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Matt Ginter
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #58
- Born
- December 24, 1977 in Winchester, KY, United States
- MLB debut
- September 1, 2000
- dbWAR
- .0 Regular season, 2005–2008 only
- IP
- 21.0
- ERA
- 5.14
- FIP
- 4.27
- K/9
- 5.1
- FIP−
- 99 100 = avg
Matt Ginter was a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2008 he struck out 12 batters over 21.0 innings across 4 appearances, 4 of them starts, going 1-3. His ERA of 5.14 was 18.9% higher than the league average of 4.32 — 12th of 17 on his team, and 348th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.27 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 14.5% of swings (7.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.8%. 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.
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 2000, 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 | 56 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .308 | .345 | .404 | .328 | 14.3% |
| vs RHB | 31 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .290 | .290 | .645 | .398 | 12.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Matt Ginter 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 | 156 | 90.2 | 1,872 | 46.2% | 10.7% | 44 | .364 | .937 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 57 | 89.5 | 1,712 | 42.1% | 17.4% | 10 | — | — | |
| Slider | 39 | 79.5 | 658 | 35.9% | 20.0% | 14 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 31 | 79.7 | 668 | 35.5% | 41.7% | 9 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 25 | 82.3 | 1,087 | 28.0% | 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.