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Pitcher · 2025

Andrew Chafin

Age
35
B/T
R/L
Height
6' 2"
Weight
235 lb
Number
#40
Born
June 17, 1990 in Kettering, OH, USA
MLB debut
August 13, 2014
Drafted
2011, round C-A
College
Kent State
High school
Western Reserve
dbWAR
1.1
2 season(s)
IP
33.2
ERA
2.41
FIP
3.46
K/9
9.6
FIP−
83
100 = avg

Andrew Chafin is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2025 he struck out 36 batters over 33.2 innings across 42 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 2.41 was 42.1% lower than the league average of 4.16 — the second best on his team, and 45th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.46 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.7% of swings (12.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.2%. His 0.4 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, 2025.

FIP3.46
K/99.6
WHIP1.43
WAR.4

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB7259811121.136.268.186.22729.2%
vs RHB7163211815.333.408.397.36421.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Andrew Chafin 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 2025.

Sinker40.7%25089.72,05548.0%19.4%
Slider38.6%23780.52,44843.5%41.0%
Four-Seam Fastball20.0%12389.52,09056.1%12.0%
Andrew Chafin'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
202542033.211029936192.413.461.439.65.158830.4
202462056.1431522270313.513.541.4711.25.086870.6

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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.