Players · C · Pitcher · 2026
Aaron Civale
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Number
- #38
- Born
- June 12, 1995 in East Windsor, CT, United States
- MLB debut
- June 22, 2019
- Drafted
- 2016, round 3
- College
- Northeastern
- High school
- Loomis Chaffee
- Salary, 2026
- $6M
- dbWAR
- 8.8 10 season(s)
- IP
- 111.1
- ERA
- 4.20
- FIP
- 4.65
- K/9
- 7.4
- FIP−
- 111 100 = avg
Aaron Civale is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2026 he struck out 91 batters over 111.1 innings across 34 appearances, going 6-8. His ERA of 4.20 is 0.6% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 10th of 16 on his team, and 293rd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.65 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.7% of swings (9.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.5%. His 0.4 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CHC/ATH | 34 | 15 | 111.1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 125 | 52 | 91 | 35 | 4.20 | 4.65 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 101 | 111 | 0.4 | |
| 2025 | CWS/CHC/MIL | 23 | 18 | 102.0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 96 | 55 | 88 | 33 | 4.85 | 4.63 | 1.26 | 7.8 | 2.9 | 117 | 111 | 0.5 | |
| 2024 | TB/MIL | 31 | 31 | 161.0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 158 | 78 | 149 | 52 | 4.36 | 4.74 | 1.30 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 107 | 116 | 0.7 | |
| 2023 | CLE/TB | 23 | 23 | 122.1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 109 | 47 | 116 | 33 | 3.46 | 3.57 | 1.16 | 8.5 | 2.4 | 80 | 82 | 2.5 | |
| 2022 | CLE | 20 | 20 | 97.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 53 | 98 | 22 | 4.92 | 3.87 | 1.19 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 124 | 97 | 1.3 | |
| 2021 | CLE | 21 | 21 | 124.1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 108 | 53 | 99 | 31 | 3.84 | 4.83 | 1.12 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 90 | 113 | 0.7 | |
| 2020 | CLE | 12 | 12 | 74.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 82 | 39 | 69 | 16 | 4.74 | 4.03 | 1.32 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 107 | 90 | 1.3 | |
| 2019 | CLE | 10 | 10 | 57.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 46 | 16 | 2.34 | 3.40 | 1.04 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 52 | 76 | 1.4 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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 | 271 | 241 | 71 | 12 | 27 | 43 | .295 | .370 | .515 | .385 | 15.9% |
| vs RHB | 223 | 208 | 54 | 6 | 8 | 48 | .260 | .294 | .423 | .310 | 21.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Aaron Civale 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.
| Cutter | 717 | 88.1 | 2,665 | 53.8% | 24.7% | 156 | .269 | .776 | |
| Curveball | 484 | 77.4 | 3,059 | 45.7% | 23.0% | 115 | .200 | .574 | |
| Sinker | 304 | 91.6 | 2,291 | 43.1% | 12.9% | 78 | .333 | .979 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 196 | 91.5 | 2,403 | 41.3% | 11.9% | 47 | .340 | 1.139 | |
| Splitter | 137 | 84.9 | 1,936 | 27.7% | 23.8% | 35 | .314 | .733 | |
| Slider | 58 | 82.5 | 2,847 | 32.8% | 17.2% | 18 | .389 | 1.061 |
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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.