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Gil Meche
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #55
- Born
- September 8, 1978 in Lafayette, LA, United States
- MLB debut
- July 6, 1999
- dbWAR
- 10.2 Regular season, 2005–2010 only
- IP
- 61.2
- ERA
- 5.69
- FIP
- 5.59
- K/9
- 6.0
- FIP−
- 137 100 = avg
Gil Meche was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2010 he struck out 41 batters over 61.2 innings across 20 appearances, going 0-5. His ERA of 5.69 was 39.5% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 13th of 17 on his team, and 411th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.59 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 15.7% of swings (6.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.6%. His -0.6 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, 2010 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 1999, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | KC | 20 | 9 | 61.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 5.69 | 5.59 | 1.67 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 140 | 137 | -0.6 | |
| 2009 | KC | 23 | 23 | 129.0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 144 | 73 | 95 | 58 | 5.09 | 4.76 | 1.57 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 118 | 110 | 1.0 | |
| 2008 | KC | 34 | 34 | 210.1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 204 | 93 | 183 | 73 | 3.98 | 3.61 | 1.32 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 92 | 83 | 4.1 | |
| 2007 | KC | 34 | 34 | 216.0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 218 | 88 | 156 | 62 | 3.67 | 4.02 | 1.30 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 82 | 90 | 3.7 | |
| 2006 | SEA | 32 | 32 | 186.2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 183 | 93 | 156 | 84 | 4.48 | 4.63 | 1.43 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 99 | 102 | 1.8 | |
| 2005 | SEA | 29 | 26 | 143.1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 81 | 83 | 72 | 5.09 | 5.04 | 1.57 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 119 | 118 | 0.3 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 1999, 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 | 141 | 121 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 21 | .273 | .371 | .397 | .347 | 14.9% |
| vs RHB | 140 | 117 | 32 | 7 | 20 | 20 | .274 | .381 | .496 | .389 | 14.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Gil Meche 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 | 535 | 92.7 | 2,577 | 42.4% | 9.0% | 111 | .315 | .987 | |
| Slider | 214 | 86.9 | 1,044 | 42.5% | 14.0% | 38 | .395 | 1.070 | |
| Curveball | 184 | 77.3 | 1,476 | 34.8% | 18.8% | 52 | .192 | .496 | |
| Changeup | 98 | 84.9 | 2,131 | 45.9% | 39.1% | 25 | .120 | .425 | |
| Sinker | 63 | 92.7 | 2,885 | 46.0% | 25.0% | 11 | — | — | |
| Intentional Ball | 11 | 73.3 | 1,412 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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Nearest 2010 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.