Pitcher · 2026
Chris Bassitt
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #40
- Born
- February 22, 1989 in Toledo, OH, USA
- MLB debut
- August 30, 2014
- Drafted
- 2011, round 16
- College
- Akron
- High school
- Genoa Area
- Salary, 2026
- $18.5M
- dbWAR
- 3.9 3 season(s)
- IP
- 56.1
- ERA
- 5.27
- FIP
- 4.76
- K/9
- 5.9
- FIP−
- 114 100 = avg
Chris Bassitt is a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 37 batters over 56.1 innings across 12 appearances, 10 of them starts, going 4-4. His ERA of 5.27 was 26.3% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 16 on his team, and 375th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.76 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.2%. 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.
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 | 157 | 134 | 44 | 6 | 17 | 21 | .328 | .408 | .537 | .409 | 13.4% |
| vs RHB | 104 | 94 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .277 | .346 | .319 | .308 | 15.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Chris Bassitt 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.
| Sinker | 364 | 91.9 | 2,090 | 44.5% | 14.9% | |
| Curveball | 228 | 71.0 | 2,306 | 42.5% | 29.4% | |
| Cutter | 219 | 89.6 | 2,132 | 38.8% | 21.4% | |
| Sweeper | 57 | 72.9 | 2,370 | 43.9% | 33.3% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 45 | 91.5 | 2,104 | 44.4% | 17.4% | |
| Changeup | 44 | 85.0 | 1,738 | 25.0% | 33.3% | |
| Slider | 22 | 79.4 | 2,450 | 36.4% | 0.0% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 10 | 56.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 33 | 37 | 22 | 5.27 | 4.76 | 1.63 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 126 | 114 | 0.2 | |
| 2025 | 32 | 31 | 170.1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 174 | 75 | 166 | 52 | 3.96 | 4.01 | 1.33 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 95 | 96 | 2.0 | |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 171.0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 180 | 79 | 168 | 70 | 4.16 | 4.08 | 1.46 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 102 | 100 | 1.8 |
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Similar players
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.