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Rick Bauer

Cleveland Indians American League Central

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #30

Born: January 10, 1977 in Garden Grove, CA, United States
MLB debut: September 2, 2001

dbWAR: .6
IP: 6.0
ERA: 13.50
FIP: 5.47
K/9: 6.0
FIP−: 126

Rick Bauer was a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2008 he struck out 4 batters over 6.0 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 13.50 was 212.2% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 5.47 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.7% of swings (7.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.3%. His -0.0 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.

FIP5.47

K/96.0

WHIP2.17

WAR-.0

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2008; his career began in 2001, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2008	CLE	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	10	9	4	3	13.50	5.47	2.17	6.0	4.5	312	126	-0.0
2006	TEX	58	1	71.0	3	1	2	73	28	35	25	3.55	4.12	1.38	4.4	3.2	78	91	0.8
2005	BAL	5	0	8.1	0	0	0	13	9	5	4	9.72	6.38	2.04	5.4	4.3	227	149	-0.2

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	13	12	3	1	1	3	.250	.308	.667	.413	23.1%
vs RHB	17	15	7	0	2	1	.467	.529	.733	.546	5.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Rick Bauer throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Four-seamSliderUnknownSinker

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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	51.7%	61	91.4	2,247	57.4%	13.8%	10	—	—
Slider	19.5%	23	82.3	798	21.7%	12.5%	7	—	—
Unknown	18.6%	22	—	—	40.9%	20.0%	9	—	—
Sinker	10.2%	12	92.0	2,667	33.3%	50.0%	1	—	—

Rick Bauer'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.