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Roberto Novoa
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #44
- Born
- August 15, 1979 in Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- July 29, 2004
- dbWAR
- -.0 Regular season, 2005–2006 only
- IP
- 76.0
- ERA
- 4.26
- FIP
- 5.82
- K/9
- 6.3
- FIP−
- 129 100 = avg
Roberto Novoa was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2006 he struck out 53 batters over 76.0 innings across 66 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 4.26 was 5.8% lower than the league average of 4.53 — 9th of 18 on his team, and 209th of 466 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.82 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.1% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.8%. His -0.6 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, 2006 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2006; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2006; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 104 | 86 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 16 | .279 | .404 | .442 | .369 | 15.4% |
| vs RHB | 232 | 208 | 53 | 12 | 16 | 37 | .255 | .317 | .486 | .345 | 15.9% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2006.
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Not in the 2006 data: pitch types, recorded in every park from 2008. The play-by-play goes back to 2005, but the measurements on each pitch and batted ball arrived later, so the panels built from them are left off this season.
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Nearest 2006 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.