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Tanner Gordon

Age: 29
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #29

Born: October 26, 1997 in Champaign, IL, United States
MLB debut: July 7, 2024
Drafted: 2019, round 6
College: Indiana

dbWAR: .2
IP: 103.2
ERA: 6.68
FIP: 4.85
K/9: 7.4
FIP−: 116

Tanner Gordon is a relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. In 2026 he struck out 85 batters over 103.2 innings across 24 appearances, going 1-6. His ERA of 6.68 is 60.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 19th of 21 on his team, and 520th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.85 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.7% of swings (11.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.0%. His 0.3 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.

FIP4.85

K/97.4

WHIP1.66

WAR.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	COL	24	12	103.2	1	6	148	77	85	24	6.68	4.85	1.66	7.4	2.1	160	116	0.3
2025	COL	15	15	75.1	6	8	96	53	62	17	6.33	5.05	1.50	7.4	2.0	152	121	0.4
2024	COL	8	8	34.1	0	6	53	33	26	6	8.65	6.14	1.72	6.8	1.6	212	150	-0.4

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	270	252	85	13	15	48	.337	.374	.603	.414	17.8%
vs RHB	203	188	63	8	9	37	.335	.365	.559	.396	18.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Tanner Gordon 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	43.7%	740	92.6	2,226	50.1%	20.9%	195	.374	1.051
Changeup	22.3%	378	84.6	2,093	44.2%	24.5%	96	.250	.718
Slider	21.6%	365	87.1	2,069	44.7%	19.3%	98	.306	.834
Curveball	10.1%	171	81.5	2,239	40.4%	24.7%	44	.386	1.118
Sinker	2.2%	38	92.2	2,071	39.5%	16.7%	7	—	—

Tanner Gordon'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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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Matt WaldronSD

ERA: 6.54
FIP: 4.60
SO: 33
WAR: 0.1

Chris PaddackMIA

ERA: 6.79
FIP: 4.86
SO: 40
WAR: 0.1

Kyle FreelandCOL

ERA: 6.58
FIP: 4.96
SO: 106
WAR: 0.5

Luis CastilloSEA

ERA: 5.85
FIP: 5.05
SO: 112
WAR: -0.0

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.