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Erik Tolman

Age
27
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 2"
Weight
193 lb
Number
#73
Born
June 3, 1999 in Irvine, CA, United States
MLB debut
August 22, 2026
Drafted
2021, round 14
College
Arizona State
High school
El Toro

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dbWAR
.2
Regular season, 1 season(s)
IP
15.1
ERA
2.93
FIP
3.49
K/9
10.0
FIP−
84
100 = avg

Erik Tolman is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 17 batters over 15.1 innings across 15 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 2.93 was 29.8% lower than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 3.49 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 29.1% of swings (14.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.4%. His 0.2 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.

FIP3.49
K/910.0
WHIP1.43
WAR.2

Pitching Regular season

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

Trend
2026WSH15015.11151351792.933.491.4310.05.370840.2—

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 LHB26193067.158.346.211.28426.9%
vs RHB4137101310.270.317.378.30724.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Erik Tolman 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 Fastball52.1%15196.82,35455.6%28.2%20.300.981
Changeup27.2%7984.81,27345.6%26.5%26.192.407
Slider20.3%5987.12,23749.2%35.7%10——
Erik Tolman'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.