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Brian Stokes

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #43

Born: September 7, 1979 in Montclair, CA, United States
MLB debut: September 3, 2006

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 16.2
ERA: 8.10
FIP: 7.34
K/9: 8.6
FIP−: 180

Brian Stokes was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2010 he struck out 16 batters over 16.2 innings across 16 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 8.10 was 98.6% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 7.34 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.4% of swings (8.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.8%. His -0.6 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, 2010 regular season.

FIP7.34

K/98.6

WHIP2.52

WAR-.6

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2010	LAA	16	0	16.2	0	0	0	26	15	16	16	8.10	7.34	2.52	8.6	8.6	199	180	-0.6
2009	NYM	69	0	70.1	2	4	0	72	31	45	38	3.97	4.63	1.56	5.8	4.9	92	107	0.1
2008	NYM	24	1	33.1	1	0	1	35	13	26	8	3.51	4.24	1.29	7.0	2.2	81	98	0.2
2007	TB	59	0	62.1	2	7	0	90	49	35	25	7.07	5.76	1.84	5.1	3.6	158	129	-0.6
2006	TB	5	4	24.0	1	0	0	31	13	15	9	4.88	4.23	1.67	5.6	3.4	108	93	0.3

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2009	NYM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	0.0	—
2008	NYM	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	.000	1.000	0.0%	33.3%	.598	+0.7	285	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2010. 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	44	34	13	2	9	5	.382	.500	.706	.512	11.4%
vs RHB	46	38	13	2	7	11	.342	.457	.605	.461	23.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Brian Stokes 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	39.1%	129	93.3	2,182	37.2%	6.3%	33	.485	1.390
Sinker	22.4%	74	93.7	2,502	47.3%	11.8%	14	—	—
Changeup	18.8%	62	80.5	1,617	48.4%	27.3%	13	—	—
Curveball	16.1%	53	84.9	589	35.8%	68.8%	10	—	—

Brian Stokes'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.