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Scott Elarton

Cleveland Indians American League Central

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 240 lb
Number: #37

Born: February 23, 1976 in Lamar, CO, United States
MLB debut: June 20, 1998

dbWAR: -1.9
IP: 15.1
ERA: 3.52
FIP: 2.94
K/9: 8.8
FIP−: 68

Scott Elarton was a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2008 he struck out 15 batters over 15.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 3.52 was 18.5% lower than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 2.94 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.5% of swings (8.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.4%. His 0.3 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.

FIP2.94

K/98.8

WHIP1.63

WAR.3

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 1998, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2008	CLE	8	0	15.1	0	1	16	6	15	9	3.52	2.94	1.63	8.8	5.3	81	68	0.3
2007	KC	9	9	37.0	2	4	53	43	13	21	10.46	8.70	2.00	3.2	5.1	234	194	-1.3
2006	KC	20	20	114.2	4	9	117	68	49	52	5.34	6.76	1.47	3.8	4.1	118	149	-1.3
2005	CLE	31	31	181.2	11	9	189	93	103	48	4.61	5.07	1.30	5.1	2.4	107	118	0.3

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2008; his career began in 1998, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2007	KC	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-126	-0.0
2006	KC	2	4	1	0	.333	.333	.667	.333	.333	0.0%	0.0%	.418	+0.3	148	0.1
2005	CLE	1	2	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.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. 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	33	25	7	0	8	7	.280	.455	.360	.381	21.2%
vs RHB	37	36	9	0	1	8	.250	.270	.306	.246	21.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Scott Elarton 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	39.2%	107	89.4	2,298	43.9%	22.2%	21	.238	.646
Sinker	18.7%	51	89.2	2,385	47.1%	7.1%	17	.294	.706
Slider	12.8%	35	81.0	699	37.1%	40.0%	7	—	—
Changeup	11.7%	32	78.8	1,665	37.5%	20.0%	7	—	—
Curveball	11.4%	31	75.9	667	61.3%	20.0%	7	—	—
Unknown	4.8%	13	—	—	46.2%	20.0%	2	—	—

Scott Elarton'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.