Players · M · Pitcher · 2018
Ryan Madson
- Age
- 38
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 234 lb
- Number
- #63
- Born
- August 28, 1980 in Long Beach, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- September 27, 2003
- dbWAR
- 3.9 5 season(s)
- IP
- 52.2
- ERA
- 5.47
- FIP
- 3.98
- K/9
- 9.2
- FIP−
- 96 100 = avg
Ryan Madson was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2018 he struck out 54 batters over 52.2 innings across 58 appearances, going 2-5. His ERA of 5.47 was 31.8% higher than the league average of 4.15 — 13th of 17 on his team, and 434th of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.98 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 28.3% of swings (14.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.4%. His 0.5 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, 2018.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | OAK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -123 | -0.0 | — |
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 | 107 | 90 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 23 | .289 | .374 | .433 | .350 | 21.5% |
| vs RHB | 124 | 116 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 31 | .276 | .309 | .422 | .314 | 25.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Ryan Madson 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 | 340 | 95.9 | 2,251 | 49.4% | 21.2% | 85 | .259 | .723 | |
| Changeup | 182 | 84.8 | 1,934 | 50.0% | 46.2% | 43 | .093 | .312 | |
| Sinker | 179 | 95.5 | 2,076 | 48.6% | 23.7% | 50 | .400 | 1.015 | |
| Curveball | 105 | 83.0 | 2,291 | 37.1% | 26.3% | 24 | .417 | 1.148 | |
| Cutter | 27 | 93.5 | 2,210 | 48.1% | 27.3% | 4 | — | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2018 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.