Pitcher · 2025
Clarke Schmidt
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #36
- Born
- February 20, 1996 in Acworth, GA, USA
- MLB debut
- September 4, 2020
- Drafted
- 2017, round 1
- College
- South Carolina
- High school
- Allatoona
- Salary, 2025
- $3.6M
- dbWAR
- 2.3 2 season(s)
- IP
- 78.2
- ERA
- 3.32
- FIP
- 3.95
- K/9
- 8.4
- FIP−
- 95 100 = avg
Clarke Schmidt is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2025 he struck out 73 batters over 78.2 innings across 14 appearances, 14 of them starts, going 4-4. His ERA of 3.32 was 20.2% lower than the league average of 4.16 — 8th of 20 on his team, and 175th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.95 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.6% of swings (12.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.1%. His 1.0 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.
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 | 162 | 139 | 30 | 6 | 20 | 40 | .216 | .317 | .424 | .326 | 24.7% |
| vs RHB | 154 | 143 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 33 | .182 | .234 | .280 | .230 | 21.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Clarke Schmidt 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.
| Cutter | 501 | 92.2 | 2,744 | 51.9% | 24.3% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 223 | 85.0 | 3,112 | 40.8% | 30.0% | |
| Slider | 158 | 85.3 | 3,036 | 48.1% | 31.8% | |
| Sweeper | 149 | 83.1 | 3,144 | 35.6% | 35.8% | |
| Sinker | 102 | 92.6 | 2,604 | 41.2% | 14.9% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 93 | 94.3 | 2,606 | 60.2% | 24.0% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 78.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 29 | 73 | 30 | 3.32 | 3.95 | 1.09 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 80 | 95 | 1.0 | |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 85.1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 27 | 93 | 30 | 2.85 | 3.58 | 1.18 | 9.8 | 3.2 | 70 | 88 | 1.4 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2025 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.