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Gordon Graceffo

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #44

Born: March 17, 2000 in Wayne, NJ, United States
MLB debut: June 29, 2024
Drafted: 2021, round 5
College: Villanova

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dbWAR: 1.7
IP: 81.0
ERA: 2.67
FIP: 3.79
K/9: 7.0
FIP−: 91

Gordon Graceffo is a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2026 he struck out 63 batters over 81.0 innings across 62 appearances, going 8-2. His ERA of 2.67 was 36.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and 58th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.79 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.3%. His 0.8 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.

FIP3.79

K/97.0

WHIP1.10

WAR.8

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2026	STL	62	1	81.0	8	2	1	53	24	63	36	2.67	3.79	1.10	7.0	4.0	64	91	0.8
2025	STL	26	0	43.0	3	1	1	50	30	40	13	6.28	2.93	1.47	8.4	2.7	151	70	0.9
2024	STL	2	1	7.2	0	1	0	7	4	6	2	4.70	4.08	1.17	7.0	2.3	115	100	0.1

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	158	134	18	3	22	29	.134	.259	.239	.231	18.4%
vs RHB	168	145	35	2	14	34	.241	.307	.359	.296	20.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Gordon Graceffo 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	38.2%	467	95.3	2,049	49.5%	12.8%	97	.196	.628
Slider	31.4%	384	87.8	2,400	42.4%	31.1%	101	.238	.652
Changeup	13.6%	166	88.2	1,243	31.9%	22.7%	37	.081	.263
Curveball	8.4%	103	83.3	2,747	30.1%	15.2%	20	.100	.500
Sinker	7.0%	86	94.8	1,980	37.2%	18.2%	19	.211	.638
Cutter	1.3%	16	91.4	2,242	56.3%	33.3%	5	—	—

Gordon Graceffo'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.

Huascar BrazobánNYM

ERA: 2.96
FIP: 3.75
SO: 56
WAR: 0.8

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Keaton WinnSF

ERA: 3.35
FIP: 3.87
SO: 33
WAR: 0.4

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Brant HurterDET

ERA: 3.06
FIP: 3.47
SO: 24
WAR: 0.5

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Paul BlackburnNYY

ERA: 1.69
FIP: 3.75
SO: 69
WAR: 1.0

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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.