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Ryan Helsley

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 235lb (188cm, 106kg)

Born: July 18, 1994 in Tahlequah, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northeastern State University (Tahlequah, OK).

School: Northeastern State University (Tahlequah, OK)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$14M (26) & 27 player option

Service Time (01/2026): 6.105 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Wasserman • Previously: Ballengee Group

Full Name: Ryan Dalton Helsley

Nicknames: Hellz Bellz

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

-0.2

7.0

ERA

5.11

3.04

311

112

12.1

332.0

394

WHIP

1.622

1.190

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2014	19	-2.1	Northeastern State	MIAA	NCAA		7	4	.636	4.60	5.17	14	9			0	0	62.2	57	36	32	5	32	0	56	5	2	8	276	1.420	8.2	0.7	4.6	8.0	1.75
2015	20	-1.2	Northeastern State	MIAA	NCAA		7	4	.636	3.53	4.38	12	12			0	0	63.2	57	31	25	10	34	1	95	4	1	6	273	1.429	8.1	1.4	4.8	13.4	2.79
2015	20	-0.6	Johnson City	APPY	Rk	STL	1	1	.500	2.01	2.90	11	9	0	0	0	0	40.1	33	13	9	1	19	0	35	0	0	3	171	1.289	7.4	0.2	4.2	7.8	1.84
2016	21	-0.7	Peoria	MIDW	A	STL	10	2	.833	1.61	2.08	17	17	0	0	0	0	95.0	77	22	17	3	19	0	109	1	1	7	378	1.011	7.3	0.3	1.8	10.3	5.74
2017	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	STL	11	3	.786	2.72	2.99	24	23	0	1	1	0	132.1	104	44	40	7	48	0	137	2	0	9	538	1.149	7.1	0.5	3.3	9.3	2.85
2017	22	-4.6	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	0	0		3.60	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	23	2.000	12.6	0.0	5.4	9.0	1.67
2017	22	-2.1	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	3	1	.750	2.67	3.21	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.2	25	12	10	4	15	0	41	1	0	3	141	1.188	6.7	1.1	4.0	11.0	2.73
2017	22	-1.1	Palm Beach	FLOR	A+	STL	8	2	.800	2.69	2.88	17	16	0	1	1	0	93.2	72	30	28	3	30	0	91	1	0	6	374	1.089	6.9	0.3	2.9	8.7	3.03
2018	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA-Rk	STL	5	3	.625	3.97	4.61	13	13	0	1	0	0	70.1	49	36	31	7	32	0	82	2	0	11	292	1.152	6.3	0.9	4.1	10.5	2.56
2018	23	-3.6	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	2	1	.667	3.71	4.73	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	18	14	11	2	9	0	34	0	0	1	106	1.013	6.1	0.7	3.0	11.5	3.78
2018	23	-1.1	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	3	2	.600	4.39	4.83	7	7	0	1	0	0	41.0	30	22	20	5	20	0	44	2	0	10	174	1.220	6.6	1.1	4.4	9.7	2.20
2018	23	2.6	Cardinals	GULF	Rk	STL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	12	1.500	3.4	0.0	10.1	13.5	1.33
2019	24	-2.7	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	2	3	.400	4.58	4.82	17	7	3	0	0	1	37.1	29	20	19	3	20	0	41	0	0	3	155	1.313	7.0	0.7	4.8	9.9	2.05
2019	24	-4.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	0	1.000	2.95	3.19	24	0	4	0	0	0	36.2	34	13	12	5	12	2	32	0	1	2	153	1.255	8.3	1.2	2.9	7.9	2.67
2020	25	-3.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	1	1	.500	5.25	6.00	12	0	4	0	0	1	12.0	8	8	7	3	8	1	10	1	0	0	52	1.333	6.0	2.3	6.0	7.5	1.25
