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Chris Capuano

Milwaukee Brewers National League Central

Age: 38
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #39

Born: August 19, 1978 in Springfield, MA, United States
MLB debut: May 4, 2003

dbWAR: -.8
IP: 24.0
ERA: 4.13
FIP: 6.69
K/9: 10.1
FIP−: 160

Chris Capuano was a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2016 he struck out 27 batters over 24.0 innings across 16 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 4.13 was 1.5% lower than the league average of 4.19 — 13th of 20 on his team, and 262nd of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.69 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.5% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.5%. 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, 2016.

FIP6.69

K/910.1

WHIP1.58

WAR-.6

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	MIL	16	0	24.0	1	1	0	23	11	27	15	4.13	6.69	1.58	10.1	5.6	98	160	-0.6
2015	NYY	22	4	40.2	0	4	0	52	36	38	22	7.97	5.03	1.82	8.4	4.9	201	127	-0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	MIL	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	1.000	—	—	—	100.0%	0.0%	.697	+0.3	357	0.0
2015	NYY	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-122	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	36	32	7	1	4	10	.219	.306	.344	.292	27.8%
vs RHB	70	58	16	6	11	17	.276	.400	.655	.437	24.3%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2016.

Pitch sequencing

What Chris Capuano 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


Sinker	47.9%	210	88.5	2,544	51.0%	13.8%	41	.341	1.094
Slider	26.9%	118	82.2	494	44.1%	32.7%	29	.172	.664
Changeup	21.2%	93	77.6	1,680	52.7%	38.8%	20	.150	.727

Chris Capuano'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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Similar players

Nearest 2016 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Keyvius SampsonCIN

ERA: 4.35
FIP: 6.20
SO: 42
WAR: -0.7

Michael MariotPHI

ERA: 5.82
FIP: 5.96
SO: 23
WAR: -0.3

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Neil RamírezCHC

ERA: 6.00
FIP: 7.73
SO: 24
WAR: -0.9

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Tony SippHOU

ERA: 4.95
FIP: 6.19
SO: 40
WAR: -0.8

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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.