Pitcher · 2025
Forrest Whitley
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Weight
- 208 lb
- Born
- September 15, 1997 in San Antonio, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- April 16, 2024
- Drafted
- 2016, round 1
- High school
- Alamo Heights
- dbWAR
- -.2 2 season(s)
- IP
- 12.0
- ERA
- 13.50
- FIP
- 6.64
- K/9
- 9.0
- FIP−
- 160 100 = avg
Forrest Whitley is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2025 he struck out 12 batters over 12.0 innings across 10 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 13.50 was 224.6% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 6.64 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.5% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.2%. His -0.3 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 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .233 | .378 | .433 | .365 | 29.7% |
| vs RHB | 29 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .462 | .483 | .923 | .566 | 3.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Forrest Whitley 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 86 | 96.3 | 2,419 | 52.3% | 20.5% | |
| Cutter | 66 | 89.5 | 2,653 | 39.4% | 19.4% | |
| Sinker | 45 | 96.1 | 2,433 | 44.4% | 0.0% | |
| Curveball | 30 | 81.6 | 2,907 | 33.3% | 60.0% | |
| Slurve | 24 | 83.6 | 2,797 | 33.3% | 14.3% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 13.50 | 6.64 | 2.25 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 325 | 160 | -0.3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.77 | 2.40 | 13.5 | 8.1 | 0 | 92 | 0.0 |
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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.