P · 2016
Ryan Vogelsong
- Age
- 39
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #32
- Born
- July 22, 1977 in Charlotte, NC, USA
- MLB debut
- September 2, 2000
- dbWAR
- -.5 4 season(s)
- PA
- 23
- AVG
- .053
- OBP
- .143
- SLG
- .053
- wRC+
- -43 100 = avg
Ryan Vogelsong is a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2016 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 1 RBI, notching 1 hit across 23 plate appearances in 14 games. His batting average was .053, 79.4% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .143 clip and slugged .053, for an OPS of .195, 73.5% lower than the league mark of .739. He averaged 94.7 mph off the bat, hit 33.3% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 75.6% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -43 wRC+ puts his offence 143% below average. That comes to -0.3 dbWAR — -3.9 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, 2016.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2016. These four terms sum to -3.1 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .000 | .167 | 4.3% | 56.5% | .109 | -3.9 | -43 | -0.3 | |
| 2015 | 24 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .139 | .162 | .250 | .111 | .182 | 2.2% | 28.9% | .182 | -4.8 | 5 | -0.4 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 24 | 14 | 82.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 44 | 61 | 40 | 4.81 | 5.00 | 1.46 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 115 | 119 | -0.1 | |
| 2015 | 33 | 22 | 135.0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 140 | 70 | 108 | 58 | 4.67 | 4.53 | 1.47 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 118 | 114 | 0.3 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 75.0% |
| vs RHP | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .135 | 52.6% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 166 | 137 | 39 | 6 | 25 | 24 | .285 | .399 | .518 | .398 | 14.5% |
| vs RHB | 200 | 178 | 41 | 5 | 15 | 37 | .230 | .301 | .410 | .308 | 18.5% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2016.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 3 tracked batted balls in 2016. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 94.7 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 99.9 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 33.3% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 66.7% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- 12.0° 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, 2016.
Situational hitting
How Ryan Vogelsong 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 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .053 | .143 | .053 | .109 |
| Bases empty · thin | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .067 |
| Runner on first · thin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .349 |
| Runners on · thin | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .178 |
| RISP · thin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .121 |
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, 2016.
Pitch sequencing
What Ryan Vogelsong 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 2016.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 514 | 90.2 | 1,941 | 41.6% | 14.0% | |
| Slider | 307 | 87.0 | 1,512 | 42.0% | 15.7% | |
| Curveball | 215 | 75.8 | 861 | 33.5% | 26.4% | |
| Changeup | 178 | 83.6 | 1,751 | 39.9% | 25.0% | |
| Sinker | 167 | 89.6 | 1,974 | 43.7% | 13.3% |
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.