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Phil Maton
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 206 lb
- Number
- #88
- Born
- March 25, 1993 in Paducah, KY, United States
- MLB debut
- June 11, 2017
- Drafted
- 2015, round 20
- College
- Louisiana Tech
- Salary, 2026
- $5.5M
- dbWAR
- 4.7 12 season(s)
- IP
- 27.2
- ERA
- 6.18
- FIP
- 5.49
- K/9
- 10.1
- FIP−
- 131 100 = avg
Phil Maton is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2026 he struck out 31 batters over 27.2 innings across 31 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 6.18 is 47.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 496th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.49 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.7% of swings (12.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.8%. 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, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CHC | 31 | 0 | 27.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 6.18 | 5.49 | 1.81 | 10.1 | 5.2 | 148 | 131 | -0.2 | |
| 2025 | STL/TEX | 63 | 0 | 61.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 81 | 23 | 2.79 | 2.60 | 1.06 | 11.9 | 3.4 | 67 | 62 | 1.4 | |
| 2024 | TB/NYM | 71 | 0 | 64.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 26 | 60 | 24 | 3.66 | 4.26 | 1.11 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 90 | 104 | 0.2 | |
| 2023 | HOU | 68 | 0 | 66.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 22 | 74 | 25 | 3.00 | 3.74 | 1.12 | 10.1 | 3.4 | 69 | 86 | 0.8 | |
| 2022 | HOU | 67 | 0 | 65.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 28 | 73 | 24 | 3.84 | 4.33 | 1.25 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 97 | 109 | 0.1 | |
| 2021 | CLE/HOU | 65 | 1 | 66.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 35 | 85 | 32 | 4.72 | 3.50 | 1.45 | 11.5 | 4.3 | 111 | 82 | 1.0 | |
| 2020 | CLE | 23 | 0 | 21.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 4.57 | 2.22 | 1.34 | 13.3 | 2.5 | 103 | 50 | 0.7 | |
| 2019 | SD/CLE | 30 | 0 | 36.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 6.14 | 5.04 | 1.36 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 136 | 112 | -0.0 | |
| 2018 | SD | 45 | 0 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 55 | 23 | 4.37 | 3.24 | 1.54 | 10.5 | 4.4 | 105 | 78 | 0.8 | |
| 2017 | SD | 46 | 0 | 43.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 46 | 14 | 4.19 | 5.09 | 1.28 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 96 | 117 | -0.1 |
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 | 59 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 12 | .313 | .424 | .625 | .445 | 20.3% |
| vs RHB | 77 | 63 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 19 | .302 | .395 | .429 | .369 | 24.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Phil Maton 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 | 201 | 89.5 | 2,561 | 50.7% | 23.2% | 40 | .325 | .775 | |
| Curveball | 158 | 75.6 | 3,117 | 44.9% | 32.1% | 44 | .250 | .835 | |
| Sinker | 104 | 90.2 | 2,303 | 56.7% | 14.0% | 17 | .294 | .991 | |
| Sweeper | 83 | 83.2 | 2,736 | 51.8% | 32.4% | 10 | — | — |
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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.