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Denny Stark
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #20
- Born
- October 27, 1974 in Edgerton, OH, United States
- MLB debut
- September 15, 1999
- dbWAR
- -.3 Regular season, 2009 only
- IP
- 11.0
- ERA
- 6.55
- FIP
- 6.92
- K/9
- 5.7
- FIP−
- 160 100 = avg
Denny Stark was a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2009 he struck out 7 batters over 11.0 innings across 9 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 6.55 was 51.5% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 6.92 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.0% of swings (7.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 18.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.0%. 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, 2009 regular season.
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2009; his career began in 1999, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SEA | 9 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6.55 | 6.92 | 2.09 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 151 | 160 | -0.3 | — |
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 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | .333 | .500 | .667 | .502 | 10.7% |
| vs RHB | 26 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .273 | .346 | .273 | .291 | 15.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Denny Stark 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 | 155 | 92.3 | 1,879 | 47.7% | 20.0% | 27 | .259 | .855 | |
| Changeup | 41 | 84.5 | 1,737 | 29.3% | 11.8% | 6 | — | — | |
| Slider | 24 | 81.9 | 697 | 25.0% | 22.2% | 6 | — | — | |
| Sinker | 23 | 92.7 | 2,336 | 39.1% | 0.0% | 5 | — | — |
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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.