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Hunter Dobbins

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #40

Born: August 30, 1999 in Bryan, TX, United States
MLB debut: April 6, 2025
Drafted: 2021, round 8
College: Texas Tech

dbWAR: 1.3
IP: 54.0
ERA: 3.67
FIP: 4.31
K/9: 8.7
FIP−: 103

Hunter Dobbins is a starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2026 he struck out 52 batters over 54.0 innings across 11 appearances, 8 of them starts, going 3-3. His ERA of 3.67 is 12.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 7th of 16 on his team, and 200th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.31 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.1% of swings (10.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.5%. 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, 2026.

FIP4.31

K/98.7

WHIP1.35

WAR.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	STL	11	8	54.0	3	3	1	49	22	52	24	3.67	4.31	1.35	8.7	4.0	88	103	0.4
2025	BOS	13	11	61.0	4	1	0	61	28	45	17	4.13	3.87	1.28	6.6	2.5	99	93	0.9

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	131	116	26	3	14	27	.224	.308	.353	.300	20.6%
vs RHB	100	88	23	4	10	25	.261	.350	.455	.357	25.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Hunter Dobbins 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	32.1%	299	94.6	2,378	52.5%	17.2%	57	.368	.977
Slider	17.0%	158	87.6	2,640	48.1%	21.5%	29	.172	.605
Sweeper	14.7%	137	82.0	2,736	36.5%	26.1%	39	.231	.763
Sinker	13.1%	122	94.4	2,206	39.3%	18.8%	31	.194	.499
Splitter	11.7%	109	88.0	2,184	33.9%	29.5%	23	.130	.504
Curveball	11.4%	106	79.3	2,582	45.3%	38.6%	25	.200	.646

Hunter Dobbins'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.

J.T. GinnATH

ERA: 3.71
FIP: 4.38
SO: 121
WAR: 1.7

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ERA: 4.38
FIP: 4.31
SO: 138
WAR: 1.4

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Kyle BradishBAL

ERA: 4.12
FIP: 4.36
SO: 142
WAR: 1.5

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Tyler PhillipsMIA

ERA: 3.34
FIP: 4.65
SO: 101
WAR: 0.4

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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.