What years did Brandon Woodruff play?

Brandon Woodruff played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.

Was Brandon Woodruff a pitcher?

Yes. Brandon Woodruff pitched in the major leagues, recording 55 wins and 918 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Brandon Woodruff hit?

Brandon Woodruff hit 1 career home run with 22 hits.

What teams has Brandon Woodruff played for?

Brandon Woodruff has played for one team, the Milwaukee Brewers (2017–2023, 2025–2026).

Has Brandon Woodruff won a Cy Young Award?

No. Brandon Woodruff has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Brandon Woodruff won?

Brandon Woodruff has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What are Brandon Woodruff's career stats?

In 151 games, Brandon Woodruff has gone 55-30 with a 3.10 ERA, 918 strikeouts, 790.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves.

What position does Brandon Woodruff play?

Brandon Woodruff plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Brandon Woodruff and how much does he weigh?

Brandon Woodruff is listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 243 pounds.

What number does Brandon Woodruff wear?

Brandon Woodruff wears number 53, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Brandon Woodruff's career ERA?

Brandon Woodruff finished with a 3.10 career ERA, going 55-30 with 918 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Brandon Woodruff have?

Brandon Woodruff recorded 918 career strikeouts.

How many All-Star Games has Brandon Woodruff made?

Brandon Woodruff has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Brandon Woodruff

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2017-2026)

Brandon Woodruff is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2017 for the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 10 seasons. Across 151 career appearances, he has gone 55-30 with a 3.10 ERA and 918 strikeouts. Brandon Woodruff is a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 20355.8.

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 17, 2026

Active Player

W–L 55–30

ERA 3.10

WHIP 1.02

SO 918

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 20355.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 243 lb
Born: 2/10/1993 in Tupelo, MS, USA
MLB Debut: 2017-08-04
Awards: 2× All-Star
Jersey: #53

Full name: Brandon Kyle Woodruff

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Career Pitching Statistics

Brandon Woodruff — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
55	30	151	136	2	1	1	790.1	608	272	89	200	918	3.10	20355.8

Career ERA 3.10 vs. league average 4.25 across their career seasons — 27.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Brandon Woodruff Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2017	MIL	NL	2	3	8	8	0	0	0	43.0	43	23	14	32	4.81	4.36 (-10%)	-9.6
2018	MIL	NL	3	0	19	4	0	0	1	42.1	36	17	14	47	3.61	4.15 (+13%)	903.7
2019	MIL	NL	11	3	22	22	0	0	0	121.2	109	49	30	143	3.62	4.51 (+20%)	4665.6
2020	MIL	NL	3	5	13	13	1	0	0	73.2	55	25	18	91	3.05	4.45 (+31%)	2333.7
2021	MIL	NL	9	10	30	30	0	0	0	179.1	130	51	43	211	2.56	4.27 (+40%)	6077.8
2022	MIL	NL	13	4	27	27	0	0	0	153.1	122	52	42	190	3.05	3.97 (+23%)	3513.4
2023	MIL	NL	5	1	11	11	1	1	0	67.0	40	17	15	74	2.28	4.33 (+47%)	1245.4
2025	MIL	NL	7	2	12	12	0	0	0	64.2	45	23	14	83	3.20	4.16 (+23%)	1625.8
2026	MIL	NL	2	2	9	9	0	0	0	45.1	28	15	10	47	2.98	4.18 (+29%)	-
Career · 9 seasons			55	30	151	136	2	1	1	790.1	608	272	200	918	3.10	—	20,356

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

Brandon Woodruff — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
147	115	5	22	4	0	1	7	0	6	51	.191	.231	.252	.484	-507

Career AVG .191 vs. league average .248 across their career seasons — 22.8% below league average.

Career OBP .231 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 27.4% below league average.

Career SLG .252 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 39.0% below league average.

Career OPS .484 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 34.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Brandon Woodruff — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2017	MIL	NL	8	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	MIL	NL	19	8	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	MIL	NL	27	45	1	12	4	0	4	1	20	.267	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	MIL	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	MIL	NL	30	52	0	6	0	0	2	3	28	.115	.243 (-53%)	.317 (-48%)	.410 (-72%)	.727 (-62%)	-507.4
2022	MIL	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	MIL	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	MIL	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			147	115	5	22	4	1	7	6	51	.191	—	—	—	—	-507

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

Brandon Woodruff — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Brandon Woodruff — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2021	NLDS1	MIL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2020	NLWC1	MIL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2019	NLWC	MIL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2018	NLCS	MIL	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	.500
2018	NLDS1	MIL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Brandon Woodruff — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	3	8	4	0	28.1	20	10	4	40	3.18

