Players · C · Pitcher · 2015
Randy Choate
- Age
- 40
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #36
- Born
- September 5, 1975 in San Antonio, TX, United States
- MLB debut
- July 1, 2000
- dbWAR
- .3 2 season(s)
- IP
- 27.1
- ERA
- 3.95
- FIP
- 3.68
- K/9
- 7.2
- FIP−
- 93 100 = avg
Randy Choate was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2015 he struck out 22 batters over 27.1 innings across 71 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.95 was level with the league average of 3.96 — the second worst on his team, and 268th of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.68 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 28.1% of swings (12.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.8%. His 0.2 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, 2015.
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | STL | 71 | 0 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 3.95 | 3.68 | 1.24 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 100 | 93 | 0.2 | — |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | STL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | 100.0% | 0.0% | .712 | +0.3 | 386 | 0.0 | — |
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 | 94 | 83 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 18 | .265 | .333 | .361 | .313 | 19.1% |
| vs RHB | 23 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .333 | .391 | .429 | .364 | 17.4% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2015.
Pitch sequencing
What Randy Choate 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.
| Sinker | 231 | 83.6 | 1,586 | 41.1% | 18.7% | 62 | .339 | .892 | |
| Slider | 146 | 74.1 | 1,103 | 45.2% | 45.2% | 33 | .182 | .462 | |
| Unknown | 26 | — | — | 46.2% | 26.7% | 9 | — | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2015 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.