Logan Webb

Lore & Background

Logan Tyler Webb was born on November 18, 1996, in Rocklin, California. He attended Rocklin High School in Rocklin, California. As a pitcher for the baseball team, he had a 0.49 earned run average (ERA) and struck out 73 batters in his senior year, earning Sacramento Bee All-Metro and Cal-Hi Sports All-State honors. The San Francisco Giants selected Webb in the fourth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

He signed for a signing bonus of $600,000. He made his professional debut with the Arizona League Giants at 17 years of age. Webb played 2015 with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, 2016 with the Augusta GreenJackets, and in 2016 underwent Tommy John surgery. He returned to Salem-Keizer in 2017, then pitched for the San Jose Giants and Richmond Flying Squirrels in 2018.

On May 1, 2019, Webb was suspended for 80 games for testing positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, an anabolic-androgenic steroid. He professed his innocence and confusion. On August 17, 2019, the Giants promoted Webb to the major leagues. In 2021, Webb was 11–3 with a 3.03 ERA.

In 2022, he was the Giants' Opening Day starting pitcher and finished 15–9 with a 2.90 ERA. On April 14, 2023, Webb agreed to a five-year, $90 million contract extension with the Giants. He finished second in NL Cy Young Award voting in 2023. Webb was selected to the All-Star Game in 2021.

Reader's Guide

Logan Webb is a right-handed sinkerballer who primarily relies on a mix of his sinker, slider, and changeup. His pitching repertoire also includes a four-seam fastball, which he throws much less frequently. Webb releases the ball from a sidearm slot.

Did You Know?

• Webb hit his first career home run in the last game of the 2021 regular season, the last home run by a pitcher before the NL adopted the designated hitter full-time in 2022.
• Webb led the National League in innings pitched in 2023, becoming the first Giants pitcher to do so since Gaylord Perry in 1970.