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Doug Waechter

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #40

Born: January 28, 1981 in St. Petersburg, FL, United States
MLB debut: August 27, 2003

dbWAR: .7
IP: 5.1
ERA: 8.44
FIP: 8.53
K/9: 5.1
FIP−: 197

Doug Waechter was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2009 he struck out 3 batters over 5.1 innings across 5 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 8.44 was 95.2% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 8.53 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 11.8% of swings (5.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.7%. 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP8.53

K/95.1

WHIP2.25

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2009	KC	5	0	5.1	0	0	9	5	3	3	8.44	8.53	2.25	5.1	5.1	195	197	-0.2
2008	FLA	48	0	63.1	4	2	63	26	46	21	3.69	4.21	1.33	6.5	3.0	85	97	0.4
2006	TB	11	10	53.0	1	4	67	39	25	19	6.62	5.03	1.62	4.2	3.2	146	111	0.3
2005	TB	29	25	157.0	5	12	191	98	87	38	5.62	5.10	1.46	5.0	2.2	131	119	0.2

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.

																					Trend
2008	FLA	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.000	.200	0.0%	14.3%	.149	-1.1	-26	-0.0
2005	TB	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.8	-126	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. 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	16	14	3	1	2	1	.214	.313	.500	.355	6.3%
vs RHB	12	10	6	1	1	2	.600	.583	1.000	.639	16.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Doug Waechter 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	41.6%	47	88.3	2,442	46.8%	12.5%	12	—	—
Slider	30.1%	34	82.5	734	47.1%	16.7%	8	—	—
Sinker	22.1%	25	88.2	2,280	32.0%	0.0%	4	—	—

Doug Waechter'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.