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Roman Colon

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 245 lb

Born: August 13, 1979 in Montecristi, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: August 21, 2004

dbWAR: -.8
IP: 8.0
ERA: 6.75
FIP: 3.47
K/9: 3.4
FIP−: 86

Roman Colon was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2012 he struck out 3 batters over 8.0 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.75 was 68.1% higher than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 3.47 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 12.3% of swings (5.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 8.1%. His 0.1 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP3.47

K/93.4

WHIP1.88

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WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2012	KC	3	0	8.0	0	0	0	12	6	3	3	6.75	3.47	1.88	3.4	3.4	168	86	0.1
2010	KC	5	0	2.0	0	0	0	5	4	1	2	18.00	6.58	3.50	4.5	9.0	441	161	-0.0
2009	KC	43	0	50.1	2	3	0	50	27	29	22	4.83	5.18	1.43	5.2	3.9	112	120	-0.2
2006	DET	20	1	38.2	2	0	1	46	21	25	14	4.89	5.03	1.55	5.8	3.3	108	111	0.0
2005	ATL/DET	35	7	69.1	2	6	0	82	43	47	21	5.58	5.76	1.49	6.1	2.7	130	134	-0.6

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2012; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.

																					Trend
2012	KC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.2	-118	-0.0
2005	ATL	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	62.5%	.000	-2.2	-122	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	14	13	5	0	1	1	.385	.429	.615	.452	7.1%
vs RHB	23	21	7	0	2	2	.333	.391	.429	.365	8.7%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2012.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2012.

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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 .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Roman Colon 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	40.5%	49	94.2	2,057	36.7%	4.8%	12	—	—
Slider	33.9%	41	83.4	495	39.0%	26.1%	14	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	15.7%	19	95.1	2,092	47.4%	0.0%	3	—	—
Changeup	8.3%	10	87.1	1,655	10.0%	0.0%	5	—	—

Roman Colon'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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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.