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Aaron Harang

Philadelphia Phillies National League East

Age: 37
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 260 lb
Number: #39

Born: May 9, 1978 in San Diego, CA, United States
MLB debut: May 25, 2002

dbWAR: 21.0
IP: 172.1
ERA: 4.86
FIP: 4.83
K/9: 5.6
FIP−: 122

Aaron Harang was a starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2015 he struck out 108 batters over 172.1 innings across 29 appearances, 29 of them starts, going 6-15. His ERA of 4.86 was 22.6% higher than the league average of 3.96 — 13th of 22 on his team, and 397th of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.83 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.0% of swings (8.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.4%. 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, 2015 regular season.

FIP4.83

K/95.6

WHIP1.39

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2015; his career began in 2002, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2015	PHI	29	29	172.1	6	15	189	93	108	51	4.86	4.83	1.39	5.6	2.7	123	122	0.2
2014	ATL	33	33	204.1	12	12	215	81	161	71	3.57	3.57	1.40	7.1	3.1	95	95	2.7
2013	SEA/NYM	26	26	143.1	5	12	153	86	113	40	5.40	4.79	1.35	7.1	2.5	140	124	0.0
2012	LAD	31	31	179.2	10	10	167	72	131	85	3.61	4.14	1.40	6.6	4.3	90	103	1.7
2011	SD	28	28	170.2	14	7	175	69	124	58	3.64	4.17	1.37	6.5	3.1	92	106	1.3
2010	CIN	22	20	111.2	6	7	139	66	82	38	5.32	4.60	1.59	6.6	3.1	130	113	0.6
2009	CIN	26	26	162.1	6	14	186	76	142	43	4.21	4.14	1.41	7.9	2.4	97	96	2.2
2008	CIN	30	29	184.1	6	17	205	98	153	50	4.78	4.79	1.38	7.5	2.4	111	111	1.2
2007	CIN	34	34	231.2	16	6	213	96	218	52	3.73	3.71	1.14	8.5	2.0	83	83	4.8
2006	CIN	36	35	234.1	16	11	242	98	216	56	3.76	3.68	1.27	8.3	2.2	83	81	5.1
2005	CIN	32	32	211.2	11	13	217	90	163	51	3.83	3.67	1.27	6.9	2.2	89	85	4.1

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2015; his career began in 2002, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2015	PHI	28	58	8	0	0	1	18	.167	.184	.188	.021	.267	1.7%	31.0%	.166	-6.9	-6	0.1
2014	ATL	32	71	5	0	1	1	29	.082	.097	.082	.000	.156	1.4%	40.8%	.084	-12.4	-63	-0.4
2013	NYM/SEA	6	11	2	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.000	.400	0.0%	54.5%	.162	-1.3	-9	0.0
2012	LAD	29	63	4	0	2	0	23	.071	.071	.089	.018	.121	0.0%	36.5%	.070	-12.3	-74	-0.4
2011	SD	28	62	5	0	1	0	23	.089	.089	.107	.018	.152	0.0%	37.1%	.087	-11.2	-64	-0.4
2010	CIN	19	40	5	0	2	0	13	.135	.135	.162	.027	.208	0.0%	32.5%	.132	-6.1	-34	-0.1
2009	CIN	25	54	7	1	6	1	12	.149	.167	.234	.085	.176	1.9%	22.2%	.179	-6.8	-5	0.1
2008	CIN	29	59	7	0	2	0	20	.130	.130	.148	.019	.206	0.0%	33.9%	.124	-10.2	-42	-0.2
2007	CIN	32	88	7	0	2	1	28	.095	.117	.108	.014	.149	1.1%	31.8%	.106	-16.9	-54	-0.5
2006	CIN	32	81	8	0	2	1	35	.108	.132	.108	.000	.205	1.2%	43.2%	.114	-15.1	-47	-0.3
2005	CIN	30	78	2	0	3	0	39	.027	.027	.027	.000	.057	0.0%	50.0%	.024	-19.5	-105	-0.9

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	346	304	86	10	35	33	.283	.363	.464	.361	9.5%
vs RHB	402	377	103	16	16	75	.273	.306	.475	.337	18.7%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2015.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2015.

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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 .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Aaron Harang 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	35.0%	995	89.0	2,253	45.1%	13.7%	208	.255	.732
Sinker	32.6%	928	89.3	2,315	43.6%	10.6%	236	.314	.831
Slider	17.1%	487	81.1	437	44.1%	36.1%	129	.217	.736
Changeup	10.2%	290	83.5	1,762	35.5%	13.7%	71	.296	.944
Curveball	4.6%	132	73.7	870	37.9%	13.4%	40	.325	.841
Intentional Ball	0.4%	10	73.8	1,489	0.0%	—	0	—	—

Aaron Harang'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.