Aaron
Hightower
 
Nickname: Dungeon Master
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 3, 1994 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2022   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2013 19 MA FF   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 4
2014 20 MA FF   6 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 4 4
2015 21 DC FF $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
2016 22 DC FF $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 5 6 6 3 3 3
2017 23 DC FF $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3
2018 24 DC FF $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3
2019 25 DC FF $ 300,000 6 9 10 9 5 6 5 3 3 3
2020 26 VA FF $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
2021 27 VA FF $ 300,000 6 9 10 10 5 5 5 3 3 3
2022 28 VA FF $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 3 3 3
2023 29 VA FF $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
2024 30 VA FF $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
2025 31 VA FF $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
2026 32 VA FF $ 300,000 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
2027 33 KY FF $ 428,000 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
2028 34 KY FF $ 428,000 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
2029 35 KY FF $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 6 6 6 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 428,000 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 4 5 4
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2013 19 MA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 20 MA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 21 DC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 22 DC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 23 DC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 24 DC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 25 DC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 26 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 27 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 28 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 29 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2024 30 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2025 31 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2026 32 VA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2027 33 KY FF $ 428,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2028 34 KY FF $ 428,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2029 35 KY FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 428,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2013 19 AAA   1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 2 3 0.00 .167 .250 .222 .472  
    AA   7 4 .636 43 14 1 0 2 115.7 95 35 11 21 79 2.72 .226 .263 .345 .608  
2014 20 AAA   7 6 .538 57 8 0 0 2 116.7 88 52 17 47 83 4.01 .210 .289 .376 .665  
    AA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 2 0 0.00 .200 .333 .300 .633  
2015 21 DC FF 8 7 .533 63 6 0 0 1 96.3 91 51 9 47 57 4.76 .251 .341 .391 .732 2.8
2016 22 DC FF 6 8 .429 72 16 0 0 0 161.0 124 51 15 61 124 2.85 .211 .286 .330 .617 11.1
2017 23 DC FF 5 8 .385 28 28 0 0 0 149.7 107 59 18 64 101 3.55 .196 .282 .344 .626 5.7
2018 24 DC FF 10 14 .417 36 36 0 0 0 210.0 174 82 24 72 176 3.51 .222 .293 .354 .647 10.0
2019 25 DC FF 14 9 .609 35 35 0 0 0 202.0 142 57 8 74 173 2.54 .195 .274 .274 .548 16.4
2020 26 VA FF 15 8 .652 36 36 0 0 0 198.7 159 74 16 82 162 3.35 .216 .302 .332 .634 10.1
2021 27 VA FF 11 8 .579 33 33 0 0 0 185.3 156 81 20 91 143 3.93 .227 .318 .369 .687 6.4
2022 28 VA FF 18 5 .783 33 33 0 0 0 191.3 160 77 21 73 146 3.62 .223 .298 .369 .667 10.1
