Pitcher · 2025
Sean Hjelle
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 11"
- Weight
- 247 lb
- Number
- #64
- Born
- May 7, 1997 in Fridley, MN, USA
- MLB debut
- May 6, 2022
- Drafted
- 2018, round 2
- College
- Kentucky
- High school
- Mahtomedi
- dbWAR
- .7 2 season(s)
- IP
- 15.0
- ERA
- 7.80
- FIP
- 5.20
- K/9
- 6.6
- FIP−
- 125 100 = avg
Sean Hjelle is a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2025 he struck out 11 batters over 15.0 innings across 12 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 7.80 was 87.6% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 5.20 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.4% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.1%. 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, 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 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .429 | .529 | .679 | .504 | 8.8% |
| vs RHB | 39 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .265 | .316 | .412 | .316 | 20.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Sean Hjelle 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.
| Sinker | 127 | 93.6 | 2,307 | 44.9% | 8.7% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 91 | 85.8 | 2,043 | 42.9% | 41.9% | |
| Cutter | 36 | 89.6 | 2,238 | 30.6% | 16.7% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7.80 | 5.20 | 2.00 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 188 | 125 | -0.1 | |
| 2024 | 58 | 0 | 80.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 35 | 75 | 14 | 3.90 | 3.63 | 1.21 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 96 | 89 | 0.8 |
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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.