What years did Chad Sobotka play?

Chad Sobotka played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2020.

Was Chad Sobotka a pitcher?

Yes. Chad Sobotka pitched in the major leagues, recording 1 wins and 61 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Chad Sobotka hit?

Chad Sobotka hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Chad Sobotka's career batting average?

Chad Sobotka batted .333 over his career, with 1 hits in 3 at bats.

What was Chad Sobotka's career ERA?

Chad Sobotka finished with a 5.36 career ERA, going 1-0 with 61 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Chad Sobotka have?

Chad Sobotka recorded 61 career strikeouts.

Chad Sobotka

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2018-2020)

Chad Sobotka was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2020 for the Atlanta Braves, a span of 3 seasons. Across 50 career appearances, he went 1-0 with a 5.36 ERA and 61 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 1–0

ERA 5.36

WHIP 1.47

SO 61

Pitcher PIV -684.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'7" / 225 lb
Born: 7/10/1993 in Sarasota, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 2018-08-10
Last Game: 2020-09-05

Full name: Chad Nicholas Sobotka

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Career Pitching Statistics

Chad Sobotka — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
1	0	50	0	0	0	0	47.0	39	28	8	30	61	5.36	-684.7

Career ERA 5.36 vs. league average 4.35 across their career seasons — 23.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Chad Sobotka — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2018	ATL	NL	1	14	14.1	5	3	9	21	1.88	4.15 (+55%)	79.3
2019	ATL	NL	0	32	29.0	28	20	19	38	6.21	4.51 (-38%)	-764.0
2020	ATL	NL	0	4	3.2	6	5	2	2	12.27	—	0.0
Career · 3 seasons			1	50	47.0	39	28	30	61	5.36	—	-685

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Chad Sobotka — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
50	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0

Career AVG .333 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — +33.7% above league average.

Career OBP .333 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .333 vs. league average .422 across their career seasons — 20.9% below league average.

Career OPS .667 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — 10.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Chad Sobotka — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2018	ATL	NL	14	1	1	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	ATL	NL	32	2	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	ATL	NL	4	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 3 seasons			50	3	1	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Chad Sobotka — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Chad Sobotka — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2018	NLDS2	ATL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Chad Sobotka — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	3	0	0	2.1	2	3	4	0	11.57

Playoff Pitching by Year

Chad Sobotka — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2018	NLDS2	ATL	0	0	3	0	0	2.1	2	3	4	0	11.57

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Chad Sobotka — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	25	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
Away	25	2	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Chad Sobotka — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	25	22.2	23	21	15	26	8.34
Away	25	24.1	16	7	15	35	2.59

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Chad Sobotka — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2020-09-05	ATL	WAS	—	0.2	5	5	5	0	1	0
2020-08-09	ATL	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2020-08-08	ATL	PHI	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2020-08-04	ATL	TOR	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2019-09-24	ATL	KCR	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-15	ATL	WAS	—	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0
2019-09-12	ATL	PHI	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-10	ATL	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	2	3	0
2019-09-08	ATL	WAS	—	0.1	3	4	4	1	1	1
2019-07-29	ATL	WAS	—	0.2	1	2	2	2	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chad Sobotka — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	50	0	1	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chad Sobotka — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO
2018	ATL	P	14	1
2019	ATL	P	32	0
2020	ATL	P	4	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Chad Sobotka — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	50

Chad Sobotka: the record in brief

The profile opens with Chad Sobotka's first major league game on August 10, 2018; the last one listed came on September 5, 2020. Every season row on the page belongs to the Atlanta Braves, from 2018 through 2020. Sobotka played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on July 10, 1993, in Sarasota, FL, USA and a listed size of 6-foot-7 and 225 pounds. On the record, Chad Sobotka was born Chad Nicholas Sobotka.

Sobotka went 1-0 with a 5.36 ERA in 50 games, 0 of them starts. The same table counts 61 strikeouts. The league ERA over Sobotka's seasons was 4.35, so the 5.36 figure ran 23.4% worse than average. In 2019, one of the busiest seasons, Sobotka posted a 6.21 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.51.

The playoff pitching line reads 0-0, 11.57 ERA, across 3 appearances. Those appearances came in 2018.

Every defensive appearance on record for Sobotka, 50 games, came at pitcher. On the mound, the fielding record shows 0 errors alongside 1 putouts and 0 assists.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chad Sobotka

What years did Chad Sobotka play?: Chad Sobotka played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2020.
Was Chad Sobotka a pitcher?: Yes. Chad Sobotka pitched in the major leagues, recording 1 wins and 61 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Chad Sobotka hit?: Chad Sobotka hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Chad Sobotka's career batting average?: Chad Sobotka batted .333 over his career, with 1 hits in 3 at bats.
What was Chad Sobotka's career ERA?: Chad Sobotka finished with a 5.36 career ERA, going 1-0 with 61 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Chad Sobotka have?: Chad Sobotka recorded 61 career strikeouts.