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Sam Bachman

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 235 lb
Number: #40

Born: September 30, 1999 in Indianapolis, IN, United States
MLB debut: May 26, 2023
Drafted: 2021, round 1
College: Miami (OH)

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dbWAR: .3
IP: 48.2
ERA: 4.81
FIP: 4.99
K/9: 9.1
FIP−: 119

Sam Bachman is a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2026 he struck out 49 batters over 48.2 innings across 44 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 4.81 was 15.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 22 on his team, and 380th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.99 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 33.3% of swings (14.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.6%. 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, 2026 regular season.

FIP4.99

K/99.1

WHIP1.44

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	LAA	44	48.2	1	3	1	41	26	49	29	4.81	4.99	1.44	9.1	5.4	115	119	-0.2
2025	LAA	23	20.1	2	3	0	22	14	18	10	6.20	3.63	1.57	8.0	4.4	149	87	0.3
2023	LAA	11	17.0	1	2	1	17	6	14	11	3.18	3.73	1.65	7.4	5.8	73	86	0.2

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	107	86	21	5	20	29	.244	.393	.488	.388	27.1%
vs RHB	110	98	20	2	9	20	.204	.291	.286	.269	18.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Sam Bachman 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


Slider	51.5%	427	88.3	2,671	47.8%	38.2%	105	.200	.601
Sinker	30.2%	250	98.6	2,349	40.8%	20.9%	49	.204	.667
Changeup	14.4%	119	91.7	1,870	48.7%	35.8%	26	.308	1.015
Four-Seam Fastball	3.5%	29	98.4	2,314	44.8%	30.0%	5	—	—

Sam Bachman'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.

Jonathan PintaroNYM

ERA: 5.28
FIP: 5.12
SO: 30
WAR: -0.2

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George SorianoSTL

ERA: 4.23
FIP: 4.80
SO: 66
WAR: -0.1

Very close

Clayton BeeterWSH

ERA: 4.50
FIP: 5.44
SO: 47
WAR: -0.4

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Shawn ArmstrongCLE

ERA: 4.58
FIP: 4.43
SO: 34
WAR: 0.1

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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.