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Dontrelle Willis
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Number
- #35
- Born
- January 12, 1982 in Oakland, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- May 9, 2003
- dbWAR
- 12.8 Regular season, 2005–2011 only
- IP
- 75.2
- ERA
- 5.00
- FIP
- 4.10
- K/9
- 6.8
- FIP−
- 104 100 = avg
Dontrelle Willis was a starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2011 he struck out 57 batters over 75.2 innings across 13 appearances, 13 of them starts, going 1-6. His ERA of 5.00 was 26.7% higher than the league average of 3.94 — 13th of 16 on his team, and 376th of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.10 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.6% of swings (9.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.1%. His 0.8 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, 2011 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2011; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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| 2011 | CIN | 13 | 13 | 75.2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 78 | 42 | 57 | 37 | 5.00 | 4.10 | 1.52 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 127 | 104 | 0.8 | |
| 2010 | DET/AZ | 15 | 13 | 65.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 5.62 | 5.62 | 1.95 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 138 | 138 | -0.5 | |
| 2009 | DET | 7 | 7 | 33.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 28 | 7.49 | 6.22 | 1.93 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 173 | 144 | -0.3 | |
| 2008 | DET | 8 | 7 | 24.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 35 | 9.38 | 8.30 | 2.21 | 6.8 | 13.1 | 217 | 192 | -0.8 | |
| 2007 | FLA | 35 | 35 | 205.1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 241 | 118 | 146 | 87 | 5.17 | 5.13 | 1.60 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 116 | 115 | 1.0 | |
| 2006 | FLA | 34 | 34 | 223.1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 234 | 96 | 160 | 83 | 3.87 | 4.31 | 1.42 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 85 | 95 | 3.0 | |
| 2005 | FLA | 34 | 34 | 236.1 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 213 | 69 | 170 | 55 | 2.63 | 2.99 | 1.13 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 61 | 70 | 6.1 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2011; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
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| 2011 | CIN | 15 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .387 | .387 | .645 | .258 | .423 | 0.0% | 11.8% | .452 | +3.4 | 186 | 0.8 | |
| 2010 | AZ/DET | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .000 | .200 | 12.5% | 12.5% | .231 | -0.6 | 34 | 0.0 | |
| 2009 | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -125 | -0.0 | |
| 2007 | FLA | 36 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .286 | .348 | .508 | .222 | .333 | 6.3% | 16.3% | .374 | +2.6 | 124 | 1.2 | |
| 2006 | FLA | 30 | 76 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .172 | .243 | .344 | .172 | .167 | 7.9% | 17.1% | .261 | -4.8 | 51 | 0.7 | |
| 2005 | FLA | 39 | 101 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .261 | .289 | .337 | .076 | .291 | 3.0% | 12.9% | .279 | -4.3 | 67 | 0.9 |
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 | 60 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .127 | .169 | .200 | .170 | 33.3% |
| vs RHB | 274 | 233 | 71 | 5 | 35 | 37 | .305 | .395 | .433 | .371 | 13.5% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2011.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2011.
Pitch sequencing
What Dontrelle Willis 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 | 386 | 87.5 | 1,699 | 45.6% | 14.9% | 80 | .237 | .648 | |
| Sinker | 314 | 87.5 | 2,072 | 37.6% | 9.8% | 72 | .292 | .767 | |
| Curveball | 216 | 76.3 | 708 | 49.5% | 27.5% | 57 | .246 | .680 | |
| Slider | 196 | 81.6 | 450 | 43.4% | 27.8% | 57 | .316 | .810 | |
| Changeup | 115 | 79.6 | 1,455 | 42.6% | 28.1% | 23 | .261 | .885 |
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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.