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Ian Snell
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- October 30, 1981 in Dover, DE, United States
- MLB debut
- August 20, 2004
- dbWAR
- 5.9 Regular season, 2005–2010 only
- IP
- 46.1
- ERA
- 6.41
- FIP
- 6.45
- K/9
- 5.1
- FIP−
- 158 100 = avg
Ian Snell was a starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2010 he struck out 26 batters over 46.1 innings across 12 appearances, 8 of them starts, going 0-5. His ERA of 6.41 was 57.1% higher than the league average of 4.08 — the second worst on his team, and 444th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.45 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.9% of swings (8.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.5%. His -0.9 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, 2010 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | SEA | 12 | 8 | 46.1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 6.41 | 6.45 | 1.83 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 157 | 158 | -0.9 | |
| 2009 | PIT/SEA | 27 | 27 | 145.0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 148 | 78 | 89 | 83 | 4.84 | 4.88 | 1.59 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 112 | 113 | 0.8 | |
| 2008 | PIT | 31 | 31 | 164.1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 201 | 99 | 135 | 89 | 5.42 | 4.57 | 1.76 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 125 | 106 | 1.3 | |
| 2007 | PIT | 32 | 32 | 208.0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 209 | 87 | 177 | 68 | 3.76 | 4.01 | 1.33 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 84 | 90 | 3.4 | |
| 2006 | PIT | 32 | 32 | 186.0 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 198 | 98 | 169 | 74 | 4.74 | 4.58 | 1.46 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 105 | 101 | 2.1 | |
| 2005 | PIT | 15 | 5 | 42.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 24 | 34 | 24 | 5.14 | 4.73 | 1.60 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 120 | 110 | 0.1 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2010; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | PIT | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .000 | .308 | 0.0% | 37.0% | .157 | -3.9 | -19 | -0.0 | |
| 2008 | PIT | 30 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .125 | .160 | .146 | .021 | .200 | 3.5% | 31.6% | .145 | -8.8 | -30 | -0.1 | |
| 2007 | PIT | 32 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .088 | .133 | .088 | .000 | .147 | 4.2% | 31.9% | .111 | -13.5 | -53 | -0.3 | |
| 2006 | PIT | 30 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .056 | .089 | .074 | .019 | .115 | 3.1% | 43.1% | .080 | -14.0 | -71 | -0.4 | |
| 2005 | PIT | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 37.5% | .000 | -2.2 | -125 | -0.1 |
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 | 114 | 96 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 13 | .302 | .393 | .615 | .436 | 11.4% |
| vs RHB | 113 | 99 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 13 | .313 | .375 | .515 | .391 | 11.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Ian Snell 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 | 315 | 91.2 | 2,249 | 46.0% | 13.8% | 62 | .194 | .679 | |
| Changeup | 233 | 85.5 | 1,763 | 39.5% | 23.3% | 46 | .413 | 1.210 | |
| Sinker | 181 | 91.8 | 2,634 | 40.3% | 14.5% | 40 | .350 | 1.069 | |
| Slider | 147 | 82.6 | 633 | 39.5% | 21.8% | 47 | .319 | .942 |
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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.