What does SP mean in baseball?
SP is a starting pitcher in baseball. The pitcher who begins the game and is expected to work through the order two or three times.
What a starting pitcher looks like
165 starting pitchers are on MLB rosters right now, and the median one is 6' 3" and 214 lb.
- On rosters
- 165
- Median height
- 6' 3"
- Median weight
- 214 lb
- Median age
- 28
A starter now averages barely five innings an outing. The complete game, 300 a season league-wide in the 1980s, is down to a handful.
ERA at the position, 2026
The median starting pitcher with a figure at all posted 4.21 era. These five led the position.
- 1Hagen SmithCHW1.07
- 2Blake SnellLAD1.86
- 3Jacob MisiorowskiMIL1.86
- 4Cam SchlittlerNYY1.94
- 5Chris SaleATL2.18