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Pitcher · 2024

Bryan Shaw

Age
37
B/T
S/R
Height
6' 1"
Weight
225 lb
Number
#39
Born
November 8, 1987 in Livermore, CA, USA
MLB debut
June 10, 2011
Drafted
2008, round 2
College
Long Beach State
High school
Livermore
Salary, 2024
$800,000
dbWAR
-.1
1 season(s)
IP
4.0
ERA
9.00
FIP
7.42
K/9
9.0
FIP−
182
100 = avg

Bryan Shaw is a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2024 he struck out 4 batters over 4.0 innings across 5 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 9.00 was 120.6% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 7.42 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 14.0% of swings (6.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.7%. His -0.1 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, 2024.

FIP7.42
K/99.0
WHIP3.00
WAR-.1

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1295131.556.6671.111.7018.3%
vs RHB12113013.273.333.364.31125.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Bryan Shaw 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 2024.

Cutter64.2%6193.32,38750.8%19.4%
Sweeper12.6%1283.12,6458.3%0.0%
Curveball11.6%1182.22,22727.3%0.0%
Bryan Shaw'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2024504.001084449.007.423.009.09.0221182-0.1

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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.