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Alfredo Simon

Cincinnati RedsNational League Central
Age
35
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 6"
Weight
265 lb
Number
#31
Born
May 8, 1981 in Santiago, Dominican Republic
MLB debut
September 6, 2008
dbWAR
-1.3
4 season(s)
IP
58.2
ERA
9.36
FIP
7.13
K/9
6.0
FIP−
170
100 = avg

Alfredo Simon was a starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2016 he struck out 39 batters over 58.2 innings across 15 appearances, 11 of them starts, going 2-7. His ERA of 9.36 was 123.4% higher than the league average of 4.19 — the worst on his team, and 510th of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 7.13 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.1% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.1%. His -1.4 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.

FIP7.13
K/96.0
WHIP2.05
WAR-1.4

WAR by season

0.2-0.6-1.41516

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2016CIN151158.2270896139319.367.132.056.04.8223170-1.4
2015DET3131187.013120201105117685.054.771.445.63.31281200.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2016CIN819101017.071.188.071.000.1435.3%36.8%.144-2.7-20-0.0
2015DET25000002.000.000.000.000.0000.0%40.0%.000-1.3-127-0.1

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1381224591318.369.423.680.46013.0%
vs RHB1601334461821.331.438.511.41513.1%

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.

———————1 AB—0 AB—0 AB—1 AB—2 AB—2 AB—3 AB
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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 Alfredo Simon 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.

Sinker31.2%34992.41,92041.5%13.2%86.3601.080
Splitter21.0%23584.71,49938.7%19.7%62.3871.070
Cutter19.6%21988.71,10042.5%19.8%46.304.903
Four-Seam Fastball15.7%17692.51,94444.9%18.8%24.4581.242
Curveball11.2%12576.61,27029.6%23.6%38.237.730
Alfredo Simon'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.

Tim LincecumLAA
ERA
9.16
FIP
7.16
SO
32
WAR
-0.9
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Anthony RanaudoCWS
ERA
9.48
FIP
8.06
SO
18
WAR
-1.1
Comparable
Eric SurkampOAK
ERA
6.98
FIP
6.72
SO
22
WAR
-0.7
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José BerríosMIN
ERA
8.02
FIP
6.20
SO
49
WAR
-0.6
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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.