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Bill Murphy

Age
28
B/T
L/L
Height
5' 11"
Weight
195 lb
Number
#74
Born
May 9, 1981 in Anaheim, CA, United States
MLB debut
September 3, 2007

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dbWAR
-.2
Regular season, 2 season(s)
IP
11.1
ERA
3.18
FIP
5.30
K/9
4.8
FIP−
123
100 = avg

Bill Murphy was a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2009 he struck out 6 batters over 11.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 3.18 was 26.5% lower than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 5.30 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.9% of swings (10.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.3%. 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.

FIP5.30
K/94.8
WHIP1.06
WAR-.1

WAR by season

0.0-0.0-0.10709

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

Trend
2009TOR8011.100044683.185.301.064.86.473123-0.1
2007AZ1006.100094275.686.402.532.89.9127143-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB18162023.125.222.313.23816.7%
vs RHB27202163.100.296.250.27011.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Bill Murphy 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 Fastball44.8%7489.72,71031.1%13.6%13——
Changeup27.9%4684.42,10932.6%22.7%12——
Curveball21.2%3579.01,10240.0%50.0%9——
Bill Murphy'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.