2021	26	-2.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	6	4	.600	4.56	4.56	51	0	7	0	0	1	47.1	40	24	24	4	27	2	47	0	0	7	206	1.415	7.6	0.8	5.1	8.9	1.74
2022	27	-2.2	STL	NL	Maj	STL	9	1	.900	1.25	1.53	54	0	33	0	0	19	64.2	28	11	9	6	20	1	94	0	0	1	239	0.742	3.9	0.8	2.8	13.1	4.70
2023	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	STL	0	0		8.31	8.31	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	8	4	4	1	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	2.308	16.6	2.1	4.2	8.3	2.00
2023	28	1.1	Memphis	IL	AAA	STL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	6.000	27.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
2023	28	3.4	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0	0		9.00	9.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	20	2.000	15.8	2.3	2.3	9.0	4.00
2023	28	-1.2	STL	NL	Maj	STL	3	4	.429	2.45	2.70	33	0	25	0	0	14	36.2	22	11	10	1	17	1	52	1	1	3	146	1.064	5.4	0.2	4.2	12.8	3.06
2024	29	-0.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	7	4	.636	2.04	2.58	65	0	62	0	0	49	66.1	50	19	15	3	23	3	79	0	0	1	266	1.101	6.8	0.4	3.1	10.7	3.43
2025	30		2 Teams	NL	Maj	NYM-STL	3	4	.429	4.50	5.14	58	0	36	0	0	21	56.0	61	32	28	8	25	3	63	1	0	7	252	1.536	9.8	1.3	4.0	10.1	2.52
2025	30	0.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	3	1	.750	3.00	3.00	36	0	29	0	0	21	36.0	36	12	12	4	14	2	41	1	0	4	157	1.389	9.0	1.0	3.5	10.3	2.93
2025	30	0.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	3	.000	7.20	9.00	22	0	7	0	0	0	20.0	25	20	16	4	11	1	22	0	0	3	95	1.800	11.3	1.8	5.0	9.9	2.00
2026	31	3.6	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5
2026	31	1.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	3	.000	5.11	5.84	14	0	12	0	0	7	12.1	11	8	7	3	9	1	17	0	0	3	57	1.622	8.0	2.2	6.6	12.4	1.89
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		31	21	.596	3.04	3.42	311	0	183	0	0	112	332.0	254	126	112	33	141	14	394	3	2	24	1371	1.190	6.9	0.9	3.8	10.7	2.79
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		29	12	.707	2.83	3.28	89	69	3	2	1	1	381.2	301	139	120	22	140	0	413	5	1	34	1564	1.155	7.1	0.5	3.3	9.7	2.95
College (2 seasons)					College		14	8	.636	4.06	4.77	26	21			0	0	126.1	114	67	57	15	66	1	151	9	3	14	549	1.425	8.1	1.1	4.7	10.8	2.29
All Levels (13 Seasons)							74	41	.643	3.10	3.56	426	90	186	2	1	113	840.0	669	332	289	70	347	15	958	17	6	72	3484	1.210	7.2	0.8	3.7	10.3	2.76

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		4	4	.500	4.04	4.54	26	13	3	0	0	1	71.1	56	36	32	5	33	0	85	0	0	5	294	1.248	7.1	0.6	4.2	10.7	2.58
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		6	3	.667	3.89	4.35	17	13	0	1	0	0	78.2	62	38	34	10	36	0	89	3	0	13	335	1.246	7.1	1.1	4.1	10.2	2.47
A+ (1 season)					Minors		8	2	.800	2.69	2.88	17	16	0	1	1	0	93.2	72	30	28	3	30	0	91	1	0	6	374	1.089	6.9	0.3	2.9	8.7	3.03
A (1 season)					Minors		10	2	.833	1.61	2.08	17	17	0	0	0	0	95.0	77	22	17	3	19	0	109	1	1	7	378	1.011	7.3	0.3	1.8	10.3	5.74
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		1	1	.500	1.88	2.72	12	10	0	0	0	0	43.0	34	13	9	1	22	0	39	0	0	3	183	1.302	7.1	0.2	4.6	8.2	1.77