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Jordan Hicks

Age
30
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
217 lb
Number
#44
Born
September 6, 1996 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut
March 29, 2018
Drafted
2015, round SUP
High school
Cypress Creek
Salary, 2026
$12M
dbWAR
4.5
9 season(s)
IP
47.0
ERA
4.02
FIP
3.74
K/9
11.9
FIP−
90
100 = avg

Jordan Hicks is a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2026 he struck out 62 batters over 47.0 innings across 52 appearances, going 3-2. His ERA of 4.02 is 3.8% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 12th of 18 on his team, and 268th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.74 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 27.8% of swings (12.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 29.1%. His 0.5 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.

FIP3.74
K/911.9
WHIP1.57
WAR.5

WAR by season

1.30.60.01819212223242526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026CWS52247.0321412162334.023.741.5711.96.396900.5
2025BOS/SF34967.1272805258326.954.351.667.84.31671050.4
2024SF2920109.24711125096474.104.371.457.93.91011070.7
2023STL/TOR65065.23912572481323.293.221.3611.14.476741.3
2022STL35861.1360463363354.844.171.329.25.11221050.3
2021STL10010.00005610105.404.171.509.09.0127980.1
2019STL29028.22214161031113.143.210.949.73.570710.6
2018STL73077.2346593170453.593.741.348.15.287900.8

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2018STL11000001.000.000.000.000—0.0%100.0%.000-0.3-123-0.0—

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB84671611430.239.369.299.29735.7%
vs RHB1291102531932.227.341.382.32924.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Jordan Hicks 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.

Sinker45.6%39799.11,98851.1%12.8%89.326.879
Sweeper30.2%26386.52,26043.3%51.0%40.150.661
Four-Seam Fastball20.6%17999.32,29253.6%28.4%38.079.327
Splitter3.6%3191.21,14232.3%53.8%11——
Jordan Hicks'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.

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.