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Caleb Thielbar

#24 - Relief Pitcher

Chicago Cubs

Bats / Throws Right / Left
Date of Birth 1/31/1987 (39)
Height, Weight 6'0", 205 lb
Hometown Northfield, MN

2026 Season Stats

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MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
2 8.2 3.12 1.27 29.7% 10.8%
- 1
Sv
- 9.0
IP
- 5.71
ERA
- 1.59
WHIP
- 21.9%
K%
- 11.4%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.6 14.2% 26.5% 56.8% 1.2% 5.23 2.81
- 94.2
FB MPH
- 11.9%
SwStr%
- 28.4%
CSW%
- 49.5%
Str-ICR
- 4.1%
MTK%
- 4.96
PLV
- 3.48
PLA
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Caleb Thielbar Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2013 MIN 49 0 46.0 3-2 0 - 1.76 0.83 - 3.40 - - 22.8% 8.2% 4.7 0.78 .175 - 83.3% - - - - - -
2014 MIN 54 0 47.2 2-1 0 - 3.40 1.41 - 3.56 - - 17.0% 7.8% 9.6 0.57 .320 - 76.8% - - - - - -
2015 MIN 6 0 5.0 0-0 0 - 5.40 1.00 - 1.13 - - 25.0% 0.0% 9.0 0.00 .357 - 40.0% - - - - - -
2020 MIN 17 0 20.0 2-1 0 1 2.25 1.15 3.37 2.34 4.47 3.09 26.8% 11.0% 6.3 0.00 .275 0.0% 73.9% 31.4% 31.4% 14.6% 30.7% 0.65 5.11
2021 MIN 59 0 64.0 7-0 0 12 3.23 1.17 3.95 3.47 4.11 2.75 28.9% 7.5% 7.7 1.13 .303 14.8% 80.8% 38.0% 34.9% 13.1% 30.1% 0.63 5.29
2022 MIN 67 0 59.1 4-3 1 18 3.49 1.16 2.95 2.42 2.94 2.48 32.7% 7.3% 7.7 0.76 .324 11.9% 69.4% 34.7% 28.8% 16.5% 31.6% 0.73 5.29
2023 MIN 36 0 30.2 3-1 0 14 3.23 0.95 4.75 4.48 3.07 2.63 30.0% 5.0% 6.7 2.05 .229 36.8% 88.5% 38.5% 38.5% 12.1% 27.9% 0.55 5.23
2024 MIN 59 0 47.1 2-4 3 10 5.32 1.56 4.24 4.10 3.96 2.83 24.5% 11.1% 9.5 1.14 .333 20.0% 62.5% 38.8% 39.6% 12.0% 30.1% 0.62 5.28
2025 CHC 67 0 58.0 3-4 1 25 2.64 0.88 2.49 3.00 3.35 2.37 25.5% 5.9% 5.9 0.78 .226 14.3% 77.3% 35.1% 40.0% 13.3% 30.5% 0.59 5.20
2026 CHC 11 0 8.2 2-2 2 1 3.12 1.27 2.82 5.46 4.18 2.81 29.7% 10.8% 6.2 2.08 .200 28.6% 85.4% 36.4% 27.3% 14.2% 26.5% 0.59 5.23
RP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 7 0 9.0 0-1 1 1 5.71 1.59 4.86 5.33 4.78 3.48 21.9% 11.4% 9.5 1.29 .307 19.3% 71.7% 38.4% 43.8% 11.9% 28.4% 0.48 4.96
Career 425 0 386.2 28-18 7 81 3.26 1.14 3.51 3.35 3.61 1.49 26.2% 7.8% 7.4 0.93 .279 16.3% 74.6% 36.5% 35.5% 13.7% 30.2% 0.63 5.25

Caleb Thielbar Repertoire

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Caleb Thielbar Game Log

Caleb Thielbar Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2013 MIN 49 0 46.0 3-2 0 0 - 659 409 250 171 24 10 8 2 4 39 14 0 1
2014 MIN 54 0 47.2 2-1 0 0 - 813 509 304 206 51 38 6 4 3 35 16 1 0
2015 MIN 6 0 5.0 0-0 0 0 - 81 53 28 20 5 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1
2020 MIN 17 0 20.0 2-1 0 0 1 371 243 128 82 14 12 2 0 0 22 9 0 2
2021 MIN 59 0 64.0 7-0 0 0 12 1,106 736 370 266 55 31 16 0 8 77 20 3 3
2022 MIN 67 0 59.1 4-3 0 1 18 996 694 302 245 51 38 7 1 5 80 18 0 1
2023 MIN 36 0 30.2 3-1 0 0 14 481 317 164 120 23 10 5 1 7 36 6 0 1
2024 MIN 59 0 47.1 2-4 0 3 10 887 590 297 216 50 35 9 0 6 53 24 0 2
2025 CHC 67 0 58.0 3-4 0 1 25 839 561 278 220 38 23 9 1 5 56 13 0 0
2026 CHC 11 0 8.2 2-2 0 2 1 162 108 54 37 6 4 0 0 2 11 4 0 1
RP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 7 0 9.0 0-1 0 1 1 157 99 58 40 9 6 2 0 1 9 4 1 0
Career 425 0 386.2 28-18 0 7 81 6,395 4,220 2,175 1,583 317 205 63 9 40 414 124 4 12

