P · 2021
Scott Kazmir
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Number
- #19
- Born
- January 24, 1984 in Houston, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- August 23, 2004
- dbWAR
- 1.9 6 season(s)
- PA
- 4
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -121 100 = avg
Scott Kazmir is a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2021 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 4 plate appearances in 3 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He averaged 48.2 mph off the bat and made contact on 62.5% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -121 wRC+ puts his offence 221% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -1.1 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, 2021.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2021. These four terms sum to -0.9 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -121 | -0.1 | |
| 2016 | 25 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .116 | .136 | .116 | .000 | .263 | 2.0% | 48.0% | .116 | -8.2 | -41 | -0.7 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .000 | .500 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .220 | -0.3 | 33 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6.35 | 6.43 | 1.85 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 149 | 151 | -0.2 | |
| 2016 | 26 | 26 | 136.1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 133 | 69 | 134 | 52 | 4.56 | 4.48 | 1.36 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 109 | 107 | 0.9 | |
| 2015 | 31 | 31 | 183.0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 162 | 63 | 155 | 59 | 3.10 | 3.98 | 1.21 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 78 | 100 | 1.9 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 50.0% |
| vs RHP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 50.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .400 | .471 | .867 | .547 | 11.1% |
| vs RHB | 37 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .273 | .351 | .424 | .331 | 21.6% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 2 tracked batted balls in 2021. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 48.2 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 72.0 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 50.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -5.5° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Scott Kazmir 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 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Runners on · thin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .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, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Scott Kazmir 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 2021.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 112 | 92.4 | 2,155 | 50.0% | 10.9% | |
| Changeup | 64 | 80.5 | 1,481 | 40.6% | 34.5% | |
| Slider | 30 | 87.1 | 1,945 | 40.0% | 27.8% |
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.