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Les Walrond

Philadelphia Phillies National League East

Age: 32
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #44

Born: November 7, 1976 in Muskogee, OK, United States
MLB debut: June 8, 2003

dbWAR: .3
IP: 10.1
ERA: 6.10
FIP: 3.42
K/9: 10.5
FIP−: 79

Les Walrond was a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2008 he struck out 12 batters over 10.1 innings across 6 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 6.10 was 41.0% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 3.42 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 30.7% of swings (13.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 18.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.5%. 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP3.42

K/910.5

WHIP2.13

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2006–2008; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.

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2008	PHI	6	0	10.1	1	1	0	13	7	12	9	6.10	3.42	2.13	10.5	7.8	141	79	0.2
2006	CHC	10	2	17.1	0	1	0	19	12	21	12	6.23	4.30	1.79	10.9	6.2	138	95	0.2

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2006–2008; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.

																					Trend
2008	PHI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-126	-0.0
2006	CHC	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-0.8	-123	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. 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	17	13	2	0	3	6	.154	.313	.231	.274	35.3%
vs RHB	33	26	11	0	6	6	.423	.531	.538	.447	18.2%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2008.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2008.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .263.

Pitch sequencing

What Les Walrond 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


Slider	32.4%	57	79.3	1,131	47.4%	46.2%	14	—	—
Sinker	21.0%	37	91.0	2,193	35.1%	10.0%	10	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	17.6%	31	91.5	2,043	38.7%	14.3%	6	—	—
Curveball	15.9%	28	75.7	1,498	57.1%	50.0%	10	—	—
Intentional Ball	9.1%	16	82.1	1,941	0.0%	—	0	—	—

Les Walrond'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.