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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

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
3 50.0 4.86 1.30 28.4% 8.1%
70th 3
Sv
166th 52.0
IP
251st 4.19
ERA
150th 1.34
WHIP
52nd 22.7%
K%
132nd 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.3 15.0% 30.5% 52.9% 4.5% 5.10 2.99
265th 94.7
FB MPH
56th 12.2%
SwStr%
76th 28.6%
CSW%
103rd 51.2%
Str-ICR
157th 4.7%
MTK%
48th 4.94
PLV
71st 3.56
PLA
Holds List
Rank
16th
Saves+Holds List
Rank
32nd

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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 0.49 24.5% 11.1% 9.5 1.14 .333 20.0% 62.5% 38.8% 39.6% 12.0% 30.1% 0.62 5.12
2025 CHC 67 0 58.0 3-4 1 25 2.64 0.88 2.49 3.00 3.35 1.92 25.5% 5.9% 5.9 0.78 .226 14.3% 77.3% 35.1% 40.0% 13.3% 30.5% 0.59 5.24
2026 CHC 58 0 50.0 3-4 3 7 4.86 1.30 4.95 4.70 3.80 2.99 28.4% 8.1% 8.5 1.98 .300 26.8% 71.1% 45.9% 33.6% 15.0% 30.5% 0.64 5.10
RP MLB Percentile 73 0 52 49-18 73 55 28 55 17 25 73 79 84 61 41 7 39 11 42 4 9 84 77 90 84
RP MLB AVG 42 2 52.0 3-3 3 7 4.19 1.34 4.16 4.17 4.24 3.56 22.7% 9.8% 8.3 1.08 .291 17.6% 72.5% 36.8% 44.0% 12.2% 28.6% 0.50 4.94
Career 472 0 428.0 29-20 8 87 3.45 1.16 3.75 3.47 3.62 1.37 26.4% 7.8% 7.5 1.03 .282 17.8% 74.0% 37.9% 35.4% 13.9% 30.4% 0.64 5.22

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 58 0 50.0 3-4 0 3 7 848 571 277 211 47 30 6 0 11 60 17 1 1
RP MLB Percentile 73 0 52 49-18 0 73 55 54 56 51 51 39 43 58 50 10 65 57 64 51
RP MLB AVG 42 2 52.0 3-3 0 3 7 884 565 319 227 48 32 9 1 6 52 21 3 2
Career 472 0 428.0 29-20 0 8 87 7,081 4,683 2,398 1,757 358 231 69 9 49 463 137 5 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 28.4% 8.1% .246 .450 .761 .327 .300 .359 .249 .342 .301 .455 88.7 88.3 20.5 4.95
RP MLB Percentile 84 61 43 20 28 32 39 20 34 17 24 2 30 63 8 17
RP MLB AVG 22.7% 9.8% .241 .388 .712 .314 .291 .321 .235 .314 .280 .358 87.6 89.3 13.1 4.16
Career 26.4% 7.8% .225 .373 .659 .291 .282 .313 .221 .303 .275 .389 86.8 89.5 19.4 3.75

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 MIN54.5% (89.8)--18.9% (77.9)-26.7% (69.1)--- 54.4% 45.6%
2021 MIN49.3% (91.3)--34.3% (80.2)-16.4% (71.8)0.1% (84.3)-- 49.3% 50.7%
2022 MIN49.5% (92.8)--24.9% (81.3)-24.7% (73.0)0.9% (82.8)-- 49.5% 50.5%
2023 MIN52.2% (93.0)--5.8% (88.4)21.4% (80.3)20.6% (73.6)--- 52.2% 47.8%
2024 MIN43.4% (93.2)--0.8% (86.2)31.0% (81.5)24.8% (74.2)--- 43.4% 56.6%
2025 CHC42.1% (92.8)--13.8% (88.7)16.0% (81.1)28.1% (76.0)--- 42.1% 57.9%
2026 CHC39.0% (93.3)--21.5% (87.5)13.9% (80.2)25.5% (76.3)--- 39.0% 60.8%
RP MLB Percentile 49 (25) - - 41 (66) 37 (21) 82 (13) - - - 22.9% 76.9%
RP MLB AVG 38.7% (94.7) 26.6% (94.1) 19.6% (89.4) 25.9% (86.1) 20.7% (82.3) 15.3% (80.3) 17.6% (86.1) 18.9% (86.6) 42.7% (61.5) 48.7% 51.2%
Career46.3% (92.4)--18.6% (82.8)11.4% (81.0)23.5% (73.9)0.2% (82.9)-- 46.3% 53.7%

