P · 2017
Bronson Arroyo
- Age
- 40
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #61
- Born
- February 24, 1977 in Key West, FL, USA
- MLB debut
- June 12, 2000
- dbWAR
- -1.7 2 season(s)
- PA
- 29
- AVG
- .154
- OBP
- .154
- SLG
- .154
- wRC+
- -30 100 = avg
Bronson Arroyo is a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2017 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 4 hits across 29 plate appearances in 15 games. His batting average was .154, 39.7% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .154 clip and slugged .154, for an OPS of .308, 59.0% lower than the league mark of .750. He averaged 72.5 mph off the bat and made contact on 75.6% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -30 wRC+ puts his offence 130% below average. That comes to -0.4 dbWAR — -4.6 runs with the bat, -0.0 on the bases, -0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2017.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2017. These four terms sum to -3.7 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .000 | .250 | 0.0% | 34.5% | .135 | -4.6 | -30 | -0.4 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | 71.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 94 | 58 | 45 | 19 | 7.35 | 6.99 | 1.59 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 169 | 160 | -1.3 | — |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 33.3% |
| vs RHP | 23 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .167 | 34.8% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 127 | 113 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 20 | .292 | .354 | .726 | .436 | 15.7% |
| vs RHB | 195 | 181 | 61 | 10 | 8 | 25 | .337 | .368 | .608 | .413 | 12.8% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2017.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 8 tracked batted balls in 2017. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 72.5 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 94.3 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 25.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- 0.5° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2017.
Situational hitting
How Bronson Arroyo hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .154 | .154 | .154 | .135 |
| Bases empty · thin | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .131 |
| Runner on first · thin | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 |
| Runners on · thin | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 |
| RISP · thin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2017.
Pitch sequencing
What Bronson Arroyo 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, and how often it misses in 2017.
| Curveball | 322 | 71.8 | 2,340 | 49.7% | 24.0% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 270 | 84.4 | 2,017 | 35.9% | 4.7% | |
| Slider | 238 | 72.9 | 2,302 | 53.8% | 23.3% | |
| Sinker | 120 | 83.4 | 1,979 | 33.3% | 11.5% | |
| Changeup | 111 | 75.7 | 1,489 | 42.3% | 21.3% | |
| Cutter | 86 | 84.4 | 2,104 | 34.9% | 14.7% | |
| Unknown | 12 | — | — | 25.0% | 16.7% |
Head to head
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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.