Pitcher · 2026
Hoby Milner
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 187 lb
- Number
- #41
- Born
- January 13, 1991 in Dallas, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- June 24, 2017
- Drafted
- 2009, round 44
- College
- Texas
- Salary, 2026
- $3.75M
- dbWAR
- 2.0 3 season(s)
- IP
- 35.2
- ERA
- 3.53
- FIP
- 4.54
- K/9
- 4.5
- FIP−
- 109 100 = avg
Hoby Milner is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2026 he struck out 18 batters over 35.2 innings across 38 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.53 was 15.4% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 6th of 14 on his team, and 173rd of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.54 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.1% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.1%. His 0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 75 | 66 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .258 | .324 | .379 | .314 | 9.3% |
| vs RHB | 74 | 67 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 11 | .254 | .301 | .418 | .308 | 14.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Hoby Milner throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Sinker | 239 | 86.9 | 1,901 | 50.6% | 18.6% | |
| Sweeper | 162 | 78.3 | 1,817 | 42.6% | 23.5% | |
| Changeup | 89 | 80.7 | 1,564 | 33.7% | 12.2% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 78 | 87.4 | 1,934 | 42.3% | 8.5% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 0 | 35.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 3.53 | 4.54 | 1.21 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 85 | 109 | 0.0 | |
| 2025 | 73 | 0 | 70.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 30 | 58 | 21 | 3.84 | 3.39 | 1.27 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 92 | 82 | 1.0 | |
| 2024 | 61 | 1 | 64.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 34 | 64 | 14 | 4.73 | 3.14 | 1.19 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 116 | 77 | 1.0 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.