Players · C · Pitcher · 2012 regular season
Vinnie Chulk
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #50
- Born
- December 19, 1978 in Miami, FL, United States
- MLB debut
- September 8, 2003
- dbWAR
- 1.2 Regular season, 2005–2012 only
- IP
- 9.0
- ERA
- 10.00
- FIP
- 2.21
- K/9
- 10.0
- FIP−
- 55 100 = avg
Vinnie Chulk was a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2012 he struck out 10 batters over 9.0 innings across 7 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 10.00 was 149.1% higher than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 2.21 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.5% of swings (5.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.8%. His 0.3 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, 2012 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | MIL | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10.00 | 2.21 | 2.33 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 249 | 55 | 0.3 | |
| 2009 | CLE | 8 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3.75 | 6.01 | 1.67 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 87 | 139 | -0.2 | |
| 2008 | SF | 27 | 0 | 31.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4.83 | 5.53 | 1.29 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 112 | 128 | -0.2 | |
| 2007 | SF | 57 | 0 | 53.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 21 | 41 | 14 | 3.57 | 3.33 | 1.26 | 7.0 | 2.4 | 80 | 75 | 1.0 | |
| 2006 | SF/TOR | 48 | 0 | 46.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 27 | 43 | 20 | 5.24 | 4.46 | 1.42 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 116 | 99 | 0.3 | |
| 2005 | TOR | 62 | 0 | 72.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 31 | 39 | 26 | 3.88 | 4.69 | 1.31 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 90 | 109 | 0.1 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 2003, 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 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .368 | .429 | .526 | .403 | 19.0% |
| vs RHB | 27 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .400 | .444 | .560 | .439 | 22.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Vinnie Chulk 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 | 84 | 91.0 | 1,947 | 45.2% | 9.1% | 23 | .348 | .835 | |
| Curveball | 70 | 78.2 | 1,737 | 44.3% | 23.1% | 16 | .250 | .732 | |
| Sinker | 18 | 90.6 | 2,018 | 50.0% | 16.7% | 2 | — | — |
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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.