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Luke Murphy

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #72

Born: November 5, 1999 in Nashville, TN, United States
MLB debut: July 31, 2026
Drafted: 2021, round 4
College: Vanderbilt

dbWAR: .1
IP: 19.2
ERA: 6.86
FIP: 4.22
K/9: 9.2
FIP−: 101

Luke Murphy is a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2026 he struck out 20 batters over 19.2 innings across 21 appearances, going 0-3. His ERA of 6.86 is 64.3% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 4.22 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.1% of swings (10.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His 0.1 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.

FIP4.22

K/99.2

WHIP1.63

WAR.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	LAA	21	0	19.2	0	3	0	21	15	20	11	6.86	4.22	1.63	9.2	5.0	164	101	0.1	—

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	48	43	15	2	4	10	.349	.417	.535	.418	20.8%
vs RHB	40	33	6	0	7	10	.182	.325	.303	.298	25.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Luke Murphy 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 Fastball	54.7%	208	95.7	2,240	54.3%	24.1%	34	.206	.651
Cutter	21.3%	81	90.4	2,309	34.6%	17.9%	17	.294	.899
Slider	16.3%	62	84.3	2,256	40.3%	30.3%	18	.278	.889
Changeup	7.6%	29	92.3	1,580	31.0%	0.0%	8	—	—

Luke Murphy'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.