Pitcher · 2025
Mike Clevinger
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #52
- Born
- December 21, 1990 in Jacksonville, FL, USA
- MLB debut
- May 18, 2016
- Drafted
- 2011, round 4
- College
- Seminole State College (FL)
- High school
- Samuel W. Wolfson
- Salary, 2025
- $1.5M
- dbWAR
- -.3 2 season(s)
- IP
- 5.2
- ERA
- 7.94
- FIP
- 6.31
- K/9
- 4.8
- FIP−
- 152 100 = avg
Mike Clevinger is a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2025 he struck out 3 batters over 5.2 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 7.94 was 91.0% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 6.31 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.0% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 25.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.7%. His -0.1 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, 2025.
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 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .364 | .533 | .364 | .429 | 0.0% |
| vs RHB | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .091 | .313 | .182 | .259 | 18.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Mike Clevinger 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 2025.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 42 | 93.5 | 2,294 | 38.1% | 25.0% | |
| Cutter | 26 | 89.4 | 2,470 | 26.9% | 11.1% | |
| Sweeper | 22 | 78.8 | 2,320 | 27.3% | 11.1% | |
| Changeup | 18 | 87.5 | 1,556 | 44.4% | 37.5% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7.94 | 6.31 | 2.29 | 4.8 | 12.7 | 191 | 152 | -0.1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6.75 | 6.23 | 1.94 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 165 | 153 | -0.2 |
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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.