Pitcher · 2026
Shane Bieber
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #57
- Born
- May 31, 1995 in Orange, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- May 31, 2018
- Drafted
- 2016, round 4
- College
- UC Santa Barbara
- High school
- Laguna Hills
- Salary, 2026
- $4M
- dbWAR
- .5 3 season(s)
- IP
- 42.2
- ERA
- 5.48
- FIP
- 5.95
- K/9
- 6.8
- FIP−
- 142 100 = avg
Shane Bieber is a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2026 he struck out 32 batters over 42.2 innings across 9 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 3-2. His ERA of 5.48 was 31.3% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 12th of 14 on his team, and 393rd of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.95 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.8% of swings (10.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.4%. 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, 2026.
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 | 103 | 85 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 16 | .212 | .340 | .447 | .348 | 15.5% |
| vs RHB | 92 | 86 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 16 | .349 | .391 | .535 | .403 | 17.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Shane Bieber 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 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 254 | 92.3 | 2,379 | 44.5% | 13.3% | |
| Changeup | 145 | 88.2 | 1,464 | 34.5% | 22.0% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 138 | 82.7 | 2,505 | 44.2% | 35.7% | |
| Cutter | 97 | 87.4 | 2,574 | 40.2% | 21.6% | |
| Slider | 82 | 85.2 | 2,599 | 39.0% | 34.9% | |
| Sinker | 29 | 92.3 | 2,318 | 24.1% | 7.7% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 42.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 5.48 | 5.95 | 1.66 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 131 | 142 | -0.4 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 40.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 3.57 | 4.47 | 1.02 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 86 | 108 | 0.3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 15.0 | 0.8 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 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.