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Mike Clevinger

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 35
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #52

Born: December 21, 1990 in Jacksonville, FL, United States
MLB debut: May 18, 2016
Drafted: 2011, round 4
College: Seminole State College (FL)
High school: Samuel W. Wolfson
Salary, 2025: $1.5M

dbWAR: 12.2
IP: 5.2
ERA: 7.94
FIP: 6.31
K/9: 4.8
FIP−: 152

Mike Clevinger was 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.

FIP6.31

K/94.8

WHIP2.29

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2025	CWS	8	0	5.2	0	2	5	5	3	8	7.94	6.31	2.29	4.8	12.7	191	152	-0.1
2024	CWS	4	4	16.0	0	3	22	12	15	9	6.75	6.23	1.94	8.4	5.1	165	153	-0.2
2023	CWS	24	24	131.1	9	9	121	55	110	40	3.77	4.28	1.23	7.5	2.7	87	99	1.7
2022	SD	23	22	114.1	7	7	102	55	91	35	4.33	4.98	1.20	7.2	2.8	109	125	-0.2
2020	CLE/SD	8	8	41.2	3	2	34	14	40	14	3.02	4.15	1.15	8.6	3.0	68	93	0.7
2019	CLE	21	21	126.0	13	4	96	38	169	37	2.71	2.49	1.06	12.1	2.6	60	55	4.3
2018	CLE	32	32	200.0	13	8	164	67	207	67	3.02	3.52	1.16	9.3	3.0	73	85	4.0
2017	CLE	27	21	121.2	12	6	92	42	137	60	3.11	3.85	1.25	10.1	4.4	71	88	2.0
2016	CLE	17	10	53.0	3	3	50	31	50	29	5.26	4.86	1.49	8.5	4.9	126	116	0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	CLE	1	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.6	-120	-0.0
2018	CLE	2	4	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-1.0	-116	-0.0
2017	CLE	2	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-0.8	-123	-0.0
2016	CLE	1	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-111	-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	36.8%	42	93.5	2,294	38.1%	25.0%	9	—	—
Cutter	22.8%	26	89.4	2,470	26.9%	11.1%	6	—	—
Sweeper	19.3%	22	78.8	2,320	27.3%	11.1%	4	—	—
Changeup	15.8%	18	87.5	1,556	44.4%	37.5%	2	—	—

Mike Clevinger's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

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.