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Franklyn German
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Weight
- 260 lb
- Born
- January 20, 1980 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- September 7, 2002
- dbWAR
- -.3 Regular season, 2005–2008 only
- IP
- 21.2
- ERA
- 2.08
- FIP
- 3.55
- K/9
- 6.2
- FIP−
- 82 100 = avg
Franklyn German was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2008 he struck out 15 batters over 21.2 innings across 17 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 2.08 was 52.0% lower than the league average of 4.32 — the best on his team, and 17th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.55 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.4% of swings (8.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.1%. 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, 2008 regular season.
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 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 | 38 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .300 | .421 | .400 | .368 | 23.7% |
| vs RHB | 55 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .205 | .288 | .250 | .255 | 10.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Franklyn German 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 | 210 | 93.6 | 2,455 | 36.2% | 13.2% | 43 | .209 | .612 | |
| Splitter | 112 | 84.6 | 1,671 | 48.2% | 34.0% | 25 | .240 | .566 | |
| Sinker | 30 | 93.6 | 2,770 | 33.3% | 7.7% | 6 | — | — |
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Nearest 2008 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.