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Russ Ortiz

Los Angeles Dodgers National League West

Age: 36
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #48

Born: June 5, 1974 in Encino, CA, United States
MLB debut: April 2, 1998

dbWAR: -1.0
IP: 7.0
ERA: 10.29
FIP: 3.51
K/9: 7.7
FIP−: 86

Russ Ortiz was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2010 he struck out 6 batters over 7.0 innings across 6 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 10.29 was 152.1% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 3.51 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (8.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.1%. His 0.1 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, 2010 regular season.

FIP3.51

K/97.7

WHIP2.14

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 1998, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2010	LAD	6	0	7.0	0	1	10	8	6	5	10.29	3.51	2.14	7.7	6.4	252	86	0.1
2009	HOU	23	13	85.2	3	6	95	53	65	48	5.57	4.61	1.67	6.8	5.0	129	107	0.5
2007	SF	12	8	49.0	2	3	57	30	27	20	5.51	4.79	1.57	5.0	3.7	123	107	0.3
2006	BAL/AZ	26	11	63.0	0	8	86	57	44	40	8.14	7.51	2.00	6.3	5.7	180	166	-1.5
2005	AZ	22	22	115.0	5	11	147	88	46	65	6.89	6.05	1.84	3.6	5.1	160	141	-0.9

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 1998, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2009	HOU	19	31	5	1	2	1	9	.179	.207	.286	.107	.222	3.2%	29.0%	.220	-2.8	24	0.1
2007	SF	8	19	3	0	3	0	4	.176	.176	.235	.059	.231	0.0%	21.1%	.182	-2.5	-4	0.1
2006	AZ/BAL	6	9	2	0	2	2	1	.333	.500	.333	.000	.400	22.2%	11.1%	.407	+0.5	141	0.2
2005	AZ	23	43	7	0	1	3	9	.206	.270	.235	.029	.280	7.0%	20.9%	.237	-3.3	36	0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2010. 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	16	13	4	0	2	3	.308	.375	.308	.314	18.8%
vs RHB	19	16	6	0	3	3	.375	.474	.438	.401	15.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Russ Ortiz 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


Cutter	35.3%	53	89.5	1,627	49.1%	42.1%	13	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	34.7%	52	89.5	1,621	36.5%	21.1%	8	—	—
Curveball	17.3%	26	76.0	1,426	34.6%	11.1%	5	—	—

Russ Ortiz'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.