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Porter Hodge

Age: 24
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #37

Born: February 21, 2001 in Salt Lake City, UT, United States
MLB debut: May 22, 2024
Drafted: 2019, round 13
High school: Cottonwood

dbWAR: .4
IP: 33.0
ERA: 6.27
FIP: 5.89
K/9: 10.9
FIP−: 142

Porter Hodge was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2025 he struck out 40 batters over 33.0 innings across 36 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 6.27 was 50.8% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the worst on his team, and 488th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.89 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.7% of swings (12.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.2%. 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, 2025.

FIP5.89

K/910.9

WHIP1.58

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2025	CHC	36	0	33.0	2	2	2	34	23	40	18	6.27	5.89	1.58	10.9	4.9	151	142	-0.5
2024	CHC	39	0	43.0	3	1	9	19	9	52	19	1.88	2.75	0.88	10.9	4.0	46	67	0.9

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. 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	61	53	12	3	8	16	.226	.328	.434	.328	26.2%
vs RHB	86	74	22	6	10	24	.297	.372	.622	.413	27.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Porter Hodge 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	50.4%	315	96.0	2,371	44.1%	22.2%	44	.273	.865
Sweeper	31.8%	199	84.0	2,664	51.3%	27.4%	57	.281	1.002
Slider	17.3%	108	86.2	2,628	56.5%	34.4%	26	.231	.695

Porter Hodge'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 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Cam BooserCWS

ERA: 5.52
FIP: 6.26
SO: 35
WAR: -0.6

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Héctor NerisLAA

ERA: 6.75
FIP: 5.35
SO: 35
WAR: -0.2

Jorge AlcalaMIN

ERA: 6.22
FIP: 5.68
SO: 61
WAR: -0.6

Konnor PilkingtonWSH

ERA: 4.45
FIP: 5.96
SO: 34
WAR: -0.4

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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.