Players · D · Pitcher · 2009 regular season
Lenny DiNardo
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #55
- Born
- September 19, 1979 in Miami, FL, United States
- MLB debut
- April 23, 2004
- dbWAR
- .3 Regular season, 2005–2009 only
- IP
- 21.1
- ERA
- 10.13
- FIP
- 5.82
- K/9
- 3.4
- FIP−
- 135 100 = avg
Lenny DiNardo was a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2009 he struck out 8 batters over 21.1 innings across 5 appearances, 5 of them starts, going 0-3. His ERA of 10.13 was 134.3% higher than the league average of 4.32 — the worst on his team, and the worst among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.82 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.7% of swings (6.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 6.8%. 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, 2009 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; 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 2005–2009; 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 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .450 | .542 | .600 | .503 | 4.2% |
| vs RHB | 93 | 79 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 7 | .405 | .473 | .544 | .447 | 7.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Lenny DiNardo 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.
| Cutter | 176 | 84.2 | 454 | 38.6% | 9.2% | 44 | .364 | .923 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 169 | 84.3 | 424 | 51.5% | 19.0% | 35 | .486 | 1.256 | |
| Changeup | 67 | 76.5 | 1,014 | 23.9% | 24.0% | 14 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 44 | 72.4 | 851 | 34.1% | 16.7% | 6 | — | — |
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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.