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 MIN33.7% (33)--18.6% (6)-33.3% (15)--- 33.7% 27.2%
2021 MIN26.6% (70)--32.5% (40)-35.9% (35)0.0% (0)-- 26.6% 33.5%
2022 MIN31.4% (88)--31.9% (37)-32.1% (38)22.2% (1)-- 31.4% 31.8%
2023 MIN27.1% (32)--21.4% (3)28.2% (11)31.3% (12)--- 27.1% 28.7%
2024 MIN24.7% (41)--28.6% (0)32.4% (37)36.8% (28)--- 24.7% 34.3%
2025 CHC27.2% (46)--32.8% (22)30.6% (12)34.3% (32)--- 27.2% 32.9%
2026 CHC27.8% (45)--35.2% (35)30.5% (18)30.6% (28)--- 27.8% 32.2%
RP MLB Percentile 54 (24) - - 80 (26) 60 (36) 63 (18) - - - 49.4% 78.0%
RP MLB AVG 27.2% (32) 27.6% (13) 26.9% (15) 29.7% (28) 28.4% (20) 27.3% (15) 22.4% (21) 22.6% (21) 19.3% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career28.1% (355)--31.6% (143)31.0% (78)33.6% (188)20.0% (1)-- 28.1% 32.3%

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 33.6% 22.1% 31.3% 13.7% 37.4% 44.3% 36.6% 19.1% 21.1% 54.2% 26.7% 9.9% 9.9% 45.9%
RP MLB Percentile 9 44 93 80 30 76 73 10 90 4 27 5 10 4
RP MLB AVG 44.0% 21.7% 24.1% 10.2% 34.6% 40.9% 33.7% 25.4% 18.1% 63.0% 24.5% 5.8% 6.8% 36.8%
Career 35.4% 22.3% 27.4% 15.0% 35.3% 43.9% 32.7% 23.4% 21.1% 62.0% 23.0% 6.6% 8.5% 37.9%

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 .246 .327 .300 .359 .249 .342 .301 .455 88.7 88.3 20.5 26.8% 45.9% 28.9%
RP MLB Percentile 43 32 39 20 34 17 24 2 30 63 8 11 4 14
RP MLB AVG .241 .314 .291 .321 .235 .314 .280 .358 87.6 89.3 13.1 17.6% 36.8% 24.4%
Career .225 .291 .282 .313 .221 .303 .275 .389 86.8 89.5 19.4 17.8% 37.9% 24.1%

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 43.6% 67.3% 51.8% 37.0% 28.9% 21.1% 71.1% 82.0% 55.4% 15.6% 15.0% 30.5% 15.7% 61.8% 0.64 52.9%
RP MLB Percentile 36 90 86 90 76 90 76 70 67 38 84 77 25 89 90 70
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.8% 47.4% 31.7% 25.6% 18.1% 74.4% 83.9% 58.5% 16.4% 12.2% 28.6% 17.1% 58.3% 0.50 51.2%
Career 48.7% 66.1% 50.7% 32.7% 27.4% 21.1% 72.6% 79.2% 59.6% 16.5% 13.9% 30.4% 15.6% 62.1% 0.64 55.3%

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 43.6% 25.9% 30.6% 43.6% 37.7% 22.7% 39.7% 29.6% 39.8% 8.7%
RP MLB Percentile 36 7 12 81 56 51 44 49 23 95
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.6% 27.0% 38.4% 36.2% 22.9% 40.9% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 48.7% 28.8% 29.3% 41.8% 34.9% 24.2% 40.9% 31.1% 39.6% 8.2%

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 58.6% 7.4% 35.1% 11.9% 66.0% 56.0% 21.7% 28.5% 20.1%
RP MLB Percentile 50 98 97 14 85 91 57 69 59
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.1% 29.9% 14.5% 61.1% 50.2% 21.1% 26.7% 19.3%
Career 57.3% 9.1% 34.1% 12.2% 63.2% 54.8% 22.7% 25.1% 20.4%

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 53.4% 13.5% 33.1% 20.4% 4.0% 1.3 -1 2.63
2024 MIN 887 5.12 47.3% 17.6% 35.1% 12.2% 3.1% 1.0 -1 0.49
2025 CHC 839 5.24 51.3% 19.1% 29.6% 21.8% 3.8% -2.3 +2 1.92
2026 CHC 848 5.10 47.3% 19.9% 32.8% 14.5% 4.5% 7.3 +5 2.99
RP MLB Percentile 54 84 66 84 85 85 52 18 23 79
RP MLB AVG 884 4.94 45.9% 17.3% 36.8% 9.1% 4.7% 0.6 0 3.56
Career 7,081 5.22 51.1% 17.4% 31.6% 19.5% 4.1% 14.5 +14 1.37
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