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Hunter Barco

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 26
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 229 lb
Number: #45

Born: December 15, 2000 in Jacksonville, FL, United States
MLB debut: September 23, 2025
Drafted: 2022, round 2
College: Florida
High school: Bolles

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 17.2
ERA: 7.64
FIP: 7.01
K/9: 7.1
FIP−: 168

Hunter Barco is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 14 batters over 17.2 innings across 7 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 7.64 is 82.9% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 7.01 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.3% of swings (6.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.1%. 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.

FIP7.01

K/97.1

WHIP1.92

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	PIT	7	0	17.2	0	1	0	21	15	14	13	7.64	7.01	1.92	7.1	6.6	183	168	-0.5
2025	PIT	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0.00	1.14	1.00	9.0	0.0	0	27	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	25	19	3	0	4	4	.158	.320	.211	.268	16.0%
vs RHB	62	52	18	4	9	10	.346	.452	.654	.473	16.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Hunter Barco 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.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	37.0%	130	94.1	2,355	45.4%	15.1%	27	.370	1.081
Slider	24.2%	85	82.4	2,199	36.5%	17.2%	15	.333	1.178
Sinker	19.7%	69	93.5	2,089	47.8%	10.0%	17	.235	.834
Changeup	8.5%	30	85.8	1,916	26.7%	22.2%	5	—	—
Sweeper	6.3%	22	82.7	2,362	36.4%	27.3%	6	—	—
Splitter	4.3%	15	85.0	724	13.3%	33.3%	1	—	—

Hunter Barco'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.