Shane Bieber

Bats R Throws R6'3" 200 lbBorn 1995 Orange, USADebut 2018Team TOR2x All-StarDraft 2016 R4 #122 Cleveland Guardians, UC Santa BarbaraContract 2 y/$26M (25-26) 2026: $16,000,000

Awards: Cy Young Award, Rawlings AL Gold Glove, TSN All-Star

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	318	22.9	5.9	3.17	21.1	6.64	101.7
2027							104.7
2028							105.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 107 PITCH+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jake Peavy	2011	110.9	109.4	882
2	Kerry Wood	2007	104.3	114.9	276
3	Julio Teheran	2021	102.7	did not play
4	Jake Westbrook	2008	103.4	did not play
5	Chris Young	2009	109.0	129.7	82
6	Jake Odorizzi	2020	102.6	100.3	441
7	Freddy Garcia	2007	101.6	107.0	61
8	Jordan Zimmermann	2016	105.3	85.8	713
9	Josh Beckett	2010	105.6	116.6	767
10	Joey Lucchesi	2023	101.3	95.2	46

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	TOR	7	0	0	0	0	0
2024	CLE	2	0	0	0	0	0
2023	CLE	21	0	0	0	0	0
2022	CLE	31	0	0	0	0	0
2021	CLE	16	6	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.9
2020	CLE	12	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CLE	34	5	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.6
2018	CLE	20	5	1	1	1	2	0.250	0.400	0.500	0.900	146.0
Career		143	16	1	1	1	8	0.067	0.125	0.133	0.258	-33.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									318				104.7
2026*									226				91.3	102.3	93.6
2025	TOR	4	2	3.57	7	7	0	40.3	159	8	7	37	107.0	100.2	107.2
2024	CLE	2	0	0.00	2	2	0	12.0	45	0	1	20	118.7	100.6	119.3
2023	CLE	6	6	3.80	21	21	0	128.0	533	14	34	107	102.9	99.3	102.2
2022	CLE	13	8	2.88	31	31	0	200.0	791	18	36	198	113.9	99.7	113.6
2021	CLE	7	4	3.17	16	16	0	96.7	405	11	33	134	106.6	101.1	107.7
2020	CLE	8	1	1.63	12	12	0	77.3	297	7	21	122	131.7	98.9	130.6
2019	CLE	15	8	3.28	34	33	0	214.3	859	31	40	259	112.7	100.1	112.8
2018	CLE	11	5	4.55	20	19	0	114.7	485	13	23	118	94.7	99.2	93.8
Career		66	34	3.24	143	141	0	883.3	3574	102	195	995	109.8		109.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	6	80.6	10.2	45.5	25.0	0.013	0.016	0.019
2019	5	84.6	-29.6	28.6	37.5	0.031	0.035	0.028
2018	5	92.6	4.5	37.5	28.6	0.210	0.266	0.298

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TOR	P	7	40	4	4	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2024	CLE	P	2	12	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2023	CLE	P	21	128	12	15	1	1	0.964	-0.5
2022	CLE	P	31	200	15	16	1	1	0.969	-0.3
2021	CLE	P	16	97	4	8	0	0	1.000	+0.6
2020	CLE	P	12	77	2	8	1	0	0.909	-0.4
2019	CLE	P	34	214	12	14	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2018	CLE	P	20	115	6	5	0	1	1.000	-0.5

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	57	12.2 IP, 16% K	5.90
2025	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	65	17.2 IP, 25% K	2.09
2018	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	176	48.2 IP, 27% K	1.68
2018	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	122	31.0 IP, 25% K	1.16
2017	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	219	54.1 IP, 22% K	2.33
2017	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Pit	358	90.0 IP, 23% K	3.10
2017	A	Lake County Captains	Pit	121	29.0 IP, 26% K	3.10

Splits

Year	vs RHP	Away
2021	0.000	0.000
2019	0.000	0.000
2018	0.650	0.390

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	2	1	3.96	5	4	18.2	21	3	6	18	1.48
2022	1	0	2.06	2	2	13.1	8	2	4	15	0.92
2020	0	1	13.50	1	1	4.7	9	2	2	7	2.36
Career	3	2	4.50	8	7	36.0	38	7	12	40	1.39