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Manny Acosta

Age
31
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
215 lb
Number
#46
Born
May 1, 1981 in Colon, Panama
MLB debut
August 12, 2007

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dbWAR
.6
Regular season, 8 season(s)
IP
47.1
ERA
6.46
FIP
4.85
K/9
8.7
FIP−
121
100 = avg

Manny Acosta was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2012 he struck out 46 batters over 47.1 innings across 45 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 6.46 was 61.0% higher than the league average of 4.01 — the second worst on his team, and 465th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.85 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.9% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.3%. 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP4.85
K/98.7
WHIP1.54
WAR-.2

WAR by season

0.40.1-0.2070809101112

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

Trend
2012NYM45047.1131483446256.464.851.548.74.8161121-0.2
2011NYM44047.0414501846153.453.811.388.82.987970.3
2010NYM41039.2321301342182.953.631.219.54.172890.4
2009ATL36037.1110451832194.344.461.717.74.61001030.1
2008ATL46053.0353482131263.575.211.405.34.482120-0.2
2007ATL21023.211013622142.284.251.148.45.351950.2

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

Trend
2009ATL22000011.000.500.000.000—50.0%50.0%.360+0.01220.0
2008ATL45000003.000.000.000.000.0000.0%60.0%.000-1.4-125-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB92792031118.253.348.392.32919.6%
vs RHB1241062841428.264.358.396.33922.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Manny Acosta 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 Fastball37.5%30793.82,13237.8%12.6%71.338.927
Slider35.9%29482.352650.7%43.4%78.192.571
Changeup20.5%16887.21,63044.6%25.0%30.200.594
Sinker5.5%4594.22,53542.2%23.5%6——
Manny Acosta'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.