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Kevin Millwood
- Age
- 38
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Number
- #34
- Born
- December 24, 1974 in Gastonia, NC, United States
- MLB debut
- July 14, 1997
- dbWAR
- 16.3 Regular season, 2005–2012 only
- IP
- 161.0
- ERA
- 4.25
- FIP
- 3.91
- K/9
- 6.0
- FIP−
- 97 100 = avg
Kevin Millwood was a starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2012 he struck out 107 batters over 161.0 innings across 28 appearances, 28 of them starts, going 6-12. His ERA of 4.25 was 5.8% higher than the league average of 4.01 — 15th of 17 on his team, and 299th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.91 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.8% of swings (7.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.5%. His 1.7 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, 2012 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 1997, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SEA | 28 | 28 | 161.0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 168 | 76 | 107 | 56 | 4.25 | 3.91 | 1.39 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 106 | 97 | 1.7 | |
| 2011 | COL | 9 | 9 | 54.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 3.98 | 4.30 | 1.21 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 101 | 109 | 0.5 | |
| 2010 | BAL | 31 | 31 | 190.2 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 223 | 108 | 132 | 65 | 5.10 | 4.86 | 1.51 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 125 | 119 | 0.6 | |
| 2009 | TEX | 31 | 31 | 198.2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 195 | 81 | 123 | 71 | 3.67 | 4.80 | 1.34 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 85 | 111 | 1.4 | |
| 2008 | TEX | 29 | 29 | 168.2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 220 | 95 | 125 | 49 | 5.07 | 4.02 | 1.59 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 117 | 93 | 2.7 | |
| 2007 | TEX | 31 | 31 | 172.2 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 213 | 99 | 123 | 67 | 5.16 | 4.55 | 1.62 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 115 | 102 | 1.9 | |
| 2006 | TEX | 34 | 34 | 215.0 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 228 | 108 | 157 | 53 | 4.52 | 3.87 | 1.31 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 100 | 86 | 4.2 | |
| 2005 | CLE | 30 | 30 | 192.0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 182 | 61 | 146 | 52 | 2.86 | 3.73 | 1.22 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 67 | 87 | 3.3 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 1997, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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| 2012 | SEA | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 80.0% | .000 | -1.2 | -131 | -0.1 | |
| 2011 | COL | 9 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .158 | .200 | .474 | .316 | .111 | 4.3% | 34.8% | .294 | -0.5 | 74 | 0.2 | |
| 2010 | BAL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 80.0% | .000 | -1.3 | -121 | -0.1 | |
| 2009 | TEX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -123 | -0.0 | |
| 2008 | TEX | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .250 | .500 | 16.7% | 33.3% | .404 | +0.4 | 143 | 0.1 | |
| 2007 | TEX | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -128 | -0.1 | |
| 2006 | TEX | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -1.7 | -122 | -0.1 | |
| 2005 | CLE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -130 | -0.0 |
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 | 342 | 298 | 76 | 6 | 37 | 60 | .255 | .339 | .369 | .317 | 17.5% |
| vs RHB | 347 | 322 | 92 | 7 | 19 | 47 | .286 | .326 | .422 | .328 | 13.5% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2012.
Pitch sequencing
What Kevin Millwood 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 | 693 | 90.1 | 1,628 | 46.0% | 15.0% | 154 | .325 | .853 | |
| Sinker | 661 | 90.2 | 1,935 | 46.3% | 12.4% | 161 | .292 | .766 | |
| Slider | 500 | 83.7 | 613 | 41.4% | 23.5% | 149 | .242 | .679 | |
| Cutter | 438 | 89.6 | 1,432 | 41.6% | 12.8% | 72 | .236 | .734 | |
| Curveball | 147 | 72.6 | 1,626 | 36.1% | 20.7% | 37 | .162 | .400 | |
| Changeup | 137 | 82.3 | 1,652 | 27.7% | 26.1% | 46 | .239 | .516 | |
| Unknown | 10 | — | — | 10.0% | 0.0% | 2 | — | — | |
| Intentional Ball | 10 | 72.8 | 1,181 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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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.