Aroldis Chapman

Bats L Throws L6'4" 218 lbBorn 1988 Holguín, CubaDebut 2010Team BOS9x All-StarContract 1 y/$13.3M (26)+27 opt 2026: $13,000,000

Awards: All-MLB First Team, Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year, Reliever of the Year Award

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	202	32.9	10.4	2.46	20.3	6.08	119.1
2027							115.2
2028							113.4

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 37

His ten closest age-37 comparables averaged 112 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Mariano Rivera	2007	125.2	142.8	259
2	Todd Jones	2005	123.2	109.1	272
3	Rafael Betancourt	2012	117.6	108.7	123
4	Billy Wagner	2009	124.0	129.4	268
5	Troy Percival	2007	118.1	105.7	194
6	Darren O'Day	2020	116.1	104.1	46
7	Tom Gordon	2005	118.3	109.5	253
8	Alberto Reyes	2007	115.2	102.8	96
9	Joaquin Benoit	2015	116.7	112.7	204
10	Pat Neshek	2018	116.2	92.4	79

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BOS	67	0	0	0
2024	PIT	68	0	0	0
2023	TEX	61	0	0	0
2022	NYY	43	0	0	0
2021	NYY	61	0	0	0
2020	NYY	13	0	0	0
2019	NYY	60	0	0	0
2018	NYY	55	0	0	0
2017	NYY	52	0	0	0
2016	CHC	59	0	0	0
2015	CIN	65	1	1	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-134.2
2014	CIN	54	0	0	0
2013	CIN	68	1	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-138.4
2012	CIN	68	0	0	0
2011	CIN	54	0	0	0
2010	CIN	15	0	0	0
Career		863	2	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-136.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									202				115.2
2026*									175				115.0	101.2	116.2
2025	BOS	5	3	1.17	67	0	32	61.3	228	3	15	85	143.5	98.3	141.8
2024	PIT	5	5	3.79	68	0	14	61.7	265	5	39	98	107.0	97.9	104.9
2023	TEX	6	5	3.09	61	0	6	58.3	249	4	36	103	119.1	100.3	119.4
2022	NYY	4	4	4.46	43	0	9	36.3	160	4	28	43	102.3	101.9	104.2
2021	NYY	6	4	3.36	61	0	30	56.3	243	9	38	97	103.6	101.7	105.2
2020	NYY	1	1	3.09	13	0	3	11.7	45	2	4	22	117.7	99.6	117.4
2019	NYY	3	2	2.21	60	0	37	57.0	235	3	25	85	123.5	99.9	123.4
2018	NYY	3	0	2.45	55	0	32	51.3	212	2	30	93	125.0	101.3	126.3
2017	NYY	4	3	3.22	52	0	22	50.3	210	3	20	69	118.7	98.8	117.5
2016	CHC	4	1	1.55	59	0	36	58.0	222	2	18	90	135.2	100.0	135.1
2015	CIN	4	4	1.63	65	0	33	66.3	278	3	33	116	120.6	98.2	118.8
2014	CIN	0	3	2.00	54	0	36	54.0	202	1	24	106	135.2
2013	CIN	4	5	2.54	68	0	38	63.7	258	7	29	112	119.8
2012	CIN	5	5	1.51	68	0	38	71.7	276	4	23	122	134.9
2011	CIN	4	1	3.60	54	0	1	50.0	207	2	41	71	114.8
2010	CIN	2	2	2.02	15	0	0	13.3	51	0	5	19	127.8
Career		60	48	2.52	863	0	367	821.3	3341	54	408	1331	121.9		121.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2015	1	107.7	-3.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.453	0.484	0.416

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	P	67	61	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2024	PIT	P	68	62	2	7	0	0	1.000	-0.7
2023	TEX	P	61	58	0	4	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2022	NYY	P	43	36	2	6	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2021	NYY	P	61	56	0	3	3	0	0.500	+0.5
2020	NYY	P	13	12	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2019	NYY	P	60	57	1	3	2	0	0.667	-0.0
2018	NYY	P	55	51	0	5	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2017	NYY	P	52	50	1	3	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2016	CHC	P	59	58	5	5	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2015	CIN	P	65	66	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2014	CIN	P	54	54	1	2	0	0	1.000
2013	CIN	P	68	64	1	3	1	0	0.800
2012	CIN	P	68	72	2	3	1	0	0.833
2011	CIN	P	54	50	3	8	4	1	0.733
2010	CIN	P	15	13	2	1	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2011	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	29	5.2 IP, 31% K	12.12
2011	AA	Carolina Mudcats	Pit	31	7.1 IP, 35% K	6.34
2010	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	412	95.2 IP, 30% K	3.59

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2015	0.900			0.900

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	3	0	0
2019	5	0	0
2018	3	0	0
2017	6	0	0
2016	13	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2012	3	0	0
2010	2	0	0
Career	35	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	0.00	2	1	2.1	4	0	0	5	1.90
2023	0	0	2.25	9	0	8.0	7	1	5	6	1.50
2020	1	1	1.93	3	1	4.7	2	1	1	8	0.64
2019	0	1	3.38	5	2	5.3	2	1	4	9	1.12
2018	0	0	0.00	3	0	3.0	1	0	1	4	0.67
2017	0	1	1.12	6	3	8.0	7	0	2	16	1.12
2016	2	0	3.45	13	4	15.7	11	1	6	21	1.09
2012	0	0	3.00	3	0	3.0	2	0	2	3	1.33
2010	0	1	0.00	2	0	1.7	3	0	0	1	1.80
Career	3	4	2.27	46	11	51.4	39	4	21	73	1.17

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	NYY	$9,468,443
2015	CIN	$8,050,000
2014	CIN	$5,000,000
2013	CIN	$4,835,772
2012	CIN	$4,835,772
2011	CIN	$3,835,772

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.