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Chris Narveson

Age: 35
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 205 lb

Born: December 20, 1981 in Englewood, CO, United States
MLB debut: September 8, 2006

dbWAR: -.6
IP: 8.1
ERA: 8.64
FIP: 7.47
K/9: 6.5
FIP−: 178

Chris Narveson was a relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2016 he struck out 6 batters over 8.1 innings across 6 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 8.64 was 106.2% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 7.47 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.0% of swings (8.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.8%. 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, 2016.

FIP7.47

K/96.5

WHIP1.44

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	MIA	6	0	8.1	1	0	0	10	8	6	2	8.64	7.47	1.44	6.5	2.2	206	178	-0.3
2015	MIA	15	2	30.1	3	1	0	24	15	32	9	4.45	4.91	1.09	9.5	2.7	112	124	-0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	MIA	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	66.7%	.000	-0.8	-123	-0.0
2015	MIA	6	7	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	57.1%	.000	-1.8	-125	-0.1

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	14	12	4	1	1	2	.333	.429	.667	.448	14.3%
vs RHB	24	23	6	2	1	4	.261	.292	.522	.348	16.7%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2016.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2016.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .255.

Pitch sequencing

What Chris Narveson 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	31.5%	41	88.9	2,556	43.9%	9.1%	6	—	—
Changeup	27.7%	36	82.6	1,994	38.9%	30.0%	12	—	—
Cutter	26.9%	35	85.0	1,092	31.4%	15.4%	10	—	—
Curveball	8.5%	11	74.3	1,611	27.3%	40.0%	6	—	—

Chris Narveson'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.