Zack Wheeler

Bats L Throws R6'4" 195 lbBorn 1990 Smyrna, USADebut 2013Team PHI1x All-StarDraft 2009 R1 #6 San Francisco Giants, East Paulding HSContract 3 y/$126M (25-27) 2026: $42,000,000

Awards: All-MLB First Team, All-MLB Second Team, Rawlings NL Gold Glove

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	599	27.3	5.9	2.73	20.3	6.52	110.9
2027							108.0
2028							107.4

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 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 106 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	Max Scherzer	2020	110.8	121.5	693
2	Justin Verlander	2018	110.2	124.8	847
3	Zack Greinke	2019	108.9	104.8	273
4	Lance Lynn	2022	104.5	90.3	808
5	Tim Hudson	2011	107.1	108.0	749
6	Yu Darvish	2022	109.1	98.9	574
7	Ted Lilly	2011	105.2	117.6	202
8	Roy Halladay	2012	113.6	87.9	282
9	J. A. Happ	2018	101.2	95.4	678
10	Chris Sale	2024	113.5	112.1	510

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	PHI	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	PHI	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	PHI	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	PHI	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	PHI	33	73	1	11	2	0	3	0	39	0.162	0.162	0.191	0.353	-13.9
2020	PHI	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	NYM	31	64	5	12	2	1	6	2	19	0.211	0.262	0.298	0.561	54.5
2018	NYM	29	60	4	11	2	0	4	0	21	0.196	0.193	0.232	0.425	12.5
2017	NYM	18	29	1	2	1	0	0	1	12	0.074	0.107	0.111	0.218	-50.8
2014	NYM	34	63	1	4	1	0	3	1	24	0.080	0.098	0.100	0.198	-61.4
2013	NYM	18	34	1	4	1	0	2	1	13	0.133	0.161	0.167	0.328	-18.5
Career		288	323	13	44	9	1	18	5	128	0.153	0.172	0.194	0.367	-8.5

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									599				108.0
2026*									474				116.7	100.3	117.0
2025	PHI	10	5	2.71	24	24	0	149.7	585	19	33	195	116.5	100.2	116.7
2024	PHI	16	7	2.56	32	32	0	200.0	787	20	52	224	117.3	100.5	117.8
2023	PHI	13	6	3.61	32	32	0	192.0	787	20	39	212	112.9	100.5	113.4
2022	PHI	12	7	2.82	26	26	0	153.0	607	13	34	163	111.0	99.0	109.9
2021	PHI	14	10	2.78	32	32	0	213.3	849	16	46	247	118.5	99.4	117.9
2020	PHI	4	2	2.92	11	11	0	71.0	288	3	16	53	110.1	104.8	114.8
2019	NYM	11	8	3.96	31	31	0	195.3	828	22	50	195	108.4	100.5	108.9
2018	NYM	12	7	3.31	29	29	0	182.3	744	14	55	179	111.2	100.4	111.6
2017	NYM	3	7	5.21	17	17	0	86.3	386	15	40	81	87.3	98.6	85.9
2014	NYM	11	11	3.54	32	32	0	185.3	794	14	79	187	100.5
2013	NYM	7	5	3.42	17	17	0	100.0	431	10	46	84	99.8
Career		113	75	3.28	283	283	0	1728.3	7086	166	490	1820	109.8		110.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	73	83.7	-2.6	0.0	14.7	36.0	43.9	0.124	0.145	0.118	23.2
2019	64	78.6	2.0	3.0	14.6	29.9	46.7	0.173	0.244	0.214	25.7
2018	60	81.8	12.1	0.0	7.7	33.9	47.1	0.147	0.182	0.146	25.1
2017	29	84.0	6.8	0.0	25.0	20.0	48.0	0.129	0.166	0.149	24.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	P	24	150	8	11	1	1	0.950	+0.2
2024	PHI	P	32	200	21	17	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2023	PHI	P	32	192	16	15	1	1	0.969	+0.5
2022	PHI	P	26	153	11	11	0	1	1.000	-0.8
2021	PHI	P	32	213	20	26	2	4	0.958	-0.6
2020	PHI	P	11	71	4	12	1	3	0.941	+1.7
2019	NYM	P	31	195	13	20	2	0	0.943	+0.6
2018	NYM	P	29	182	6	22	0	2	1.000	+0.4
2017	NYM	P	17	86	8	10	1	1	0.947	-0.7
2014	NYM	P	32	185	10	22	2	2	0.941
2013	NYM	P	17	100	1	5	0	1	1.000

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	44	10.1 IP, 23% K	5.35
2026	AA	Reading Fightin Phils	Pit	38	9.2 IP, 34% K	6.85
2013	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	291	68.2 IP, 25% K	3.96
2012	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	134	33.0 IP, 23% K	3.27
2012	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	474	116.0 IP, 25% K	3.26
2011	A+	San Jose Giants	Pit	385	88.0 IP, 25% K	3.99
2011	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	110	27.0 IP, 28% K	2.00
2011	A+	nan	Pit	495	115.0 IP, 26% K	3.52
2010	A	Augusta GreenJackets	Pit	262	58.2 IP, 27% K	4.02

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.240	0.110	0.179	0.124
2019	0.179	0.280	0.256	0.257
2018	0.150	0.203	0.252	0.113
2017	0.000	0.114	0.083	0.145

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

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0	0	0.00	1	1	7.0	1	0	4	9	0.71
2023	3	0	1.99	5	4	27.2	17	3	3	35	0.74
2022	1	3	2.81	6	6	35.2	19	2	7	33	0.74
Career	4	3	2.20	12	11	69.4	37	5	14	77	0.73

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	NYM	$546,250
2014	NYM	$512,375

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.