Ryan Helsley stats
Last played for the Baltimore Orioles, 2026
Relief Pitcher · #21
60-Day ILRight Elbow · due back February 1
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2019
- Draft
- 2015Rd 5, Pk 161
- College
- Northeastern State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2019
- Draft
- 2015Rd 5, Pk 161
- College
- Northeastern State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 315
- W
- 31
- L
- 22
- ERA
- 3.01
- IP
- 335.0
- K
- 398
- BB
- 141
- WHIP
- 1.19
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | STL | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2.95 | 36.2 | 32 | 12 | 1.25 |
| 2020 | STL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5.25 | 12.0 | 10 | 8 | 1.33 |
| 2021 | STL | 51 | 6 | 4 | 4.56 | 47.1 | 47 | 27 | 1.42 |
| 2022 | STL | 54 | 9 | 1 | 1.25 | 64.2 | 94 | 20 | 0.74 |
| 2023 | STL | 33 | 3 | 4 | 2.45 | 36.2 | 52 | 17 | 1.06 |
| 2024 | STL | 65 | 7 | 4 | 2.04 | 66.1 | 79 | 23 | 1.10 |
| 2025 |  STL/NYM | 58 | 3 | 4 | 4.50 | 56.0 | 63 | 25 | 1.54 |
| 2026 | BAL | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4.11 | 15.1 | 21 | 9 | 1.43 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 5.63
- IP
- 8.0
- K
- 12
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 0.75
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 10.7
- GB
- 328
- FB
- 476
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 24
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 38 | 71 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2020 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 10 | 15 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2021 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 56 | 76 | 0.7 | 7 |
| 2022 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 35 | 62 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2023 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 31 | 45 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2024 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 61 | 103 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2025 | STL/NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 74 | 89 | 0.8 | 7 |
| 2026 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 23 | 15 | 1.5 | 3 |
Latest performance
Ryan Helsley
Jun 27 · vs WSH · L 4-3 F/10
- IP
- 1.0
- H
- 2
- R
- 1
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 1
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 4.11
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jun 27 | vs WSHL 4-3 F/10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fri, Jun 26 | vsWSHW 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wed, Jun 24 | at LAAL 7-6 F/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fri, Jun 19 | at LADL 6-5 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Wed, Jun 17 | at SEAW 5-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tue, Apr 28 | vs HOUW 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ryan Helsley's career stats?
Ryan Helsley played 8 seasons for the Cardinals and the Orioles. He had 31 wins and 398 strikeouts with a 3.01 ERA over 335.0 innings. His best season was 2022: 9 wins, a 1.25 ERA and 94 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2019 to 2026
Ryan Helsley led MLB in saves (2024); finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 146th in saves (113)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Ryan Helsley
Playoff series
Ryan Helsley played 1 game across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.
| Season | Opp | Series | G | IPIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ERER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | KK: Batters this pitcher struck out. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |  PHI | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Ryan Helsley against each club
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (21)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (19)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (17)
- vs Chicago Cubs (15)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (14)
- vs Atlanta Braves (12)
- vs San Diego Padres (11)
- vs Washington Nationals (11)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (9)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (8)
- vs San Francisco Giants (8)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (7)
- vs Miami Marlins (7)
- vs New York Mets (7)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (6)
- vs Chicago White Sox (5)
- vs Colorado Rockies (5)
- vs Detroit Tigers (5)
- vs Kansas City Royals (5)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (5)
- vs Seattle Mariners (5)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (5)
- vs Minnesota Twins (4)
- vs Texas Rangers (4)
- vs Houston Astros (3)
- vs New York Yankees (3)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (3)
- vs Athletics (2)
- vs Boston Red Sox (2)
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