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Cody Bolton

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #67

Born: June 19, 1998 in Richmond, VA, United States
MLB debut: April 29, 2023
Drafted: 2017, round 6
High school: Tracy

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dbWAR: -.2
IP: 20.0
ERA: 5.40
FIP: 5.10
K/9: 9.9
FIP−: 122

Cody Bolton is a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2026 he struck out 22 batters over 20.0 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 5.40 was 29.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 15th of 20 on his team, and 438th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.10 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 19.9% of swings (8.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.2%. His -0.1 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 regular season.

FIP5.10

K/99.9

WHIP1.75

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	HOU	8	3	20.0	0	1	1	21	12	22	14	5.40	5.10	1.75	9.9	6.3	129	122	-0.1
2025	CLE	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	13.50	2.14	2.00	4.5	0.0	325	51	0.1
2024	SEA	17	0	18.2	0	0	0	18	9	17	9	4.34	4.88	1.45	8.2	4.3	106	120	-0.1
2023	PIT	16	0	21.1	1	0	0	30	15	22	15	6.33	5.27	2.11	9.3	6.3	146	122	-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	52	40	11	0	10	7	.275	.431	.375	.378	13.5%
vs RHB	43	38	10	3	4	15	.263	.326	.553	.371	34.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Cody Bolton 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


Four-Seam Fastball	28.6%	111	94.8	2,330	41.4%	25.0%	21	.333	.929
Cutter	23.7%	92	90.7	2,586	44.6%	19.4%	19	.158	.649
Sinker	14.7%	57	94.5	2,256	59.6%	10.3%	12	—	—
Curveball	11.6%	45	79.2	2,683	42.2%	0.0%	11	—	—
Changeup	10.8%	42	89.5	2,017	28.6%	26.7%	6	—	—
Sweeper	10.6%	41	82.1	2,694	51.2%	30.0%	9	—	—

Cody Bolton'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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Similar players

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

Bennett SousaHOU

ERA: 6.00
FIP: 4.94
SO: 32
WAR: -0.1

Caleb FergusonCIN

ERA: 5.18
FIP: 4.92
SO: 31
WAR: -0.1

Jefry YanNYM

ERA: 4.87
FIP: 4.82
SO: 26
WAR: -0.0

Seth JohnsonPHI

ERA: 5.88
FIP: 4.62
SO: 40
WAR: 0.1

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.