Caleb Thielbar Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2013 MIN 22.8% 8.2% .154 .308 .530 .225 .175 .203 - - - - - - - -
2014 MIN 17.0% 7.8% .280 .407 .739 .322 .320 .333 - - - - - - - -
2015 MIN 25.0% 0.0% .263 .316 .579 .252 .357 .357 - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 26.8% 11.0% .192 .219 .499 .236 .275 .275 .209 .275 .291 .318 83.1 90.7 20.8 3.37
2021 MIN 28.9% 7.5% .232 .401 .698 .300 .303 .337 .217 .302 .258 .385 86.7 91.3 19.3 3.95
2022 MIN 32.7% 7.3% .226 .332 .614 .271 .324 .347 .206 .269 .289 .367 84.4 87.2 21.2 2.95
2023 MIN 30.0% 5.0% .204 .451 .695 .293 .229 .299 .240 .332 .275 .453 87.9 92.8 19.4 4.75
2024 MIN 24.5% 11.1% .266 .410 .754 .327 .333 .362 .237 .316 .288 .375 87.4 89.8 15.7 4.24
2025 CHC 25.5% 5.9% .186 .314 .546 .236 .226 .252 .198 .245 .242 .302 87.5 88.6 19.7 2.49
2026 CHC 29.7% 10.8% .182 .364 .634 .276 .200 .273 .156 .244 .192 .302 87.9 87.8 21.5 2.82
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 21.9% 11.4% .254 .412 .757 .340 .307 .338 .245 .337 .291 .380 88.4 89.7 13.4 4.86
Career 26.2% 7.8% .222 .362 .644 .288 .279 .307 .215 .296 .268 .376 86.5 89.7 19.2 3.51

Caleb Thielbar Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2020 MIN 54.4% (89.8) - - 18.9% (77.9) - 26.7% (69.1) - - - 54.4% 45.6%
2021 MIN 49.3% (91.3) - - 34.3% (80.2) - 16.4% (71.8) 0.1% (84.3) - - 49.3% 50.7%
2022 MIN 49.5% (92.8) - - 24.9% (81.3) - 24.7% (73.0) 0.9% (82.8) - - 49.5% 50.5%
2023 MIN 52.2% (93.0) - - 5.8% (88.4) 21.4% (80.3) 20.6% (73.6) - - - 52.2% 47.8%
2024 MIN 43.4% (93.2) - - 0.8% (86.2) 31.0% (81.5) 24.8% (74.2) - - - 43.4% 56.6%
2025 CHC 42.1% (92.8) - - 13.8% (88.7) 16.0% (81.1) 28.1% (76.0) - - - 42.1% 57.9%
2026 CHC 53.1% (93.6) - - 19.8% (88.1) 4.3% (81.7) 22.8% (76.9) - - - 53.1% 46.9%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 34.4% (94.2) 26.9% (93.8) 21.5% (89.3) 27.5% (85.5) 23.4% (82.5) 18.2% (80.9) 19.3% (86.0) 21.0% (86.4) - (-) 47.0% 52.8%
Career 47.8% (92.3) - - 18.2% (82.1) 10.7% (82.1) 23.1% (73.5) 0.2% (82.9) - - 47.8% 52.2%

Caleb Thielbar Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2020 MIN 33.7% (33) - - 18.6% (6) - 33.3% (15) - - - 33.7% 27.2%
2021 MIN 26.6% (70) - - 32.5% (40) - 35.9% (35) 0.0% (0) - - 26.6% 33.5%
2022 MIN 31.4% (88) - - 31.9% (37) - 32.1% (38) 22.2% (1) - - 31.4% 31.8%
2023 MIN 27.1% (32) - - 21.4% (3) 28.2% (11) 31.3% (12) - - - 27.1% 28.7%
2024 MIN 24.7% (41) - - 28.6% (0) 32.4% (37) 36.8% (28) - - - 24.7% 34.3%
2025 CHC 27.2% (46) - - 32.8% (22) 30.6% (12) 34.3% (32) - - - 27.2% 32.9%
2026 CHC 31.4% (13) - - 25.0% (5) 28.6% (2) 16.2% (3) - - - 31.4% 21.1%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 26.5% (6) 28.0% (3) 28.1% (4) 31.1% (6) 29.1% (5) 28.7% (4) 22.3% (5) 25.4% (7) - (-) 27.8% 28.4%
Career 28.3% (323) - - 30.6% (113) 31.0% (62) 33.6% (163) 20.0% (1) - - 28.3% 32.0%

