Pitcher · 2023

Brendan White

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #91

Born: November 18, 1998 in White Plains, NY, USA
MLB debut: June 14, 2023

dbWAR: .4
IP: 40.2
ERA: 5.09
FIP: 3.85
K/9: 9.7
FIP−: 89

Brendan White is a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2023 he struck out 44 batters over 40.2 innings across 33 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 5.09 was 17.5% higher than the league average of 4.33 — 15th of 20 on his team, and 412th of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.85 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 29.4% of swings (14.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.9%. His 0.4 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, 2023.

FIP3.85

K/99.7

WHIP1.35

WAR.4

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																			Trend
2023	33	2	40.2	2	3	0	40	23	44	15	5.09	3.85	1.35	9.7	3.3	118	89	0.4	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2023. 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	52	46	12	2	4	15	.261	.327	.457	.337	28.8%
vs RHB	125	109	28	2	11	29	.257	.347	.358	.319	23.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Brendan White 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 2023.


Four-Seam Fastball	31.5%	211	94.4	2,440	58.3%	35.1%
Slider	30.3%	203	86.7	2,658	47.3%	35.8%
Sweeper	27.8%	186	83.1	2,818	45.7%	22.4%
Sinker	7.2%	48	93.0	2,325	41.7%	9.5%
Unknown	2.2%	15	—	—	40.0%	20.0%

Brendan White'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.

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Similar players

Nearest 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Chris MurphyBOS

ERA: 4.91
FIP: 3.70
SO: 49
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Brad HandCOL

ERA: 5.53
FIP: 4.02
SO: 59
WAR: 0.4

Very close

Trevor StephanCLE

ERA: 4.06
FIP: 3.56
SO: 75
WAR: 0.9

Very close

Tim HerrinCLE

ERA: 5.53
FIP: 3.87
SO: 32
WAR: 0.3

Very close

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.