2023 29 VA FF 2 2 .500 10 10 0 0 0 52.0 51 29 6 21 33 5.02 .255 .339 .400 .739 0.9
2024 30 VA FF 10 5 .667 43 12 0 0 1 109.7 82 38 14 47 78 3.12 .208 .298 .350 .649 8.2
2025 31 VA FF 7 7 .500 30 30 0 0 0 157.3 139 79 16 76 138 4.52 .239 .329 .383 .712 5.4
2026 32 VA FF 10 7 .588 33 30 0 0 1 171.7 155 82 20 80 125 4.30 .243 .337 .394 .731 7.4
2027 33 KY FF 5 7 .417 77 9 0 0 6 130.0 108 55 19 61 89 3.81 .225 .315 .399 .714 9.9
2028 34 KY FF 6 4 .600 78 0 0 0 21 88.3 74 37 13 32 68 3.77 .224 .294 .394 .688 13.0
2029 35 KY FF 2 7 .222 74 0 0 0 27 95.3 77 52 12 51 55 4.91 .223 .322 .399 .721 10.6
15 Years Sim 129 106 .549 681 314 0 0 57 2198.6 1799 904 231 932 1668 3.70 .222 .306 .359 .665 128.1
2 Years AAA 8 6 .571 59 8 0 0 2 121.7 91 52 17 49 86 3.85 .208 .287 .370 .657  
2 Years AA 7 4 .636 45 14 1 0 2 118.7 97 35 11 23 79 2.65 .226 .265 .344 .609  
4 Years Minors 15 10 .600 104 22 1 0 4 240.3 188 87 28 72 165 3.26 .217 .277 .357 .634  
Season Average 8 7 .533 45 20 0 0 3 146.6 119 60 15 62 111 3.70 .222 .306 .359 .665  
Career Highs 18 14 .783 78 36 0 0 27 210.0 174 82 24 91 176 5.02 .255 .341 .400 .739  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1024 561 145 533 983   .220 .300 .362 .662
vs LH   775 343 86 399 685   .224 .304 .355 .659
Home 73 53 .579 368 158 0 0 29 1163.3 881 426 115 493 883 3.30 .209 .291 .336 .627
Away 56 53 .514 313 156 0 0 28 1035.3 918 478 116 439 785 4.16 .236 .313 .384 .697
Mar/Apr 20 9 .690 84 47 0 0 5 299.3 243 127 37 136 241 3.82 .218 .303 .359 .662
May 20 18 .526 126 55 0 0 14 378.9 333 176 37 160 288 4.18 .236 .314 .370 .684
June 23 23 .500 134 50 0 0 9 377.9 306 146 35 153 276 3.48 .218 .295 .349 .644
July 22 10 .688 119 45 0 0 4 347.6 267 140 45 152 247 3.62 .214 .300 .364 .664
August 26 19 .578 106 52 0 0 11 354.3 293 149 38 138 263 3.79 .222 .296 .374 .670
Sep/Oct 18 27 .400 112 65 0 0 14 440.3 357 166 39 193 353 3.39 .219 .302 .342 .644
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2015 21 DC FF 63 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
2016 22 DC FF 72 27 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .074 .071 .111 .183 -0.6 0.0
2017 23 DC FF 28 49 2 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 17 .082 .080 .163 .243 -0.8 0.0
2018 24 DC FF 36 62 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 26 .081 .121 .097 .218 -1.0 0.0
2019 25 DC FF 35 64 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 20 .094 .147 .141 .288 -0.3 0.0
2020 26 VA FF 36 65 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 27 .031 .074 .062 .135 -3.3 0.0
2021 27 VA FF 33 64 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .078 .092 .078 .170 -2.4 0.0
2022 28 VA FF 33 70 7 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 20 .100 .137 .114 .251 -1.4 0.0
2023 29 VA FF 10 18 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 .167 .211 .278 .488 0.6 0.0
2024 30 VA FF 43 30 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .067 .067 .100 .167 -1.3 0.0
2025 31 VA FF 30 49 5 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .204 .250 .265 .515 2.7 0.0
2026 32 VA FF 33 58 3 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 13 .138 .194 .155 .349 1.1 0.0
2027 33 KY FF 77 22 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .136 .136 .182 .318 -0.1 0.0
2028 34 KY FF 78 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
2029 35 KY FF 74 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0
15 Years Sim 681 606 28 58 16 2 0 26 0 0 20 192 .096 .127 .129 .255 -8.5 0.0
162 Game Average 144 6 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 45 .096 .127 .129 .255 -2.0  
Career Highs 78 70 7 10 3 1 0 5 0 0 4 27 .204 .250 .278 .515 2.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   478 22 46 14 1 0 22 0 0 13 146 .096 .121 .130 .251 -10.4
