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Phil Dumatrait

Age: 30
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #32

Born: July 12, 1981 in Bakersfield, CA, United States
MLB debut: August 2, 2007

dbWAR: -1.8
IP: 41.1
ERA: 3.92
FIP: 5.71
K/9: 6.3
FIP−: 145

Phil Dumatrait was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2011 he struck out 29 batters over 41.1 innings across 45 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 3.92 was 0.6% lower than the league average of 3.94 — the third best on his team, and 250th of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.71 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 16.7% of swings (6.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.8%. His -0.7 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.

FIP5.71

K/96.3

WHIP1.69

WAR-.7

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2011	MIN	45	0	41.1	1	3	1	45	18	29	25	3.92	5.71	1.69	6.3	5.4	99	145	-0.7
2009	PIT	15	0	13.0	0	2	0	13	10	7	11	6.92	8.56	1.85	4.8	7.6	160	198	-0.5
2008	PIT	21	11	78.2	3	4	0	82	46	52	42	5.26	4.64	1.58	5.9	4.8	122	107	0.4
2007	CIN	6	6	18.0	0	4	0	39	30	9	12	15.00	8.74	2.83	4.5	6.0	335	195	-0.6

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2008	PIT	13	26	1	0	1	0	0	7	.048	.048	.048	.000	.071	0.0%	26.9%	.043	-6.2	-101	-0.3
2007	CIN	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	66.7%	.000	-1.7	-124	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. 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	85	76	18	1	7	14	.237	.298	.329	.280	16.5%
vs RHB	111	87	27	6	18	15	.310	.422	.563	.417	13.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Phil Dumatrait 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	56.3%	441	90.9	2,322	39.0%	13.8%	91	.275	.801
Slider	31.4%	246	82.2	500	42.7%	18.8%	58	.293	.777
Changeup	5.2%	41	81.7	2,046	36.6%	37.5%	8	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	4.5%	35	91.0	2,161	34.3%	10.0%	6	—	—
Intentional Ball	2.4%	19	70.8	1,606	0.0%	—	0	—	—

Phil Dumatrait'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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Nearest 2011 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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FIP: 5.64
SO: 15
WAR: -0.3

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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.