P · 2017
Dustin McGowan
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Number
- #29
- Born
- March 24, 1982 in Savannah, GA, USA
- MLB debut
- July 30, 2005
- dbWAR
- -.9 6 season(s)
- PA
- 7
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -127 100 = avg
Dustin McGowan is a pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2017 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 7 plate appearances in 7 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .750. He made contact on 62.5% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -127 wRC+ puts his offence 227% below average. That comes to -0.2 dbWAR — -1.9 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2017.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2017. These four terms sum to -1.7 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 85.7% | .000 | -1.9 | -127 | -0.2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 75.0% | .000 | -1.0 | -123 | -0.1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.8 | -122 | -0.1 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 63 | 0 | 77.2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 41 | 64 | 27 | 4.75 | 4.81 | 1.34 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 109 | 110 | 0.0 | |
| 2016 | 55 | 0 | 67.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 21 | 63 | 33 | 2.82 | 4.19 | 1.22 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 67 | 100 | 0.3 | |
| 2015 | 14 | 1 | 23.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 6.94 | 7.81 | 2.10 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 175 | 197 | -0.9 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| vs RHP | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 83.3% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 137 | 121 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | .281 | .346 | .413 | .317 | 12.4% |
| vs RHB | 194 | 173 | 43 | 9 | 15 | 47 | .249 | .314 | .486 | .342 | 24.2% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2017.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2017.
Situational hitting
How Dustin McGowan hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2017.
Pitch sequencing
What Dustin McGowan 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, and how often it misses in 2017.
| Slider | 395 | 86.7 | 2,304 | 42.5% | 40.9% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 371 | 93.8 | 2,221 | 38.8% | 16.1% | |
| Sinker | 329 | 93.8 | 2,153 | 41.0% | 13.0% | |
| Changeup | 82 | 87.8 | 1,822 | 41.5% | 33.3% |
Head to head
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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.