591.12,31820.0%0.0%
Austin Cox'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202513121.100030212278.867.541.739.33.0213181-0.7

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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.