Pitcher · 2024
Brandon Bielak
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 221 lb
- Born
- April 2, 1996 in Edison, NJ, USA
- MLB debut
- July 27, 2020
- Drafted
- 2017, round 11
- College
- Notre Dame
- High school
- Saint Joseph
- dbWAR
- -.5 1 season(s)
- IP
- 29.2
- ERA
- 5.16
- FIP
- 5.93
- K/9
- 4.2
- FIP−
- 145 100 = avg
Brandon Bielak is a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2024 he struck out 14 batters over 29.2 innings across 16 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 5.16 was 26.4% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 15th of 17 on his team, and 435th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.93 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.2% of swings (7.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.0%. His -0.5 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.
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 | 60 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .296 | .367 | .407 | .345 | 5.0% |
| vs RHB | 80 | 71 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | .324 | .400 | .606 | .428 | 13.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Brandon Bielak 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.
| Changeup | 140 | 87.4 | 2,039 | 35.0% | 22.2% | |
| Sinker | 126 | 92.1 | 2,238 | 38.1% | 14.9% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 116 | 91.9 | 2,431 | 37.1% | 10.4% | |
| Sweeper | 75 | 82.8 | 2,451 | 44.0% | 27.6% | |
| Curveball | 49 | 80.8 | 2,434 | 34.7% | 6.3% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16 | 0 | 29.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 5.16 | 5.93 | 1.75 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 126 | 145 | -0.5 | — |
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Nearest 2024 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.