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Odalis Perez
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- June 11, 1977 in Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- September 1, 1998
- dbWAR
- 5.1 Regular season, 2005–2008 only
- IP
- 159.2
- ERA
- 4.34
- FIP
- 4.62
- K/9
- 6.7
- FIP−
- 107 100 = avg
Odalis Perez was a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2008 he struck out 119 batters over 159.2 innings across 30 appearances, 30 of them starts, going 7-12. His ERA of 4.34 was level with the league average of 4.32 — 8th of 16 on his team, and 263rd of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.62 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 19.9% of swings (9.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.7%. His 1.4 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 1998, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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.
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 | 159 | 142 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 30 | .218 | .293 | .359 | .294 | 18.9% |
| vs RHB | 552 | 493 | 151 | 17 | 42 | 89 | .306 | .367 | .507 | .384 | 16.1% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2008.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2008.
Pitch sequencing
What Odalis Perez 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 | 1,052 | 88.8 | 2,020 | 44.8% | 8.6% | 219 | .292 | .860 | |
| Slider | 620 | 84.6 | 1,002 | 45.0% | 20.4% | 139 | .273 | .859 | |
| Changeup | 531 | 82.6 | 1,779 | 43.9% | 30.1% | 152 | .263 | .684 | |
| Curveball | 227 | 77.1 | 627 | 42.3% | 38.5% | 66 | .333 | .843 | |
| Sinker | 167 | 88.2 | 2,077 | 40.1% | 14.7% | 35 | .257 | .744 | |
| Unknown | 91 | — | — | 39.6% | 17.0% | 25 | .360 | 1.127 | |
| Intentional Ball | 12 | 64.3 | 1,206 | 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.