What years did Ryan Helsley play?

Ryan Helsley played in Major League Baseball from 2019 to 2026.

Was Ryan Helsley a pitcher?

Yes. Ryan Helsley pitched in the major leagues, recording 31 wins and 398 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ryan Helsley hit?

Ryan Helsley hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Ryan Helsley's career batting average?

Ryan Helsley batted .333 over his career, with 1 hits in 3 at bats.

What was Ryan Helsley's career ERA?

Ryan Helsley finished with a 3.01 career ERA, going 31-22 with 398 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ryan Helsley have?

Ryan Helsley recorded 398 career strikeouts.

Ryan Helsley

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2019-2026)

Ryan Helsley is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2019 for the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets, and the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 8 seasons. Across 314 career appearances, he has gone 31-22 with a 3.01 ERA, 398 strikeouts, and 113 saves. Ryan Helsley is a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7244.7.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

Active Player

W–L 31–22

ERA 3.01

WHIP 1.19

SO 398

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 7244.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 230 lb
Born: 7/18/1994 in Tahlequah, OK, USA
MLB Debut: 2019-04-16
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Ryan Dalton Helsley

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ryan Helsley — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
31	22	314	0	0	0	113	335.0	256	112	33	141	398	3.01	7244.7

Career ERA 3.01 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — 28.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ryan Helsley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2019	SLN	NL	2	0	24	0	36.2	34	12	12	32	2.95	4.51 (+35%)	260.3
2020	SLN	NL	1	1	12	1	12.0	8	7	8	10	5.25	4.45 (-18%)	-771.5
2021	SLN	NL	6	4	51	1	47.1	40	24	27	47	4.56	4.27 (-7%)	324.5
2022	SLN	NL	9	1	54	19	64.2	28	9	20	94	1.25	3.97 (+68%)	2668.7
2023	SLN	NL	3	4	33	14	36.2	22	10	17	52	2.45	4.33 (+43%)	1926.4
2024	SLN	NL	7	4	65	49	66.1	50	15	23	79	2.04	4.08 (+50%)	2799.4
2025	SLN	NL	3	1	36	21	36.0	36	12	14	41	3.00	4.16 (+28%)	550.1
2025	NYN	NL	0	3	22	0	20.0	25	16	11	22	7.20	4.16 (-73%)	-513.3
2026	BAL	AL	0	4	17	8	15.1	13	7	9	21	4.11	4.18 (+2%)	-
Career · 9 seasons			31	22	314	113	335.0	256	112	141	398	3.01	—	7,245

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ryan Helsley — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
297	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0

Career AVG .333 vs. league average .246 across their career seasons — +35.6% above league average.

Career OBP .333 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — +5.2% above league average.

Career SLG .333 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 18.7% below league average.

Career OPS .667 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 8.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ryan Helsley — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2019	SLN	NL	24	3	1	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	SLN	NL	12	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	SLN	NL	51	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	SLN	NL	54	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SLN	NL	33	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	SLN	NL	65	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	SLN	NL	36	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	NYN	NL	22	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			297	3	1	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ryan Helsley — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ryan Helsley — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2022	NLWC2	SLN	1	.000
2020	NLWC2	SLN	2	.000
2019	NLCS	SLN	3	.000
2019	NLDS2	SLN	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ryan Helsley — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	8	0	0	8.0	3	5	3	12	5.62

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ryan Helsley — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2022	NLWC2	SLN	1	1	1.0	1	4	2	2	36.00
2020	NLWC2	SLN	0	2	1.2	1	1	0	2	5.40
2019	NLCS	SLN	0	3	4.0	0	0	1	5	0.00
2019	NLDS2	SLN	0	2	1.1	1	0	0	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ryan Helsley — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	159	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	138	1	0	1	0	0	1.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Ryan Helsley — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	159	166.2	134	53	57	186	2.86
Away	138	153.0	109	52	75	191	3.06

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ryan Helsley — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-28	NYN	MIA	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2025-09-24	NYN	CHC	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2025-09-20	NYN	WAS	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0
2025-09-19	NYN	WAS	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2025-09-17	NYN	SDP	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2025-09-12	NYN	TEX	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-10	NYN	PHI	—	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
2025-09-08	NYN	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2025-09-03	NYN	DET	—	0.2	3	3	3	1	2	1
2025-09-01	NYN	DET	—	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ryan Helsley — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	297	0	28	24	0	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ryan Helsley — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	DP
2019	SLN	P	24	0	3	0
2020	SLN	P	12	0	0	0
2021	SLN	P	51	3	8	0
2022	SLN	P	54	7	2	1
2023	SLN	P	33	2	3	0
2024	SLN	P	65	6	3	2
2025	SLN	P	36	6	2	0
2025	NYN	P	22	4	3	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Ryan Helsley — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	297

Awards & Honors

Ryan Helsley — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2024	All-MLB Team - First Team	RP
2024	Reliever of the Month	April
2024	Reliever of the Month	June
2024	Reliever of the Month	September
2024	Reliever of the Year
2024	TSN All-Star	RP
2024	TSN Reliever of the Year
2022	All-MLB Team - Second Team	RP

Award Voting History

Ryan Helsley — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2024	Cy Young Award	NL	9th	4.0	210	0
2022	Cy Young Award	NL	12th	1.0	210	0

Ryan Helsley: the record in brief

Ryan Helsley's major league record starts with the debut on April 16, 2019 and remains open, because the career is ongoing. The team column moves through the St. Louis Cardinals (2019 to 2025) and the New York Mets (2025). Born on July 18, 1994, in Tahlequah, OK, USA, Helsley is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. The bio gives 6 feet, 2 inches and 230 pounds. The bio lists the given name Ryan Dalton.

The pitching table credits Helsley with a 31-22 record and a 3.01 ERA in 314 games. Helsley has 398 strikeouts and 113 saves. The leagues Helsley pitched in allowed 4.22 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 28.8% better than average. No season topped the 9 wins of 2022. Helsley saved 49 games in 2024, the season high. In 2022, one of the busiest seasons, Helsley posted a 1.25 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.97.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ryan Helsley

What years did Ryan Helsley play?: Ryan Helsley played in Major League Baseball from 2019 to 2026.
Was Ryan Helsley a pitcher?: Yes. Ryan Helsley pitched in the major leagues, recording 31 wins and 398 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ryan Helsley hit?: Ryan Helsley hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Ryan Helsley's career batting average?: Ryan Helsley batted .333 over his career, with 1 hits in 3 at bats.
What was Ryan Helsley's career ERA?: Ryan Helsley finished with a 3.01 career ERA, going 31-22 with 398 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ryan Helsley have?: Ryan Helsley recorded 398 career strikeouts.