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Bobby Seay
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Number
- #44
- Born
- June 20, 1978 in Sarasota, FL, United States
- MLB debut
- August 14, 2001
- dbWAR
- 2.5 Regular season, 2005–2009 only
- IP
- 48.2
- ERA
- 4.25
- FIP
- 3.61
- K/9
- 6.8
- FIP−
- 84 100 = avg
Bobby Seay was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2009 he struck out 37 batters over 48.2 innings across 67 appearances, going 6-3. His ERA of 4.25 was 1.6% lower than the league average of 4.32 — 7th of 14 on his team, and 238th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.61 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.9% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.8%. 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 2001, 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 2005–2009; his career began in 2001, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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| 2007 | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -126 | -0.0 | — |
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 | 126 | 111 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 23 | .261 | .328 | .360 | .312 | 18.3% |
| vs RHB | 83 | 71 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 14 | .239 | .321 | .394 | .305 | 16.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Bobby Seay 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.
| Sinker | 523 | 91.5 | 2,446 | 43.0% | 15.4% | 126 | .254 | .685 | |
| Slider | 227 | 80.4 | 834 | 47.1% | 27.6% | 51 | .235 | .676 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 26 | 93.3 | 2,114 | 38.5% | 0.0% | 6 | — | — | |
| Intentional Ball | 12 | 81.5 | 1,945 | 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.