Caleb Thielbar Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2020 MIN 31.4% 21.6% 29.4% 17.6% 39.2% 41.2% 27.5% 31.4% 21.0% 68.6% 21.6% 5.9% 3.9% 31.4%
2021 MIN 34.9% 21.1% 32.5% 11.4% 34.3% 44.0% 33.7% 22.3% 21.4% 62.0% 19.3% 7.8% 10.8% 38.0%
2022 MIN 28.8% 26.0% 28.8% 16.4% 37.7% 38.8% 28.6% 32.7% 23.3% 65.1% 24.0% 4.8% 6.2% 34.7%
2023 MIN 38.5% 20.5% 24.4% 16.7% 37.2% 52.6% 28.2% 19.2% 21.8% 61.5% 20.5% 6.4% 11.5% 38.5%
2024 MIN 39.6% 25.2% 21.6% 13.7% 34.5% 45.3% 32.4% 22.3% 20.7% 61.2% 24.5% 5.0% 9.4% 38.8%
2025 CHC 40.0% 18.7% 23.3% 18.0% 30.7% 43.7% 36.4% 19.9% 18.4% 64.6% 23.3% 6.0% 6.0% 35.1%
2026 CHC 27.3% 18.2% 31.8% 22.7% 36.4% 45.5% 40.9% 13.6% 26.5% 63.7% 13.6% 18.2% 4.5% 36.4%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 43.8% 21.9% 24.1% 10.3% 35.0% 41.5% 33.3% 25.1% 17.1% 61.4% 24.8% 5.9% 8.0% 38.4%
Career 35.5% 22.2% 26.9% 15.4% 35.0% 43.9% 32.2% 23.9% 21.3% 63.5% 22.1% 6.4% 8.1% 36.5%

Caleb Thielbar Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2020 MIN .192 .236 .275 .275 .209 .275 .291 .318 83.1 90.7 20.8 0.0% 31.4% 19.5%
2021 MIN .232 .300 .303 .337 .217 .302 .258 .385 86.7 91.3 19.3 14.8% 38.0% 23.7%
2022 MIN .226 .271 .324 .347 .206 .269 .289 .367 84.4 87.2 21.2 11.9% 34.7% 20.8%
2023 MIN .204 .293 .229 .299 .240 .332 .275 .453 87.9 92.8 19.4 36.8% 38.5% 25.0%
2024 MIN .266 .327 .333 .362 .237 .316 .288 .375 87.4 89.8 15.7 20.0% 38.8% 25.0%
2025 CHC .186 .236 .226 .252 .198 .245 .242 .302 87.5 88.6 19.7 14.3% 35.1% 24.1%
2026 CHC .182 .276 .200 .273 .156 .244 .192 .302 87.9 87.8 21.5 28.6% 36.4% 21.6%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG .254 .340 .307 .338 .245 .337 .291 .380 88.4 89.7 13.4 19.3% 38.4% 25.1%
Career .222 .288 .279 .307 .215 .296 .268 .376 86.5 89.7 19.2 16.3% 36.5% 23.2%

