Players · P · Pitcher · 2026
Nick Pivetta
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #27
- Born
- February 14, 1993 in Victoria, BC, Canada
- MLB debut
- April 30, 2017
- Drafted
- 2013, round 4
- College
- New Mexico JC
- High school
- Lambrick Park Secondary
- Salary, 2026
- $19.8M
- dbWAR
- 14.7 14 season(s)
- IP
- 34.2
- ERA
- 2.86
- FIP
- 2.21
- K/9
- 10.9
- FIP−
- 53 100 = avg
Nick Pivetta is a starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2026 he struck out 42 batters over 34.2 innings across 8 appearances, 8 of them starts, going 3-2. His ERA of 2.86 is 31.6% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 5th of 19 on his team, and 75th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.21 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.9% of swings (11.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 30.0%. His 1.2 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SD | 8 | 8 | 34.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 42 | 8 | 2.86 | 2.21 | 1.01 | 10.9 | 2.1 | 68 | 53 | 1.2 | |
| 2025 | SD | 31 | 31 | 181.2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 129 | 58 | 190 | 50 | 2.87 | 3.49 | 0.99 | 9.4 | 2.5 | 69 | 84 | 3.5 | |
| 2024 | BOS | 27 | 26 | 145.2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 128 | 67 | 172 | 36 | 4.14 | 4.07 | 1.13 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 101 | 100 | 1.8 | |
| 2023 | BOS | 38 | 16 | 142.2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 110 | 64 | 183 | 50 | 4.04 | 3.96 | 1.12 | 11.5 | 3.2 | 93 | 91 | 2.0 | |
| 2022 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 179.2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 175 | 91 | 175 | 73 | 4.56 | 4.42 | 1.38 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 115 | 111 | 1.4 | |
| 2021 | BOS | 31 | 30 | 155.0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 137 | 78 | 175 | 65 | 4.53 | 4.28 | 1.30 | 10.2 | 3.8 | 106 | 100 | 2.1 | |
| 2020 | PHI/BOS | 5 | 2 | 15.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 6.89 | 5.68 | 1.53 | 9.8 | 3.4 | 155 | 128 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | PHI | 30 | 13 | 93.2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 103 | 56 | 89 | 39 | 5.38 | 5.47 | 1.52 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 119 | 121 | -0.1 | |
| 2018 | PHI | 33 | 32 | 164.0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 163 | 87 | 188 | 51 | 4.77 | 3.79 | 1.30 | 10.3 | 2.8 | 115 | 91 | 2.7 | |
| 2017 | PHI | 26 | 26 | 133.0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 144 | 89 | 140 | 57 | 6.02 | 4.87 | 1.51 | 9.5 | 3.9 | 138 | 112 | 0.9 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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 | 79 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .173 | .215 | .227 | .202 | 31.6% |
| vs RHB | 61 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 17 | .250 | .311 | .393 | .314 | 27.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Nick Pivetta 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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 307 | 94.0 | 2,347 | 51.5% | 21.3% | 72 | .194 | .538 | |
| Curveball | 127 | 79.1 | 2,723 | 50.4% | 26.7% | 22 | .227 | .519 | |
| Cutter | 69 | 90.9 | 2,377 | 47.8% | 7.9% | 17 | .294 | .706 | |
| Sweeper | 64 | 81.6 | 2,387 | 53.1% | 42.4% | 16 | .125 | .535 |
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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.