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Doug Brocail

Age: 42
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 235 lb
Number: #26

Born: May 16, 1967 in Clearfield, PA, United States
MLB debut: September 8, 1992

dbWAR: 2.6
IP: 17.2
ERA: 4.58
FIP: 7.23
K/9: 4.6
FIP−: 167

Doug Brocail was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2009 he struck out 9 batters over 17.2 innings across 20 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 4.58 was 6.1% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 7.23 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.9% of swings (6.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.7%. His -0.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2009 regular season.

FIP7.23

K/94.6

WHIP1.92

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 1992, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2009	HOU	20	17.2	1	0	0	21	9	9	13	4.58	7.23	1.92	4.6	6.6	106	167	-0.5
2008	HOU	72	68.2	7	5	2	63	30	64	21	3.93	3.83	1.22	8.4	2.8	91	89	0.8
2007	SD	67	76.2	5	1	0	66	26	43	24	3.05	4.49	1.17	5.0	2.8	68	100	0.3
2006	SD	25	28.1	2	2	0	27	15	19	8	4.76	3.11	1.24	6.0	2.5	105	69	0.6
2005	TEX	61	73.1	5	3	1	90	45	61	34	5.52	3.27	1.69	7.5	4.2	129	76	1.3

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 1992, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.

																					Trend
2008	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	0.0	—
2007	SD	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	.000	1.000	0.0%	50.0%	.450	+0.2	191	0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	40	31	11	3	7	4	.355	.462	.742	.499	10.0%
vs RHB	44	37	10	1	6	5	.270	.364	.405	.347	11.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Doug Brocail throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	31.4%	104	89.9	2,225	42.3%	20.0%	27	.222	.612
Sinker	29.6%	98	88.9	2,122	41.8%	11.6%	16	.188	.863
Cutter	20.8%	69	85.3	1,120	42.0%	12.1%	11	—	—
Curveball	12.4%	41	75.8	1,065	31.7%	23.1%	10	—	—
Changeup	4.8%	16	80.3	1,773	18.8%	16.7%	5	—	—

Doug Brocail's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.