Pete Fairbanks

Bats R Throws R6'6" 225 lbBorn 1993 St. Louis, USADebut 2019Team TBDraft 2015 R9 #258 Texas Rangers, MissouriContract 1 y/$13M (26) 2026: $13,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	210	24.4	8.2	2.57	20.9	6.11	109.9
2027							109.2
2028							108.0

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 110 PITCH+ the next season; 10 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	Tony Watson	2016	114.5	98.8	291
2	Luke Gregerson	2015	115.5	117.3	230
3	Andrew Chafin	2021	112.1	111.0	243
4	Darren O'Day	2014	115.8	123.4	257
5	Dylan Floro	2022	110.2	94.3	248
6	Jason Frasor	2009	111.0	103.7	279
7	Jason Adam	2023	110.1	125.7	282
8	Will Harris	2016	112.0	117.4	177
9	Alex Colome	2020	111.3	98.2	290
10	George Kontos	2016	109.9	105.6	278

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									210				109.2
2026*									166				95.6	97.9	93.5
2025	TB	4	5	2.83	61	0	27	60.3	244	7	18	59	115.0	101.5	116.5
2024	TB	3	3	3.57	46	0	23	45.3	185	4	17	44	113.8	98.6	112.4
2023	TB	2	4	2.58	49	0	25	45.3	184	3	20	68	124.2	101.5	125.7
2022	TB	0	0	1.12	24	0	8	24.0	87	1	3	38	143.4	102.9	146.3
2021	TB	3	6	3.59	47	0	5	42.7	189	2	21	56	104.4	96.8	101.3
2020	TB	6	3	2.70	27	2	0	26.7	117	2	14	39	107.4	101.5	108.9
2019	TB	2	3	6.86	21	0	2	21.0	99	5	10	28	85.4	97.3	82.6
Career		20	24	3.19	275	2	90	265.3	1105	24	103	332	113.3		113.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	P	61	60	2	5	1	0.875	+0.4
2024	TB	P	46	45	2	5	0	1.000	-0.3
2023	TB	P	49	45	1	8	0	1.000	+0.3
2022	TB	P	24	24	7	1	0	1.000	+0.3
2021	TB	P	47	43	4	2	0	1.000	-0.7
2020	TB	P	27	27	5	1	0	1.000	+0.2
2019	TB	P	21	21	2	0	1	0.667	-0.3

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2022	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	25	4.2 IP, 28% K	4.29
2019	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	31	6.1 IP, 35% K	11.80
2019	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	75	17.2 IP, 40% K	5.23
2019	AAA	nan	Pit	106	24.0 IP, 39% K	6.75
2019	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	24	7.1 IP, 58% K	0.00
2019	A+	Down East Wood Ducks	Pit	51	12.1 IP, 29% K	2.98
2017	A+	Down East Wood Ducks	Pit	88	18.2 IP, 11% K	5.93
2016	A	Hickory Crawdads	Pit	446	101.1 IP, 18% K	4.90

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.391	0.246	0.251	0.431
2025	0.324	0.273	0.307	0.287
2024	0.301	0.244	0.311	0.222
2023	0.276	0.220	0.231	0.265
2022	0.193	0.175	0.203	0.162
2021	0.426	0.230	0.283	0.336
2020	0.304	0.337	0.389	0.207
2019	0.257	0.552	0.317	0.514

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
2021	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022		1	0	0.0	0	0	2	0
2021	3.38	2	0	2.7	1	1	1	2	0.75
2020	3.65	9	3	12.3	12	3	6	17	1.46
Career	3.60	12	3	15.0	13	4	9	19	1.47