vs LH   128 6 12 2 1 0 4 0 0 7 46 .094 .146 .125 .271 -1.8
Home 368 286 17 36 6 2 0 11 0 0 8 79 .126 .152 .161 .313 -0.9
Away 313 320 11 22 10 0 0 15 0 0 12 113 .069 .104 .100 .204 -11.3
RISP   147 0 12 3 1 0 22 0 0 3 49 .082 .098 .116 .214 -4.7
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 60 90 6 15 3 1 0 9 0 0 3 27 .167 .202 .222 .424 2.5
May 76 105 8 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 28 .124 .140 .162 .302 -0.7
June 81 96 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 42 .042 .079 .052 .131 -5.3
July 101 100 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 .050 .050 .070 .120 -6.2
August 94 88 3 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 24 .080 .146 .125 .271 -1.4
Sep/Oct 112 127 6 14 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 39 .110 .144 .142 .286 -1.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2015 21 DC FF P 63 6 96.3 9 16 1 6 .962 2.34    
2016 22 DC FF P 72 16 161.0 2 22 2 1 .923 1.34    
2017 23 DC FF P 28 28 149.7 3 19 1 0 .957 1.32    
2018 24 DC FF P 36 36 210.0 4 18 3 2 .880 0.94    
2019 25 DC FF P 35 35 202.0 6 22 1 0 .966 1.25    
2020 26 VA FF P 36 36 198.7 11 12 3 1 .885 1.04    
2021 27 VA FF P 33 33 185.3 10 18 3 0 .903 1.36    
2022 28 VA FF P 33 33 191.3 11 24 0 0 1.000 1.65    
2023 29 VA FF P 10 10 52.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.04    
2024 30 VA FF P 43 12 109.7 8 5 1 1 .929 1.07    
2025 31 VA FF P 30 30 157.3 6 22 2 2 .933 1.60    
2026 32 VA FF P 33 30 171.7 5 18 1 2 .958 1.21    
2027 33 KY FF P 77 9 130.0 11 13 0 1 1.000 1.66    
2028 34 KY FF P 78 0 88.3 5 9 2 0 .875 1.43    
2029 35 KY FF P 74 0 95.3 5 12 1 1 .944 1.60    
Career Totals   681 314 2198.6 99 233 21 18 .941 1.36    
Career Highs   78 36 210.0 11 24 3 6 1.000 2.34    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2021 27 VA FF 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 2 2 1 4 3 3.38 .111 .273 .278 .551
2022 28 VA FF 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 0 2 4 3.60 .313 .389 .313 .701
2024 30 VA FF 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
2025 31 VA FF 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 9.00 .250 .250 .500 .750
2026 32 VA FF 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 5.7 5 2 2 2 2 3.18 .263 .333 .579 .912
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 8 2 0 0 0 17.3 13 7 3 9 10 3.64 .228 .333 .404 .737
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 27 VA FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2022 28 VA FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2019-5-2.54
Wins
2020-10-15
2022-4-18
Winning Pct
2020-9-.652
2022-3-.783
Saves
2029-8-27
Games Started
2018-5-36
2019-6-35
2020-5-36
Homeruns Allowed
2018-4-24
Strikeouts
2018-6-176
2019-4-173
2020-7-162
2022-6-146
2025-9-138
Walks Allowed
2020-10-82
CAR-28-932
Hits per 9IP
2018-10-7.5
2019-2-6.3
2020-6-7.2
2021-10-7.6
CAR-39-7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP
2018-4-7.5
2019-2-7.7
2020-5-7.3
2021-6-6.9
2022-3-6.9
2026-6-6.6
WHiP
2019-7-1.07
OAVG
2018-9-.222
2019-2-.195
2020-3-.216
2022-9-.223
CAR-40-.222
OOBP
2019-7-.274
OSLG
2019-3-.274
2020-9-.332
OOPS
2019-3-.548
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 64    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Massachusetts in 2013
Traded from Massachusetts to D.C. on 3/3/2015 (Going to DC: P Aaron Hightower. Going to Mas: C Rufus Sandlin)
Earned first career win on 4/14/2015
Had first career hit (double) on 7/23/2016, off Carmine Whittingham (MA)
Injured on 7/20/2017 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game
Injured on 5/31/2023 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Drafted by Kentucky with the 4th pick of the 4th round of the 2027 FFL Expansion draft