Paul Blackburn

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 4, 1993 in Antioch, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (56th) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Heritage HS (Brentwood, CA).

High School: Heritage HS (Brentwood, CA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$2M (26)

Service Time (01/2026): 6.018 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Sosnick Cobbe & Karon

Full Name: Paul Cady Blackburn

Nicknames: Blackie

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

1x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

1.1

3.7

ERA

2.31

4.73

132

46.2

514.0

398

WHIP

1.136

1.389

Register Menu

Player News

Hide Majors

Hide Minors

Register Pitching

Register Pitching
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2012	18	-2.5	Cubs	ARIZ	Rk	CHC	2	0	1.000	3.48	4.79	9	6	0	0	0	0	20.2	23	11	8	2	7	0	13	0	0	1	89	1.452	10.0	0.9	3.0	5.7	1.86
2013	19	-2.4	Boise	NORW	A-	CHC	2	3	.400	3.33	5.09	13	12	0	0	0	0	46.0	41	26	17	3	29	0	38	1	0	3	203	1.522	8.0	0.6	5.7	7.4	1.31
2014	20	-1.9	Kane County	MIDW	A	CHC	9	4	.692	3.23	3.69	24	24	0	0	0	0	117.0	108	48	42	6	31	0	75	7	0	6	484	1.188	8.3	0.5	2.4	5.8	2.42
2015	21	-1.9	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	CHC	7	5	.583	3.11	3.61	18	18	0	0	0	0	89.2	89	36	31	3	22	0	63	6	0	6	371	1.238	8.9	0.3	2.2	6.3	2.86
2016	22		2 Teams	SOUL	AA	CHC-SEA	9	5	.643	3.27	3.97	26	25	0	0	0	0	143.0	138	63	52	8	35	0	99	1	0	5	587	1.210	8.7	0.5	2.2	6.2	2.83
2016	22	-2.2	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	6	4	.600	3.17	4.13	18	18	0	0	0	0	102.1	96	47	36	6	26	0	72	1	0	4	421	1.192	8.4	0.5	2.3	6.3	2.77
2016	22	-2.2	Jackson	SOUL	AA	SEA	3	1	.750	3.54	3.54	8	7	0	0	0	0	40.2	42	16	16	2	9	0	27	0	0	1	166	1.254	9.3	0.4	2.0	6.0	3.00
2017	23	-3.6	Nashville	PCL	AAA	OAK	5	6	.455	3.05	3.84	15	14	0	0	0	0	79.2	69	34	27	6	26	0	56	2	0	1	328	1.192	7.8	0.7	2.9	6.3	2.15
2017	23	-5.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	3	1	.750	3.22	3.38	10	10	0	0	0	0	58.2	58	22	21	5	16	0	22	1	0	1	238	1.261	8.9	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.38
2018	24	0.8	Stockton	CALL	A+	OAK	0	0		7.36	7.36	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	2.455	19.6	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
2018	24	-4.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	2	3	.400	7.16	7.48	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.2	33	23	22	2	6	0	19	2	0	1	119	1.410	10.7	0.7	2.0	6.2	3.17
2019	25	-1.7	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OAK	11	3	.786	4.34	4.75	24	22	0	0	0	0	132.2	133	70	64	18	34	0	92	3	0	4	539	1.259	9.0	1.2	2.3	6.2	2.71
2019	25	-3.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	2	.000	10.64	11.45	4	1	1	0	0	0	11.0	19	14	13	3	4	0	8	1	0	1	57	2.091	15.5	2.5	3.3	6.5	2.00
2020	26	-2.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	1	.000	27.00	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	7	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	14	3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	7.7	1.00
2021	27	-0.4	Las Vegas	AAAW	AAA	OAK	4	7	.364	4.97	5.99	17	16	0	0	0	0	88.2	114	59	49	8	27	0	80	2	0	3	400	1.590	11.6	0.8	2.7	8.1	2.96
2021	27	-1.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	4	.200	5.87	6.10	9	9	0	0	0	0	38.1	52	26	25	8	10	0	26	2	0	1	175	1.617	12.2	1.9	2.3	6.1	2.60
2022	28	-0.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	7	6	.538	4.28	4.28	21	21	0	0	0	0	111.1	110	53	53	15	30	2	89	5	0	1	467	1.257	8.9	1.2	2.4	7.2	2.97
2023	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	OAK	0	0		7.50	9.00	6	6	0	0	0	0	18.0	33	18	15	3	6	0	10	0	0	0	90	2.167	16.5	1.5	3.0	5.0	1.67
2023	29	1.7	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	0		7.16	8.27	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.1	26	15	13	3	5	0	10	0	0	0	77	1.898	14.3	1.7	2.8	5.5	2.00
2023	29	7.1	Stockton	CALL	A	OAK	0	0		10.80	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	4.800	37.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
2023	29	0.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	4	7	.364	4.43	4.69	21	20	0	0	0	0	103.2	117	54	51	11	43	1	104	3	0	1	464	1.543	10.2	1.0	3.7	9.0	2.42
