Pitcher · 2026
Bubba Chandler
- Age
- 24
- B/T
- S/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 206 lb
- Number
- #36
- Born
- September 14, 2002 in Lawrenceville, GA, USA
- MLB debut
- August 22, 2025
- Drafted
- 2021, round 3
- High school
- North Oconee
- dbWAR
- 1.9 2 season(s)
- IP
- 116.1
- ERA
- 4.26
- FIP
- 4.16
- K/9
- 8.0
- FIP−
- 100 100 = avg
Bubba Chandler is a starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 103 batters over 116.1 innings across 23 appearances, 22 of them starts, going 5-8. His ERA of 4.26 was 1.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 8th of 14 on his team, and 277th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.16 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 23.5% of swings (11.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.3%. His 1.2 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.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 272 | 234 | 54 | 8 | 34 | 52 | .231 | .332 | .415 | .332 | 19.1% |
| vs RHB | 236 | 203 | 44 | 2 | 28 | 51 | .217 | .319 | .281 | .283 | 21.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Bubba Chandler 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 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 964 | 98.5 | 2,412 | 48.5% | 22.9% | |
| Slider | 413 | 90.7 | 2,415 | 47.5% | 27.9% | |
| Changeup | 319 | 91.7 | 2,077 | 39.5% | 24.1% | |
| Sinker | 129 | 97.9 | 2,301 | 46.5% | 15.8% | |
| Sweeper | 102 | 87.7 | 2,504 | 41.2% | 26.3% | |
| Curveball | 61 | 85.6 | 2,447 | 32.8% | 4.2% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 22 | 116.1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 98 | 55 | 103 | 62 | 4.26 | 4.16 | 1.38 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 102 | 100 | 1.2 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 31.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 4.02 | 2.66 | 0.93 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 97 | 64 | 0.8 |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.