Aaron Civale

Bats R Throws R6'2" 215 lbBorn 1995 East Windsor, USADebut 2019Team CHCDraft 2016 R3 #92 Cleveland Guardians, NortheasternContract 1 y/$6M (26) 2026: $2,278,075

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	416	20.2	7.0	3.61	20.1	6.87	98.7
2027							98.8
2028							98.5

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 101 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	Anthony DeSclafani	2020	100.1	113.3	676
2	Wei-Yin Chen	2016	98.1	116.3	132
3	Danny Duffy	2019	99.9	99.8	242
4	Jarrod Washburn	2005	99.2	99.7	809
5	Nathan Eovaldi	2020	98.0	107.5	764
6	Brad Penny	2008	102.4	97.2	751
7	Jon Gray	2022	102.7	102.9	656
8	Tomo Ohka	2006	100.2	89.3	251
9	Kris Benson	2005	103.7	94.7	781
10	Matt Clement	2005	101.5	90.4	310

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CHC	23	0	0	0
2024	MIL	31	0	0	0
2023	TB	23	0	0	0
2022	CLE	20	0	0	0
2021	CLE	21	2	1	1	0.000	0.500	0.000	0.500	124.8
2020	CLE	12	0	0	0
2019	CLE	10	2	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.6
Career		140	4	1	2	0.000	0.250	0.000	0.250	3.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									416				98.8
2026*									409				85.4	99.0	84.4
2025	CHC	4	9	4.85	23	18	1	102.0	435	16	33	88	96.0	98.9	94.9
2024	MIL	8	9	4.36	31	31	0	161.0	689	29	52	149	94.6	99.6	94.2
2023	TB	7	5	3.46	23	23	0	122.3	504	12	33	116	109.0	98.7	107.7
2022	CLE	5	6	4.92	20	20	0	97.0	407	14	22	98	98.6	100.8	99.3
2021	CLE	12	5	3.84	21	21	0	124.3	498	23	31	99	101.7	101.1	102.8
2020	CLE	4	6	4.74	12	12	0	74.0	312	11	16	69	94.8	100.8	95.6
2019	CLE	3	4	2.34	10	10	0	57.7	227	4	16	46	115.8	102.3	118.0
Career		43	44	4.14	140	135	1	738.3	3072	109	203	665	100.4		100.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	2					0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.346
2019	2	76.3	-63.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	40.0	0.134	0.151	0.131

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	23	102	3	1	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2024	MIL	P	31	161	10	10	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2023	TB	P	23	122	6	6	1	1	0.923	-0.8
2022	CLE	P	20	97	11	5	2	0	0.889	+0.4
2021	CLE	P	21	124	7	15	0	1	1.000	+0.7
2020	CLE	P	12	74	5	8	1	2	0.929	+0.3
2019	CLE	P	10	58	1	4	1	0	0.833	+0.6

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	30	9.0 IP, 17% K	0.00
2023	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	47	11.0 IP, 34% K	4.91
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	60	13.1 IP, 30% K	4.81
2021	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	28	7.0 IP, 29% K	1.29
2019	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	176	42.1 IP, 26% K	2.14
2019	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	121	30.1 IP, 20% K	2.69
2018	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	447	106.1 IP, 17% K	3.90
2017	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Pit	418	107.2 IP, 21% K	2.60
2017	A	Lake County Captains	Pit	236	57.0 IP, 22% K	4.58

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.350		0.350
2019		0.000		0.000

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

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0.00	1	0	4.1	3	0	0	3	0.73
2024	0	0.00	1	0	3.0	0	0	1	2	0.33
2022	1	270.00	1	1	0.1	2	1	1	1	30.00
Career	1	3.75	3	1	7.2	5	1	2	6	0.97