Players · E · Pitcher · 2009 regular season
Adam Eaton
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #53
- Born
- November 23, 1977 in Seattle, WA, United States
- MLB debut
- May 30, 2000
- dbWAR
- 1.6 Regular season, 2005–2009 only
- IP
- 49.0
- ERA
- 8.08
- FIP
- 5.97
- K/9
- 6.4
- FIP−
- 138 100 = avg
Adam Eaton was a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2009 he struck out 35 batters over 49.0 innings across 12 appearances, 8 of them starts, going 3-5. His ERA of 8.08 was 87.0% higher than the league average of 4.32 — the worst on his team, and 472nd of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.97 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.3% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.9%. His -0.4 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 2000, 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 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 | 132 | 111 | 38 | 5 | 19 | 19 | .342 | .435 | .613 | .448 | 14.4% |
| vs RHB | 103 | 95 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 16 | .284 | .340 | .526 | .374 | 15.5% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2009.
Pitch sequencing
What Adam Eaton 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 | 318 | 89.2 | 1,884 | 44.3% | 12.0% | 68 | .382 | 1.177 | |
| Sinker | 195 | 89.7 | 2,293 | 47.2% | 6.8% | 35 | .229 | .614 | |
| Curveball | 130 | 73.3 | 1,272 | 35.4% | 17.3% | 30 | .367 | .987 | |
| Cutter | 120 | 87.0 | 1,115 | 50.8% | 17.7% | 20 | .350 | .985 | |
| Slider | 120 | 79.6 | 621 | 45.8% | 36.8% | 43 | .186 | .681 | |
| Changeup | 65 | 82.4 | 1,503 | 32.3% | 17.4% | 10 | — | — | |
| Intentional Ball | 11 | 72.4 | 1,192 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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Nearest 2009 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.