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Keith Foulke
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #29
- Born
- October 19, 1972 in Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD, United States
- MLB debut
- May 21, 1997
- dbWAR
- -.4 Regular season, 2005–2008 only
- IP
- 31.0
- ERA
- 4.06
- FIP
- 5.94
- K/9
- 6.7
- FIP−
- 137 100 = avg
Keith Foulke was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2008 he struck out 23 batters over 31.0 innings across 31 appearances, going 0-3. His ERA of 4.06 was 6.0% lower than the league average of 4.32 — 9th of 20 on his team, and 215th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.94 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.9% of swings (6.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.3%. His -0.4 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, 2008 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2008; his career began in 1997, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 63 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 14 | .200 | .286 | .345 | .280 | 22.2% |
| vs RHB | 70 | 61 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 9 | .279 | .348 | .623 | .409 | 12.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Keith Foulke 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 287 | 85.6 | 2,237 | 52.3% | 15.4% | 66 | .227 | .742 | |
| Slider | 128 | 79.6 | 987 | 36.7% | 17.1% | 19 | .263 | 1.153 | |
| Changeup | 57 | 75.9 | 1,661 | 29.8% | 22.2% | 16 | .375 | 1.063 | |
| Unknown | 34 | — | — | 50.0% | 21.4% | 7 | — | — | |
| Sinker | 31 | 84.1 | 2,060 | 38.7% | 0.0% | 8 | — | — |
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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.