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Andrew Brown

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #59

Born: February 17, 1981 in Chardon, OH, United States
MLB debut: August 13, 2006

dbWAR: 1.1
IP: 35.0
ERA: 3.09
FIP: 4.53
K/9: 7.2
FIP−: 105

Andrew Brown was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2008 he struck out 28 batters over 35.0 innings across 31 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.09 was 28.6% lower than the league average of 4.32 — 5th of 20 on his team, and 80th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.53 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.6% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.0%. His 0.1 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.

FIP4.53

K/97.2

WHIP1.26

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2008	OAK	31	35.0	1	0	23	12	28	21	3.09	4.53	1.26	7.2	5.4	71	105	0.1
2007	OAK	33	41.2	3	3	38	21	43	17	4.54	2.93	1.32	9.3	3.7	101	65	0.9
2006	CLE	9	10.0	0	0	6	4	7	8	3.60	4.45	1.40	6.3	7.2	80	98	0.1

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	79	60	11	0	17	14	.183	.359	.200	.285	17.7%
vs RHB	68	63	12	3	4	14	.190	.250	.397	.287	20.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Andrew Brown 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


Four-Seam Fastball	55.4%	322	91.5	2,240	42.2%	24.4%	67	.224	.742
Slider	18.6%	108	86.0	752	38.9%	17.9%	20	.200	.438
Sinker	11.9%	69	91.8	2,372	37.7%	20.7%	14	—	—
Curveball	6.4%	37	81.7	565	32.4%	35.7%	11	—	—
Changeup	5.5%	32	82.1	2,070	40.6%	14.3%	9	—	—

Andrew Brown'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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Similar players

Nearest 2008 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

J.C. RomeroPHI

ERA: 2.75
FIP: 4.66
SO: 52
WAR: 0.1

Very close

Jason FrasorTOR

ERA: 4.18
FIP: 4.55
SO: 42
WAR: 0.1

John GrabowPIT

ERA: 2.84
FIP: 4.54
SO: 62
WAR: 0.2

Jesus ColomeWSH

ERA: 4.31
FIP: 4.50
SO: 55
WAR: 0.3

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.