Pitcher · 2026
Aaron Nola
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #27
- Born
- June 4, 1993 in Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- MLB debut
- July 21, 2015
- Drafted
- 2011, round 22
- College
- Louisiana State
- High school
- Catholic
- Salary, 2026
- $24.6M
- dbWAR
- 2.8 3 season(s)
- IP
- 125.0
- ERA
- 5.47
- FIP
- 5.09
- K/9
- 9.3
- FIP−
- 122 100 = avg
Aaron Nola is a starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2026 he struck out 129 batters over 125.0 innings across 24 appearances, 24 of them starts, going 3-9. His ERA of 5.47 was 31.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 12th of 16 on his team, and 392nd of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.09 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.5% of swings (12.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.7%. 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 | 341 | 299 | 83 | 18 | 37 | 75 | .278 | .355 | .515 | .373 | 22.0% |
| vs RHB | 203 | 195 | 55 | 11 | 6 | 54 | .282 | .303 | .513 | .349 | 26.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Aaron Nola 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.
| Knuckle Curve | 712 | 78.3 | 2,621 | 53.5% | 41.7% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 517 | 92.3 | 2,345 | 46.2% | 13.3% | |
| Sinker | 411 | 91.6 | 2,259 | 41.4% | 12.8% | |
| Changeup | 349 | 85.5 | 1,552 | 36.4% | 27.7% | |
| Cutter | 159 | 86.2 | 2,289 | 45.9% | 25.8% | |
| Slider | 21 | 83.2 | 2,312 | 52.4% | 26.7% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 125.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 138 | 76 | 129 | 43 | 5.47 | 5.09 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 131 | 122 | -0.0 | |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 94.1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 99 | 63 | 97 | 28 | 6.01 | 4.58 | 1.35 | 9.3 | 2.7 | 145 | 110 | 0.5 | |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 199.1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 189 | 79 | 197 | 50 | 3.57 | 3.94 | 1.20 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 87 | 97 | 2.3 |
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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.