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Sawyer Gipson-Long

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #66

Born: December 12, 1997 in Lithia Springs, GA, United States
MLB debut: September 10, 2023
Drafted: 2019, round 6
College: Mercer

dbWAR: .3
IP: 31.1
ERA: 7.18
FIP: 5.56
K/9: 7.5
FIP−: 134

Sawyer Gipson-Long was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2025 he struck out 26 batters over 31.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 7.18 was 72.7% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the second worst on his team, and 521st of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.56 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.4% of swings (12.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.5%. His -0.2 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, 2025.

FIP5.56

K/97.5

WHIP1.28

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2025	DET	8	3	31.1	0	2	0	34	25	26	6	7.18	5.56	1.28	7.5	1.7	173	134	-0.2
2023	DET	4	4	20.0	1	0	0	14	6	26	8	2.70	3.16	1.10	11.7	3.6	62	73	0.5

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. 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	70	64	13	0	3	19	.203	.229	.328	.238	27.1%
vs RHB	63	57	21	8	3	7	.368	.413	.807	.501	11.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Sawyer Gipson-Long 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	28.3%	131	92.8	2,295	45.0%	13.6%	38	.368	1.214
Slider	21.4%	99	82.3	2,637	49.5%	44.7%	20	.250	.723
Changeup	21.2%	98	84.2	1,311	40.8%	41.9%	19	.158	.694
Sinker	18.4%	85	91.1	2,196	47.1%	10.0%	29	.310	.803
Cutter	10.8%	50	87.7	2,522	54.0%	15.6%	16	.188	.500

Sawyer Gipson-Long'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 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Kevin KellyTB

ERA: 5.90
FIP: 5.66
SO: 35
WAR: -0.4

Matt SauerLAD

ERA: 6.37
FIP: 5.16
SO: 24
WAR: -0.1

Colton GordonHOU

ERA: 5.34
FIP: 5.37
SO: 72
WAR: -0.3

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Kyle HartSD

ERA: 5.86
FIP: 5.18
SO: 37
WAR: -0.2

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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.