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Adam Loewen

Arizona Diamondbacks National League West

Age: 32
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 245 lb
Number: #29

Born: April 9, 1984 in Vancouver, BC, Canada
MLB debut: May 23, 2006

dbWAR: .7
IP: 6.0
ERA: 15.00
FIP: 7.81
K/9: 4.5
FIP−: 186

Adam Loewen was a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2016 he struck out 3 batters over 6.0 innings across 8 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 15.00 was 258.0% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 7.81 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.4% of swings (8.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 19.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.7%. 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, 2016 regular season.

FIP7.81

K/94.5

WHIP2.17

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2016	AZ	8	0	6.0	1	0	7	10	3	6	15.00	7.81	2.17	4.5	9.0	358	186	-0.2
2015	PHI	20	0	19.1	1	0	20	15	22	17	6.98	5.98	1.91	10.2	7.9	176	151	-0.4
2008	BAL	7	4	21.1	0	2	25	19	14	18	8.02	7.40	2.02	5.9	7.6	185	171	-0.5
2007	BAL	6	6	30.1	2	0	27	12	22	26	3.56	5.09	1.75	6.5	7.7	80	114	0.2
2006	BAL	22	19	112.1	6	6	111	67	98	62	5.37	4.20	1.54	7.9	5.0	119	93	1.6

Batting Regular season

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


2015	PHI	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.000	.333	0.0%	0.0%	.294	-0.1	83	0.0
2011	TOR	13	37	6	1	4	3	13	.188	.297	.313	.125	.278	8.1%	35.1%	.286	-1.0	73	-0.0
2006	BAL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.6	-126	-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	12	9	2	0	2	1	.222	.333	.222	.262	8.3%
vs RHB	19	13	5	1	4	2	.385	.526	.615	.479	10.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Adam Loewen 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	61.9%	78	91.0	1,639	38.5%	27.6%	16	.375	1.063
Curveball	24.6%	31	83.0	481	32.3%	30.0%	4	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	8.7%	11	89.9	1,625	18.2%	0.0%	1	—	—

Adam Loewen'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.