2024	30		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A	OAK	1	1	.500	7.59	9.28	4	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	15	11	9	1	6	0	7	1	0	0	53	1.969	12.7	0.8	5.1	5.9	1.17
2024	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	OAK	5	4	.556	4.66	4.90	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.1	76	41	39	12	21	0	59	3	0	0	316	1.288	9.1	1.4	2.5	7.0	2.81
2024	30	3.0	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYM	0	0		1.35	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	24	0.750	5.4	0.0	1.4	5.4	4.00
2024	30	2.5	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OAK	1	1	.500	13.50	18.90	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	9	7	5	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	23	3.600	24.3	2.7	8.1	5.4	0.67
2024	30	8.1	Stockton	CALL	A	OAK	0	0		40.50	40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	6.000	27.0	0.0	27.0	13.5	0.50
2024	30	1.0	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	4	2	.667	4.41	4.41	9	9	0	0	0	0	51.0	45	25	25	8	14	0	38	1	0	0	208	1.157	7.9	1.4	2.5	6.7	2.71
2024	30	0.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	2	.333	5.18	5.92	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	31	16	14	4	7	0	21	2	0	0	108	1.562	11.5	1.5	2.6	7.8	3.00
2025	31		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-A+-AA-Rk	NYM	5	3	.625	3.09	3.58	12	12	0	0	0	0	55.1	43	22	19	5	19	0	56	2	0	1	221	1.120	7.0	0.8	3.1	9.1	2.95
2025	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	0	3	.000	6.23	6.69	15	4	10	0	0	1	39.0	47	29	27	6	12	0	34	1	1	1	175	1.513	10.8	1.4	2.8	7.8	2.83
2025	31	3.7	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYM	5	1	.833	2.55	2.76	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.1	33	13	12	2	12	0	34	2	0	0	167	1.063	7.0	0.4	2.6	7.2	2.83
2025	31	6.3	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	1	.000	6.23	10.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	1	5	3	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	18	0.923	2.1	2.1	6.2	14.5	2.33
2025	31	7.8	Brooklyn	SALL	A+	NYM	0	0		5.40	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	21	1.600	10.8	3.6	3.6	12.6	3.50
2025	31	10.1	Mets	FCL	Rk	NYM	0	1	.000	2.45	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	8	0	0	1	15	1.364	7.4	0.0	4.9	19.6	4.00
2025	31	1.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	3	.000	6.85	7.23	7	4	2	0	0	1	23.2	31	19	18	3	8	0	18	1	0	1	110	1.648	11.8	1.1	3.0	6.8	2.25
2025	31	1.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		5.28	5.87	8	0	8	0	0	0	15.1	16	10	9	3	4	0	16	0	1	0	65	1.304	9.4	1.8	2.3	9.4	4.00
2026	32	2.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	2.31	2.51	31	2	11	0	0	0	46.2	38	13	12	4	15	0	35	1	0	0	187	1.136	7.3	0.8	2.9	6.8	2.33
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		24	32	.429	4.73	4.94	132	88	22	0	0	1	514.0	555	282	270	66	159	3	398	19	1	8	2212	1.389	9.7	1.2	2.8	7.0	2.50
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		55	37	.598	3.76	4.48	169	158	0	0	0	0	805.0	814	401	336	63	243	0	590	25	0	30	3384	1.313	9.1	0.7	2.7	6.6	2.43
All Levels (15 Seasons)							79	69	.534	4.13	4.66	301	246	22	0	0	1	1319.0	1369	683	606	129	402	3	988	44	1	38	5596	1.343	9.3	0.9	2.7	6.7	2.46

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		26	18	.591	4.16	4.84	72	67	0	0	0	0	369.2	388	199	171	38	108	0	278	10	0	8	1558	1.342	9.4	0.9	2.6	6.8	2.57
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		9	6	.600	3.36	4.15	27	26	0	0	0	0	147.1	139	68	55	9	38	0	106	1	0	5	605	1.201	8.5	0.5	2.3	6.5	2.79
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		7	5	.583	3.39	3.84	21	21	0	0	0	0	98.1	103	42	37	5	25	0	71	6	0	6	411	1.302	9.4	0.5	2.3	6.5	2.84
A (3 seasons)					Minors		9	4	.692	3.54	4.07	26	25	0	0	0	0	119.1	117	54	47	6	34	0	76	7	0	6	503	1.265	8.8	0.5	2.6	5.7	2.24
A- (1 season)					Minors		2	3	.400	3.33	5.09	13	12	0	0	0	0	46.0	41	26	17	3	29	0	38	1	0	3	203	1.522	8.0	0.6	5.7	7.4	1.31
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		2	1	.667	3.33	4.44	10	7	0	0	0	0	24.1	26	12	9	2	9	0	21	0	0	2	104	1.438	9.6	0.7	3.3	7.8	2.33