#3 Charles Bickford, Closer, 36 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs Tuesday, 7/31/2025 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Charles Bickford
12/4/1988 36 USA 6"1 215
Closer R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Suffers Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility :
| Big League Contract $ 3,920,000 2031 11 Year(s), 75 Days (1967 total Days) 121 Day(s) 15 Year(s) Not eligible
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 82 | 83 | 60 | 88-91 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 80 | 79 | 55 | |
| Versus RHB | 84 | 87 | 64 | |
| Talent | 81 | 89 | 51 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 38 42 1
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
| Talent | 1 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 44 5 1 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 78 (Range), .942 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 4 Outfield Arm : 10
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 6/25 | @SFN | W 6-5 | | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | SV | | | | |
| 6/26 | @SFN | W 5-4 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
| 6/28 | LAN | W 3-0 | | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 6/29 | LAN | W 6-5 | | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | W | | | | |
| 7/7 | PIT | W 7-6 | | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7/13 | PHI | W 5-3 | | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | SV | | | | |
| 7/19 | COL | W 7-4 | | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | SV | | | | |
| 7/21 | COL | W 5-3 | | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | W | | | | |
| 7/23 | @MIL | W 6-3 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | SV | | | | |
| 7/25 | @MIL | L 5-6 | | 1.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | L | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 45 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6.39 | 56.1 | 58 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 58 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 70 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 6.39 | 87.0 | 90 | 62 | 62 | 37 | 90 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 22 | 8 | 52.9 | 45 | 29 | 13.9 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 26 | 6 | 23.1 | 5.45 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 110 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .218 | .294 | .455 | .748 |
| vs. RHB | 107 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .318 | .400 | .533 | .933 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7.67 | 27.0 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 28 |
| Road | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5.22 | 29.1 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 30 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.13 | 2.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 8.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| May | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.76 | 25.0 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| June | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6.00 | 15.0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 15 |
| July | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7.56 | 8.1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 2014 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3.03 | 98.0 | 76 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 36 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 1.14 | .288 | CHN,NL |
| 2015 | 92 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6.01 | 106.1 | 124 | 73 | 71 | 16 | 45 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | .375 | CHN |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.46 | 112.0 | 98 | 52 | 43 | 3 | 34 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 1.18 | .319 | CHN |
| 2017 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.68 | 139.1 | 117 | 60 | 57 | 15 | 26 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 1.03 | .285 | CHN |
| 2018 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.12 | 111.1 | 98 | 57 | 51 | 15 | 29 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 1.14 | .284 | CHN |
| 2019 | 52 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 3.52 | 110.0 | 101 | 54 | 43 | 8 | 22 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | .300 | CHN |
| 2020 | 54 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 3.48 | 82.2 | 77 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 20 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | .305 | CHN,NL |
| 2021 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 1.95 | 78.1 | 61 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0.96 | .289 | CHN,NL |
| 2022 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5.06 | 78.1 | 80 | 49 | 44 | 12 | 27 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | .318 | CHN |
| 2023 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 5.20 | 72.2 | 79 | 44 | 42 | 14 | 19 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | .322 | CHN |
| 2024 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 4.20 | 60.0 | 61 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 28 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | .329 | CHN |
| 2025 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6.39 | 56.1 | 58 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 24 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | .313 | CHN |
| Total | 625 | 117 | 46 | 73 | 168 | 4.08 | 1105.1 | 1030 | 549 | 501 | 130 | 324 | 1185 | 2 | 0 | 1.22 | .310 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 2010, AA | 37 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.90 | 67.0 | 59 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 30 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .281 |
| 2011, AAA | 79 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.20 | 102.1 | 86 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 36 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 | .316 |
| 2012, AAA | 73 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.13 | 83.1 | 54 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 36 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | .268 |
| 2013, AAA | 80 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3.43 | 84.0 | 78 | 33 | 32 | 6 | 47 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 1.49 | .365 |
| 2014, AAA | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | 33.1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1.02 | .253 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2014 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN,NL |
| 2015 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
| 2016 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
| 2017 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
| 2018 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
| 2019 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
| 2020 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN,NL |
| 2021 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN,NL |
| 2022 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
| 2023 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
| 2024 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
| Total | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 45 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .889 | 56.1 | 1.44 | | | | |
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Drafted in 8th round, 220th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 2010... Injured on 8/25/2010 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week... Earned first career win on 6/14/2014... Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2016, going 0-0, 0.00... 1/31/2018: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,955,000 through salary arbitration... Injured on 7/21/2018 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks... Injured on 9/12/2018 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks... 1/31/2019: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,955,000 through salary arbitration... 8/1/2019: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $3,910,000 per year, for 5 years. Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Injured on 5/9/2022 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/6/2025 to a 7-year deal worth $3,920,000 per year... Injured on 4/7/2025 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week...
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Saves 2020 - 28 - 5th 2021 - 33 - 2nd 2023 - 28 - 7th 2024 - 30 - 5th
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