Pitcher · 2025
Brandon Walter
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 201 lb
- Number
- #60
- Born
- September 8, 1996 in New Castle, DE, USA
- MLB debut
- June 22, 2023
- Drafted
- 2019, round 26
- College
- Delaware
- dbWAR
- .6 1 season(s)
- IP
- 53.2
- ERA
- 3.35
- FIP
- 4.01
- K/9
- 8.7
- FIP−
- 96 100 = avg
Brandon Walter is a starting pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2025 he struck out 52 batters over 53.2 innings across 9 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 1-3. His ERA of 3.35 was 19.3% lower than the league average of 4.16 — 8th of 20 on his team, and 179th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.01 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.6% of swings (12.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 1.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.5%. His 0.6 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 | 39 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .162 | .205 | .243 | .202 | 15.4% |
| vs RHB | 173 | 167 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 46 | .240 | .262 | .461 | .307 | 26.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Brandon Walter 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 | 223 | 88.2 | 2,303 | 54.3% | 16.2% | |
| Sweeper | 183 | 79.5 | 2,555 | 46.4% | 23.8% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 157 | 91.8 | 2,179 | 43.9% | 31.2% | |
| Changeup | 149 | 80.9 | 2,076 | 38.3% | 40.3% | |
| Sinker | 102 | 91.5 | 2,104 | 60.8% | 14.6% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 53.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 20 | 52 | 4 | 3.35 | 4.01 | 0.93 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 81 | 96 | 0.6 | — |
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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.