Caleb Thielbar Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2020 MIN 48.8% 65.5% 49.3% 28.9% 29.5% 21.0% 70.5% 77.3% 54.5% 16.2% 14.6% 30.7% 13.7% 61.7% 0.65 56.9%
2021 MIN 51.0% 66.5% 49.5% 31.0% 26.5% 21.4% 73.5% 79.7% 59.5% 17.0% 13.1% 30.1% 15.0% 61.6% 0.63 55.2%
2022 MIN 49.3% 69.7% 54.5% 36.2% 30.2% 23.3% 69.8% 75.0% 59.6% 15.2% 16.5% 31.6% 14.8% 64.6% 0.73 59.4%
2023 MIN 48.6% 65.9% 50.1% 29.6% 24.1% 21.8% 75.9% 80.4% 65.8% 15.8% 12.1% 27.9% 16.2% 61.1% 0.55 53.4%
2024 MIN 48.9% 66.5% 48.4% 28.9% 24.7% 20.7% 75.3% 79.9% 64.9% 18.2% 12.0% 30.1% 15.7% 60.9% 0.62 54.3%
2025 CHC 49.8% 66.9% 49.7% 33.5% 26.9% 18.4% 73.1% 80.4% 58.9% 17.2% 13.3% 30.5% 18.0% 62.3% 0.59 54.2%
2026 CHC 42.0% 66.7% 54.3% 38.3% 26.1% 26.5% 73.9% 80.8% 63.9% 12.3% 14.2% 26.5% 13.6% 63.0% 0.59 56.8%
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RP MLB AVG 43.5% 62.4% 45.8% 30.2% 25.8% 17.1% 74.2% 83.8% 58.1% 16.5% 11.9% 28.4% 16.8% 56.7% 0.48 49.5%
Career 49.4% 66.0% 50.6% 32.1% 27.0% 21.3% 73.0% 78.8% 60.7% 16.5% 13.7% 30.2% 15.6% 62.2% 0.63 55.7%

Caleb Thielbar Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2020 MIN 48.8% 30.2% 29.4% 40.4% 31.5% 23.7% 44.7% 35.8% 34.8% 8.1%
2021 MIN 51.0% 27.2% 29.7% 43.1% 31.0% 24.8% 44.2% 31.4% 39.0% 8.1%
2022 MIN 49.3% 32.4% 28.8% 38.8% 41.1% 22.8% 36.1% 31.7% 39.5% 7.3%
2023 MIN 48.6% 27.2% 30.1% 42.6% 36.2% 25.8% 38.0% 31.2% 38.7% 9.4%
2024 MIN 48.9% 30.0% 28.0% 42.1% 34.4% 26.2% 39.5% 25.9% 46.1% 8.5%
2025 CHC 49.8% 28.7% 29.2% 42.1% 31.2% 24.0% 44.8% 34.6% 36.2% 7.6%
2026 CHC 42.0% 25.9% 27.8% 46.3% 34.6% 21.6% 43.8% 37.7% 34.6% 8.0%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 43.5% 35.1% 26.1% 38.8% 36.6% 22.4% 41.0% 30.4% 43.5% 6.2%
Career 49.4% 29.2% 29.1% 41.7% 34.4% 24.4% 41.2% 31.5% 39.4% 8.1%

Caleb Thielbar Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2020 MIN 52.3% 11.9% 35.8% 9.3% 59.8% 57.3% 23.2% 19.5% 16.5%
2021 MIN 56.6% 8.7% 34.8% 12.5% 59.7% 50.7% 24.0% 24.2% 20.0%
2022 MIN 56.1% 9.2% 35.2% 10.4% 68.4% 61.1% 20.6% 24.8% 22.8%
2023 MIN 58.2% 10.0% 32.0% 13.6% 57.9% 49.6% 18.6% 21.4% 23.4%
2024 MIN 57.0% 9.0% 34.8% 12.6% 61.7% 53.7% 25.7% 25.6% 17.2%
2025 CHC 60.3% 9.4% 30.5% 14.0% 64.5% 54.5% 23.7% 27.3% 21.9%
2026 CHC 56.2% 5.6% 40.7% 8.8% 62.2% 56.8% 16.5% 28.8% 16.7%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 58.6% 13.3% 28.8% 13.7% 59.2% 49.3% 21.0% 26.6% 19.8%
Career 57.0% 9.3% 34.2% 12.1% 62.7% 54.7% 22.7% 24.6% 20.3%

Caleb Thielbar PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2020 MIN 371 5.11 48.3% 13.6% 38.2% 10.1% 4.3% -3.1 0 3.09
2021 MIN 1,106 5.29 52.4% 17.6% 30.1% 22.3% 3.9% 7.0 +0 2.75
2022 MIN 996 5.29 53.0% 16.9% 30.1% 22.9% 4.2% 3.3 +8 2.48
2023 MIN 481 5.23 53.6% 13.3% 33.1% 20.6% 4.0% 1.3 -1 2.63
2024 MIN 887 5.28 51.6% 17.6% 30.8% 20.9% 3.7% 15.1 +11 2.83
2025 CHC 839 5.20 51.1% 17.4% 31.5% 19.7% 4.5% -9.1 -4 2.37
2026 CHC 162 5.23 55.6% 16.0% 28.4% 27.2% 1.2% 0.8 0 2.81
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 157 4.96 45.6% 18.2% 36.2% 9.3% 4.1% 1.3 +1 3.48
Career 6,395 5.25 52.1% 16.6% 31.3% 20.8% 4.0% 15.4 +14 1.49
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