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Tyler Walker
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 260 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- May 15, 1976 in San Francisco, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- July 2, 2002
- dbWAR
- 1.9 Regular season, 2005–2010 only
- IP
- 35.1
- ERA
- 3.57
- FIP
- 3.90
- K/9
- 7.6
- FIP−
- 96 100 = avg
Tyler Walker was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2010 he struck out 30 batters over 35.1 innings across 24 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.57 was 12.6% lower than the league average of 4.08 — 8th of 20 on his team, and 159th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.90 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.9% of swings (12.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.7%. 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.
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.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | WSH | 24 | 0 | 35.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 3.57 | 3.90 | 1.22 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 87 | 96 | 0.3 | |
| 2009 | PHI | 32 | 0 | 35.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 3.06 | 4.06 | 1.13 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 71 | 94 | 0.3 | |
| 2008 | SF | 65 | 0 | 53.1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 27 | 49 | 21 | 4.56 | 4.24 | 1.27 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 105 | 98 | 0.4 | |
| 2007 | SF | 15 | 0 | 14.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1.26 | 2.82 | 1.12 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 28 | 63 | 0.3 | |
| 2006 | TB/SF | 26 | 0 | 25.1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 7.11 | 3.58 | 1.54 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 157 | 79 | 0.4 | |
| 2005 | SF | 67 | 0 | 61.2 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 68 | 29 | 54 | 27 | 4.23 | 4.63 | 1.54 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 99 | 108 | 0.1 |
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.
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 | 55 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .245 | .296 | .265 | .242 | 16.4% |
| vs RHB | 90 | 83 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 21 | .277 | .307 | .542 | .368 | 23.3% |
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 Tyler Walker 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 | 208 | 91.1 | 2,183 | 41.3% | 11.8% | 59 | .305 | .831 | |
| Slider | 182 | 82.3 | 438 | 55.5% | 33.7% | 44 | .250 | .769 | |
| Changeup | 77 | 80.5 | 1,269 | 44.2% | 36.6% | 18 | .222 | .500 | |
| Sinker | 44 | 90.1 | 2,409 | 40.9% | 22.7% | 10 | — | — |
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Nearest 2010 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.