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Ben Sheets
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #15
- Born
- July 18, 1978 in Baton Rouge, LA, United States
- MLB debut
- April 5, 2001
- dbWAR
- 13.0 Regular season, 2005–2012 only
- IP
- 49.1
- ERA
- 3.47
- FIP
- 4.11
- K/9
- 6.4
- FIP−
- 102 100 = avg
Ben Sheets was a starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2012 he struck out 35 batters over 49.1 innings across 9 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 4-4. His ERA of 3.47 was 13.7% lower than the league average of 4.01 — 9th of 15 on his team, and 184th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.11 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 18.5% of swings (8.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.9%. His 0.5 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, 2012 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 2001, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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| 2012 | ATL | 9 | 9 | 49.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 19 | 35 | 13 | 3.47 | 4.11 | 1.32 | 6.4 | 2.4 | 86 | 102 | 0.5 | |
| 2010 | OAK | 20 | 20 | 119.1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 123 | 60 | 84 | 43 | 4.53 | 4.71 | 1.39 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 111 | 116 | 0.5 | |
| 2008 | MIL | 31 | 31 | 198.1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 181 | 68 | 158 | 47 | 3.09 | 3.38 | 1.15 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 71 | 78 | 4.4 | |
| 2007 | MIL | 24 | 24 | 141.1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 138 | 60 | 106 | 37 | 3.82 | 4.11 | 1.24 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 85 | 92 | 2.2 | |
| 2006 | MIL | 17 | 17 | 106.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 105 | 45 | 116 | 11 | 3.82 | 2.43 | 1.09 | 9.8 | 0.9 | 84 | 54 | 3.7 | |
| 2005 | MIL | 22 | 22 | 156.2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 142 | 58 | 141 | 25 | 3.33 | 3.31 | 1.07 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 78 | 77 | 3.6 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 2001, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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| 2012 | ATL | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 5.9% | 35.3% | .050 | -3.6 | -84 | -0.1 | |
| 2010 | OAK | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .299 | -0.1 | 83 | 0.0 | |
| 2008 | MIL | 29 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .075 | .101 | .104 | .030 | .116 | 2.7% | 32.4% | .098 | -14.3 | -62 | -0.4 | |
| 2007 | MIL | 20 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .000 | .150 | 0.0% | 49.0% | .060 | -11.8 | -87 | -0.4 | |
| 2006 | MIL | 16 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .030 | .059 | .030 | .000 | .050 | 2.7% | 35.1% | .048 | -9.0 | -93 | -0.3 | |
| 2005 | MIL | 21 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .022 | .043 | .022 | .000 | .036 | 1.9% | 32.1% | .035 | -12.8 | -102 | -0.6 |
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 | 125 | 117 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 18 | .265 | .301 | .410 | .310 | 14.4% |
| vs RHB | 82 | 72 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 17 | .292 | .362 | .514 | .384 | 20.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2012.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2012.
Pitch sequencing
What Ben Sheets 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 | 289 | 90.3 | 1,762 | 48.8% | 14.5% | 64 | .313 | .951 | |
| Curveball | 216 | 76.7 | 1,345 | 39.4% | 30.8% | 66 | .167 | .437 | |
| Sinker | 130 | 89.5 | 1,884 | 44.6% | 8.6% | 34 | .382 | .991 | |
| Changeup | 129 | 83.0 | 1,330 | 41.1% | 14.6% | 24 | .333 | .902 |
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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.