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Dennis Sarfate
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- April 9, 1981 in Queens, NY, United States
- MLB debut
- September 3, 2006
- dbWAR
- .7 Regular season, 4 season(s)
- IP
- 23.0
- ERA
- 5.09
- FIP
- 5.01
- K/9
- 7.8
- FIP−
- 116 100 = avg
Dennis Sarfate was a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2009 he struck out 20 batters over 23.0 innings across 20 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 5.09 was 17.7% higher than the league average of 4.32 — 10th of 17 on his team, and 345th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.01 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 20.2% of swings (8.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.8%. His -0.0 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, 2009 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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 | 45 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .256 | .356 | .436 | .354 | 26.7% |
| vs RHB | 56 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 8 | .244 | .370 | .444 | .368 | 14.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Dennis Sarfate 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 287 | 91.9 | 2,368 | 46.3% | 18.3% | 56 | .268 | .879 | |
| Curveball | 102 | 77.7 | 1,363 | 41.2% | 20.0% | 19 | .263 | .807 | |
| Cutter | 38 | 91.5 | 2,307 | 50.0% | 31.8% | 9 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 14 | 82.8 | 1,854 | 28.6% | — | 0 | — | — |
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Nearest 2009 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.