Players · R · Pitcher · 2009 regular season
B.J. Ryan
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Number
- #52
- Born
- December 28, 1975 in Bossier City, LA, United States
- MLB debut
- July 28, 1999
- dbWAR
- 4.4 Regular season, 2005–2009 only
- IP
- 20.2
- ERA
- 6.53
- FIP
- 7.60
- K/9
- 5.7
- FIP−
- 176 100 = avg
B.J. Ryan was a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2009 he struck out 13 batters over 20.2 innings across 25 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 6.53 was 51.1% higher than the league average of 4.32 — the worst on his team, and 444th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 7.60 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.5% of swings (7.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.7%. His -0.7 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, 2009 regular season.
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 1999, 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 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .250 | .378 | .389 | .351 | 20.0% |
| vs RHB | 50 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | .333 | .469 | .718 | .493 | 8.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What B.J. Ryan 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 | 195 | 87.2 | 2,154 | 50.3% | 23.6% | 28 | .214 | .889 | |
| Slider | 151 | 81.2 | 683 | 38.4% | 13.5% | 38 | .342 | 1.063 | |
| Cutter | 42 | 86.9 | 2,442 | 40.5% | 10.5% | 10 | — | — |
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Nearest 2009 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.