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Gabriel Hughes

Age
25
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
238 lb
Number
#43
Born
August 22, 2001 in Anchorage, AK, United States
MLB debut
July 3, 2026
Drafted
2022, round 1
College
Gonzaga
High school
Rocky Mountain
dbWAR
.9
1 season(s)
IP
64.0
ERA
6.33
FIP
4.04
K/9
7.9
FIP−
97
100 = avg

Gabriel Hughes is a starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. In 2026 he struck out 56 batters over 64.0 innings across 14 appearances, 13 of them starts, going 0-8. His ERA of 6.33 is 51.5% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 17th of 21 on his team, and 504th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.04 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.7% of swings (9.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.8%. His 0.9 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.

FIP4.04
K/97.9
WHIP1.44
WAR.9

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026COL141364.0081684556246.334.041.447.93.4151970.9—

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 LHB1871664451531.265.330.428.33216.6%
vs RHB9685242925.282.354.447.35326.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Gabriel Hughes 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 Fastball49.7%56892.42,21150.7%18.3%138.283.746
Curveball12.1%13878.72,50743.5%29.0%31.194.670
Changeup11.1%12787.81,48734.6%10.0%21.190.833
Sinker10.4%11992.92,05548.7%25.0%23.348.858
Slider9.5%10886.42,28141.7%27.3%25.240.680
Sweeper7.2%8285.42,30941.5%23.5%13——
Gabriel Hughes'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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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.