Players · C · Pitcher · 2008 regular season
Francisco Cruceta
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #41
- Born
- July 4, 1981 in La Vega, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- September 21, 2004
- dbWAR
- -.4 Regular season, 2006–2008 only
- IP
- 11.2
- ERA
- 5.40
- FIP
- 6.05
- K/9
- 8.5
- FIP−
- 140 100 = avg
Francisco Cruceta was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2008 he struck out 11 batters over 11.2 innings across 13 appearances, going 0-3. His ERA of 5.40 was 24.9% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 6.05 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 32.1% of swings (13.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.6%. 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, 2008 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2006–2008; his career began in 2004, 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 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .350 | .480 | .500 | .432 | 18.5% |
| vs RHB | 29 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .250 | .379 | .417 | .365 | 20.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Francisco Cruceta 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 | 80 | 93.0 | 2,430 | 42.5% | 14.7% | 16 | .500 | 1.475 | |
| Splitter | 47 | 82.2 | 859 | 29.8% | 47.1% | 9 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 25 | 82.8 | 1,443 | 48.0% | 75.0% | 6 | — | — | |
| Sinker | 20 | 93.2 | 2,885 | 25.0% | 0.0% | 4 | — | — | |
| Unknown | 16 | — | — | 37.5% | 0.0% | 5 | — | — | |
| Slider | 14 | 81.2 | 726 | 71.4% | 71.4% | 4 | — | — |
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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.