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Carlos Silva
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 280 lb
- Number
- #52
- Born
- April 23, 1979 in Bolivar, Venezuela
- MLB debut
- April 1, 2002
- dbWAR
- 7.1 Regular season, 2005–2010 only
- IP
- 113.0
- ERA
- 4.22
- FIP
- 3.75
- K/9
- 6.4
- FIP−
- 92 100 = avg
Carlos Silva was a starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2010 he struck out 80 batters over 113.0 innings across 21 appearances, 21 of them starts, going 10-6. His ERA of 4.22 was 3.5% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 8th of 16 on his team, and 259th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.75 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.0% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.7%. His 1.9 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.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 2002, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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| 2010 | CHC | 21 | 21 | 113.0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 120 | 53 | 80 | 24 | 4.22 | 3.75 | 1.27 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 103 | 92 | 1.9 | |
| 2009 | SEA | 8 | 6 | 30.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8.60 | 5.97 | 1.71 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 199 | 138 | -0.3 | |
| 2008 | SEA | 28 | 28 | 153.1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 213 | 110 | 69 | 32 | 6.46 | 4.63 | 1.60 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 149 | 107 | 1.2 | |
| 2007 | MIN | 33 | 33 | 202.0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 229 | 94 | 89 | 36 | 4.19 | 4.24 | 1.31 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 94 | 95 | 2.7 | |
| 2006 | MIN | 36 | 31 | 180.1 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 246 | 119 | 70 | 32 | 5.94 | 5.76 | 1.54 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 131 | 127 | -0.5 | |
| 2005 | MIN | 27 | 27 | 188.1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 212 | 72 | 71 | 9 | 3.44 | 4.18 | 1.17 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 80 | 97 | 2.4 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 2002, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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| 2010 | CHC | 16 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .065 | .147 | .097 | .032 | .105 | 7.5% | 30.0% | .128 | -6.3 | -35 | -0.1 | |
| 2008 | SEA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 75.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -130 | -0.1 | |
| 2007 | MIN | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 16.7% | .000 | -1.7 | -132 | -0.1 | |
| 2006 | MIN | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .299 | -0.1 | 76 | 0.0 | |
| 2005 | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -125 | -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 | 180 | 162 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 33 | .259 | .313 | .395 | .314 | 18.3% |
| vs RHB | 300 | 277 | 78 | 7 | 12 | 47 | .282 | .320 | .430 | .331 | 15.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2010.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2010.
Pitch sequencing
What Carlos Silva 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 | 798 | 90.5 | 2,347 | 45.4% | 9.8% | 181 | .298 | .823 | |
| Changeup | 537 | 81.5 | 1,446 | 46.4% | 22.6% | 174 | .247 | .626 | |
| Slider | 250 | 79.4 | 521 | 46.4% | 30.0% | 50 | .200 | .505 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 141 | 90.4 | 1,839 | 39.0% | 6.3% | 35 | .371 | 1.067 |
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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.