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Aaron Nola

Philadelphia Phillies National League East

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #27

Born: June 4, 1993 in Baton Rouge, LA, United States
MLB debut: July 21, 2015
Drafted: 2011, round 22
College: Louisiana State
High school: Catholic
Salary, 2026: $24.6M

dbWAR: 36.0
IP: 174.1
ERA: 4.54
FIP: 4.81
K/9: 9.1
FIP−: 115

Aaron Nola is a starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2026 he struck out 177 batters over 174.1 innings across 32 appearances, 32 of them starts, going 7-11. His ERA of 4.54 is 8.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 9th of 17 on his team, and 350th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.81 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 27.3% of swings (12.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.0%. His 1.1 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, 2026.

FIP4.81

K/99.1

WHIP1.33

WAR1.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	PHI	32	32	174.1	7	11	173	88	177	59	4.54	4.81	1.33	9.1	3.0	109	115	1.1
2025	PHI	17	17	94.1	5	10	99	63	97	28	6.01	4.58	1.35	9.3	2.7	145	110	0.8
2024	PHI	33	33	199.1	14	8	189	79	197	50	3.57	3.94	1.20	8.9	2.3	87	97	2.7
2023	PHI	32	32	193.2	12	9	178	96	202	45	4.46	4.03	1.15	9.4	2.1	103	93	3.0
2022	PHI	32	32	205.0	11	13	168	74	235	29	3.25	2.58	0.96	10.3	1.3	82	65	6.0
2021	PHI	32	32	180.2	9	9	165	93	223	39	4.63	3.37	1.13	11.1	1.9	109	79	4.1
2020	PHI	12	12	71.1	5	5	54	26	96	23	3.28	3.19	1.08	12.1	2.9	74	72	1.9
2019	PHI	34	34	202.1	12	7	176	87	229	80	3.87	4.03	1.27	10.2	3.6	86	90	3.6
2018	PHI	33	33	212.1	17	6	149	56	224	58	2.37	3.01	0.97	9.5	2.5	57	73	5.4
2017	PHI	27	27	168.0	12	11	154	66	184	49	3.54	3.27	1.21	9.9	2.6	81	75	4.2
2016	PHI	20	20	111.0	6	9	116	59	121	29	4.78	3.08	1.31	9.8	2.4	114	74	2.6
2015	PHI	13	13	77.2	6	2	74	31	68	19	3.59	4.03	1.20	7.9	2.2	91	102	0.9

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	PHI	31	63	7	4	6	29	.143	.232	.184	.041	.333	9.5%	46.0%	.201	-6.2	19	0.4
2019	PHI	32	70	7	2	6	35	.119	.200	.153	.034	.292	8.6%	50.0%	.170	-9.1	-4	0.1
2018	PHI	32	70	3	4	1	36	.048	.063	.065	.016	.115	1.4%	51.4%	.059	-14.7	-78	-0.5
2017	PHI	25	54	4	1	4	25	.083	.154	.083	.000	.174	7.4%	46.3%	.122	-9.1	-38	-0.0
2016	PHI	18	35	1	0	3	17	.033	.147	.067	.033	.077	8.6%	48.6%	.120	-5.6	-38	-0.1
2015	PHI	13	26	2	1	1	16	.087	.125	.087	.000	.286	3.8%	61.5%	.103	-4.4	-50	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. 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	454	399	99	22	50	101	.248	.330	.459	.344	22.2%
vs RHB	283	270	74	14	9	76	.274	.299	.493	.340	26.9%

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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Knuckle Curve	33.2%	972	78.4	2,628	53.1%	41.4%	247	.174	.547
Four-Seam Fastball	23.9%	699	92.3	2,354	48.2%	14.3%	132	.318	1.022
Sinker	18.2%	531	91.6	2,271	42.0%	12.3%	138	.333	1.053
Changeup	16.4%	479	85.6	1,558	35.9%	25.8%	98	.194	.513
Cutter	7.6%	223	86.2	2,299	45.7%	25.6%	49	.429	1.104
Slider	0.7%	21	83.2	2,312	52.4%	26.7%	7	—	—

Aaron Nola'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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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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FIP: 4.78
SO: 121
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ERA: 5.23
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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.