Pitcher · 2025
Chris Flexen
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Born
- July 1, 1994 in Newark, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- July 27, 2017
- Drafted
- 2012, round 14
- High school
- Newark Memorial
- dbWAR
- .1 2 season(s)
- IP
- 43.2
- ERA
- 3.09
- FIP
- 5.04
- K/9
- 4.5
- FIP−
- 121 100 = avg
Chris Flexen is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2025 he struck out 22 batters over 43.2 innings across 21 appearances, going 5-1. His ERA of 3.09 was 25.7% lower than the league average of 4.16 — 6th of 16 on his team, and 139th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.04 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 16.7% of swings (8.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.4%. His -0.2 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, 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 | 77 | 70 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 7 | .286 | .351 | .514 | .373 | 9.1% |
| vs RHB | 101 | 94 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 15 | .191 | .228 | .266 | .219 | 14.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Chris Flexen 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 | 277 | 92.4 | 2,244 | 46.2% | 14.0% | |
| Cutter | 190 | 89.1 | 2,499 | 40.5% | 11.5% | |
| Curveball | 115 | 72.8 | 2,636 | 53.0% | 28.8% | |
| Slider | 60 | 81.0 | 2,516 | 35.0% | 25.0% | |
| Slurve | 17 | 77.6 | 2,623 | 17.6% | 0.0% | |
| Changeup | 14 | 81.1 | 1,296 | 7.1% | 33.3% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 1 | 43.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 3.09 | 5.04 | 1.15 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 74 | 121 | -0.2 | |
| 2024 | 33 | 30 | 160.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 180 | 88 | 123 | 63 | 4.95 | 4.80 | 1.52 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 121 | 118 | 0.3 |
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Nearest 2025 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.