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Pitcher · 2026

Mason Montgomery

Age
26
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 2"
Weight
205 lb
Number
#46
Born
June 17, 2000 in Austin, TX, USA
MLB debut
September 5, 2024
Drafted
2018, round 39
College
Texas Tech
High school
Leander
dbWAR
1.8
3 season(s)
IP
47.0
ERA
3.64
FIP
2.62
K/9
14.4
FIP−
63
100 = avg

Mason Montgomery is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 75 batters over 47.0 innings across 48 appearances, going 4-3. His ERA of 3.64 was 12.9% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 14 on his team, and 194th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.62 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 31.8% of swings (15.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 38.1%. His 1.1 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, 2026.

FIP2.62
K/914.4
WHIP1.17
WAR1.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB7261611027.098.222.148.19037.5%
vs RHB1251142841148.246.312.412.31338.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Mason Montgomery 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 Fastball54.6%45098.32,21956.0%29.1%
Slider17.1%14189.52,63747.5%38.0%
Curveball14.1%11686.62,68443.1%35.8%
Sinker11.4%9498.72,20158.5%35.7%
Changeup2.8%2389.81,66243.5%10.0%
Mason Montgomery's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202648547.0433341975213.642.621.1714.44.087631.1
202557046.0131492963275.673.921.6512.35.3136940.4
2024909.2000621751.861.201.1415.84.746290.4

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

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.