Players · N · Pitcher · 2026

Doug Nikhazy

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 27
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 210 lb

Born: August 11, 1999 in Burlington, NC, United States
MLB debut: April 26, 2025
Drafted: 2021, round 2
College: Mississippi
High school: West Orange

dbWAR: -.0
IP: 2.0
ERA: 4.50
FIP: 5.10
K/9: 4.5
FIP−: 122

Doug Nikhazy is a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2026 he struck out 1 batter over 2.0 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.50 is 7.7% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 5.10 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 33.3% of swings (10.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 22.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.1%. His -0.0 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.

FIP5.10

K/94.5

WHIP1.50

WAR-.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	CWS	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4.50	5.10	1.50	4.5	9.0	108	122	-0.0
2025	CLE	2	1	4.0	0	1	0	5	6	5	6	13.50	5.14	2.75	11.3	13.5	325	123	-0.0

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	3	2	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.242	33.3%
vs RHB	6	5	1	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.270	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Doug Nikhazy 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	46.2%	18	87.4	1,884	27.8%	14.3%	5	—	—

Doug Nikhazy'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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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.