P · 2016
Chris Narveson
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Born
- December 20, 1981 in Englewood, CO, USA
- MLB debut
- September 8, 2006
- dbWAR
- -.6 4 season(s)
- PA
- 3
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -123 100 = avg
Chris Narveson is a pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2016 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 3 plate appearances in 3 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .739. He averaged 87.7 mph off the bat and made contact on 55.6% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -123 wRC+ puts his offence 223% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -0.8 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2016.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2016. These four terms sum to -0.7 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 66.7% | .000 | -0.8 | -123 | -0.1 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 57.1% | .000 | -1.8 | -125 | -0.2 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 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 | 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 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 66.7% |
| 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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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2016. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 87.7 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 87.7 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -15.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2016.
Situational hitting
How Chris Narveson hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2016.
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, and how often it misses in 2016.
| Sinker | 41 | 88.9 | 2,556 | 43.9% | 9.1% | |
| Changeup | 36 | 82.6 | 1,994 | 38.9% | 30.0% | |
| Cutter | 35 | 85.0 | 1,092 | 31.4% | 15.4% | |
| Curveball | 11 | 74.3 | 1,611 | 27.3% | 40.0% |
Head to head
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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.