Playoff Pitching by Year

Brandon Woodruff — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2021	NLDS1	MIL	0	1	2	1	7.1	6	3	1	8	3.68
2020	NLWC1	MIL	0	1	1	1	4.2	5	3	0	9	5.79
2019	NLWC	MIL	0	0	1	1	4.0	2	1	0	3	2.25
2018	NLCS	MIL	1	1	3	0	9.1	7	3	2	17	2.89
2018	NLDS1	MIL	0	0	1	1	3.0	0	0	1	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Brandon Woodruff — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	76	62	2	12	0	5	.194
Away	71	53	3	10	1	2	.189

Pitching — Home / Away

Brandon Woodruff — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	71	381.1	297	121	78	470	2.86
Away	71	363.2	283	136	112	401	3.37

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Brandon Woodruff — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-17	MIL	LAA	W	5.0	2	1	1	0	9	1
2025-09-06	MIL	PIT	W	6.0	2	0	0	0	8	0
2025-08-31	MIL	TOR	L	4.1	10	8	5	2	3	0
2025-08-25	MIL	AZ	W	5.2	5	5	5	1	8	1
2025-08-19	MIL	CHC	L	4.1	5	3	3	3	6	0
2025-08-13	MIL	PIT	—	4.0	4	0	0	2	4	0
2025-08-08	MIL	NYN	W	7.0	3	2	2	2	8	2
2025-08-02	MIL	WAS	W	6.0	1	2	2	1	8	1
2025-07-27	MIL	MIA	—	6.0	4	2	2	3	6	1
2025-07-21	MIL	SEA	W	6.0	2	0	0	0	5	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Brandon Woodruff — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	142	127	38	71	3	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brandon Woodruff — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2017	MIL	P	8	8	4	9	0	0
2018	MIL	P	19	4	4	5	1	1
2019	MIL	P	22	22	7	8	0	1
2020	MIL	P	13	13	0	10	0	0
2021	MIL	P	30	30	10	19	2	2
2022	MIL	P	27	27	8	13	0	1
2023	MIL	P	11	11	4	3	0	1
2025	MIL	P	12	12	1	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Brandon Woodruff — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	142

Awards & Honors

Brandon Woodruff — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2021	Player of the Week	Week of 2021-05-29

Award Voting History

Brandon Woodruff — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2021	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	21.0	210	0

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Brandon Woodruff: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is August 4, 2017; Brandon Woodruff is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. All of the seasons listed were played for the Milwaukee Brewers. Woodruff played primarily as a pitcher and batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on February 10, 1993, in Tupelo, MS, USA and a listed size of 243 pounds on a 6-foot-4 frame. Brandon Woodruff was the playing name; the full given name is Brandon Kyle.

Woodruff has pitched in 151 games, starting 136, and owns a 55-30 record and 3.10 ERA. The same table counts 918 strikeouts. The leagues Woodruff pitched in allowed 4.25 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 27.1% better than average. 2022 brought Woodruff a season-high 13 wins. Woodruff struck out 211 batters in 2021, a career high. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.56 in 2021, when the league's was 4.27.

Frequently Asked Questions about Brandon Woodruff

What years did Brandon Woodruff play?: Brandon Woodruff played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.
Was Brandon Woodruff a pitcher?: Yes. Brandon Woodruff pitched in the major leagues, recording 55 wins and 918 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Brandon Woodruff hit?: Brandon Woodruff hit 1 career home run with 22 hits.
What teams has Brandon Woodruff played for?: Brandon Woodruff has played for one team, the Milwaukee Brewers (2017–2023, 2025–2026).
Has Brandon Woodruff won a Cy Young Award?: No. Brandon Woodruff has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Brandon Woodruff won?: Brandon Woodruff has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What are Brandon Woodruff's career stats?: In 151 games, Brandon Woodruff has gone 55-30 with a 3.10 ERA, 918 strikeouts, 790.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves.
What position does Brandon Woodruff play?: Brandon Woodruff plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Brandon Woodruff and how much does he weigh?: Brandon Woodruff is listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 243 pounds.
What number does Brandon Woodruff wear?: Brandon Woodruff wears number 53, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Brandon Woodruff's career ERA?: Brandon Woodruff finished with a 3.10 career ERA, going 55-30 with 918 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Brandon Woodruff have?: Brandon Woodruff recorded 918 career strikeouts.
How many All-Star Games has Brandon Woodruff made?: Brandon Woodruff has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.