George

Kirby

PAge : 28Throws : R

#68

George Kirby

#68PSeattle Mariners

Height : 6' 4" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-05-08

Born in : Rye, NY, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Seattle Mariners	30	9	11	4.33	174.2	148	1.40
2025	Seattle Mariners	23	10	8	4.21	126.0	137	1.19
2024	Seattle Mariners	33	14	11	3.53	191.0	179	1.07
2023	Seattle Mariners	31	13	10	3.35	190.2	172	1.04
2022	Seattle Mariners	25	8	5	3.39	130.0	133	1.21
Career totals		142	54	45	3.74	812.1	769	1.17

ContractSeattle Mariners payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 6.6 M$
AAV: 6.55 M$

2026
6.55 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3
2028
—
Arb 4

Advanced stats, 2026Starting pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

4.33

FIP

3.90

xFIP

3.96

ERA-

112

WHIP

1.40

20.0 %

BB%

6.3 %

Strikeouts

148

Innings

174.7

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.2

Strikeouts

127

2026 WAR

2.5

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-6)

20234.2 WAR · 4.0 per full season
20244.2 WAR · 4.0 per full season
20252.4 WAR · 3.4 per full season
20262.5 WAR · 2.6 per full season

Outlook, age included

+4 · 28 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

High-end

VEL: Velocity; 85
STF: Stuff; 78
CTL: Control; 93
CNT: Contact allowed; 78
STA: Stamina; 85
DUR: Durability; 86
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

2.5

#48 of 166 regular starters

PAL Rating

66 / 100

#57 of 166 regular starters

Value Rating

66 / 100

Surplus $17.9M · salary $6.5M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention51

Stuff47

Command83

Contact allowed58

Velocity87

Workload83

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.90 · RA9-WAR: 1.5

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

96.7 mi/h

85th percentile

20.0 %

37th percentile

BB%

6.3 %

83th percentile

xERA

4.21

53th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.315

53th percentile

Barrels allowed

6.6 %

76th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	SEA	2.5	66	87	96.7	20.0	6.3	4.21	.315
2025	SEA	2.4	81	89	96.1	26.1	5.5	3.88	.306
2024	SEA	4.2	92	90	96.0	23.0	3.0	3.39	.290
2023	SEA	4.2	94	88	96.1	22.7	2.5	3.90	.305
2022	SEA	2.9	80	84	95.3	24.5	4.1	3.32	.287

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 23	vs HOU	5.0	6	4	3	5	4.33
Sep 16	@ LAA	4.1	5	2	5	5	4.24
Sep 11	@ ATH	6.0	9	4	2	5	4.25
Sep 5	vs ATH	6.2	7	3	1	5	4.18
Aug 31	@ BOS	5.0	7	5	2	2	4.19
Aug 25	vs PHI	7.2	6	1	1	9	4.02
Aug 20	@ MIL	3.1	9	6	2	3	4.18
Aug 14	@ HOU	4.2	8	5	3	2	3.89
Aug 8	vs TB	5.0	4	1	2	2	3.68
Aug 2	vs MIN	7.0	5	0	1	3	3.76