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Paul Maholm

Los Angeles Dodgers National League West

Age: 32
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 245 lb
Number: #28

Born: June 25, 1982 in Greenwood, MS, United States
MLB debut: August 30, 2005

dbWAR: 15.6
IP: 70.2
ERA: 4.84
FIP: 4.96
K/9: 4.3
FIP−: 133

Paul Maholm was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2014 he struck out 34 batters over 70.2 innings across 30 appearances, going 1-5. His ERA of 4.84 was 29.4% higher than the league average of 3.74 — the second worst on his team, and 388th of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.96 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 14.8% of swings (6.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.9%. His -0.6 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP4.96

K/94.3

WHIP1.56

WAR-.6

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2014	LAD	30	8	70.2	1	5	82	38	34	28	4.84	4.96	1.56	4.3	3.6	129	133	-0.6
2013	ATL	26	26	153.0	10	11	169	75	105	47	4.41	4.24	1.41	6.2	2.8	114	110	1.0
2012	CHC/ATL	32	31	189.0	13	11	178	77	140	53	3.67	4.00	1.22	6.7	2.5	91	100	2.2
2011	PIT	26	26	162.1	6	14	160	66	97	50	3.66	3.78	1.29	5.4	2.8	93	96	2.1
2010	PIT	32	32	185.1	9	15	228	105	102	62	5.10	4.18	1.56	5.0	3.0	125	102	2.0
2009	PIT	31	31	194.2	8	9	221	96	119	60	4.44	3.83	1.44	5.5	2.8	103	89	3.4
2008	PIT	31	31	206.1	9	9	201	85	139	63	3.71	4.15	1.28	6.1	2.7	86	96	2.7
2007	PIT	29	29	177.2	10	15	204	99	105	49	5.02	4.60	1.42	5.3	2.5	112	103	1.8
2006	PIT	30	30	176.0	8	10	202	93	117	81	4.76	4.81	1.61	6.0	4.1	105	106	1.5
2005	PIT	6	6	41.1	3	1	31	10	26	17	2.18	3.84	1.16	5.7	3.7	51	90	0.7

Batting Regular season

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


2014	LAD	9	16	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.182	.000	.000	.000	12.5%	37.5%	.128	-2.3	-32	-0.0
2013	ATL	23	57	7	0	2	1	25	.135	.151	.173	.038	.259	1.8%	43.9%	.147	-7.5	-20	-0.1
2012	CHC/ATL	31	68	4	1	3	2	38	.063	.092	.111	.048	.125	2.9%	55.9%	.095	-11.9	-54	-0.3
2011	PIT	24	53	5	0	1	3	22	.109	.163	.109	.000	.208	5.7%	41.5%	.135	-7.6	-28	-0.1
2010	PIT	30	65	5	0	0	2	31	.089	.121	.089	.000	.200	3.1%	47.7%	.102	-11.5	-54	-0.3
2009	PIT	30	67	4	1	2	3	36	.069	.115	.138	.069	.143	4.5%	53.7%	.120	-11.6	-44	-0.2
2008	PIT	30	73	8	0	3	6	28	.123	.197	.123	.000	.216	8.2%	38.4%	.163	-10.2	-17	0.0
2007	PIT	27	62	11	0	5	1	29	.186	.200	.203	.017	.367	1.6%	46.8%	.183	-7.9	-3	0.1
2006	PIT	28	59	6	0	2	3	31	.109	.155	.109	.000	.250	5.1%	52.5%	.131	-10.2	-38	-0.2
2005	PIT	6	17	2	0	0	1	6	.133	.188	.133	.000	.222	5.9%	35.3%	.156	-2.4	-19	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	92	83	24	2	7	10	.289	.348	.398	.336	10.9%
vs RHB	219	193	58	6	21	24	.301	.375	.472	.375	11.0%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2014.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2014.

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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 .251.

Pitch sequencing

What Paul Maholm 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	33.3%	391	87.1	1,993	39.6%	6.2%	98	.306	.835
Four-Seam Fastball	18.1%	212	87.3	1,987	40.1%	9.9%	53	.226	.759
Curveball	13.7%	161	72.1	1,258	34.2%	13.5%	33	.364	.794
Slider	10.8%	127	79.3	570	43.3%	19.4%	35	.314	.780
Changeup	10.6%	124	80.3	1,367	33.9%	25.8%	31	.419	1.067
Cutter	10.2%	120	83.2	980	45.8%	25.9%	23	.130	.428
Eephus	1.9%	22	63.7	1,109	40.9%	33.3%	3	—	—
Intentional Ball	1.0%	12	69.4	1,260	0.0%	—	0	—	—

Paul Maholm'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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Similar players

Nearest 2014 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jake BuchananHOU

ERA: 4.58
FIP: 4.58
SO: 20
WAR: -0.1

Very close

Scott CarrollCWS

ERA: 4.80
FIP: 4.77
SO: 64
WAR: -0.3

Evan MeekBAL

ERA: 5.79
FIP: 5.10
SO: 16
WAR: -0.3

Donn RoachSD

ERA: 4.75
FIP: 4.75
SO: 17
WAR: -0.2

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.