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Saul Rivera

Arizona Diamondbacks National League West

Age: 33
B/T: S/R
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 180 lb
Number: #52

Born: December 7, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
MLB debut: May 25, 2006

dbWAR: 2.7
IP: 3.2
ERA: 22.09
FIP: 12.08
K/9: 2.5
FIP−: 296

Saul Rivera was a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2010 he struck out 1 batter over 3.2 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 22.09 was 441.5% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 12.08 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.4% of swings (8.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 4.0%. His -0.3 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, 2010 regular season.

FIP12.08

K/92.5

WHIP3.82

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2010	AZ	4	3.2	0	0	0	11	9	1	3	22.09	12.08	3.82	2.5	7.4	542	296	-0.3
2009	WSH	30	38.1	1	3	0	48	26	21	14	6.10	5.71	1.62	4.9	3.3	141	132	-0.4
2008	WSH	76	84.0	5	6	0	90	37	65	35	3.96	3.37	1.49	7.0	3.8	92	78	1.4
2007	WSH	85	93.0	4	6	3	88	38	64	42	3.68	3.42	1.40	6.2	4.1	82	77	1.5
2006	WSH	54	60.1	3	0	1	59	23	41	32	3.43	4.44	1.51	6.1	4.8	76	98	0.4

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2009	WSH	4	5	1	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.000	.333	20.0%	0.0%	.405	+0.3	149	0.1
2008	WSH	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-126	-0.0
2007	WSH	2	2	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.000	.000	50.0%	0.0%	.363	+0.0	123	0.0
2006	WSH	4	4	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-1.1	-127	-0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2010. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	8	6	3	0	0	0	.500	.429	.500	.385	0.0%
vs RHB	17	14	8	2	3	1	.571	.647	1.000	.692	5.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Saul Rivera 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.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	54.8%	46	88.2	1,301	39.1%	14.3%	12	—	—
Cutter	36.9%	31	86.0	1,162	41.9%	28.6%	6	—	—

Saul Rivera's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

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.