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Tim Stauffer

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #46

Born: June 2, 1982 in Portland, ME, United States
MLB debut: May 11, 2005

dbWAR: 4.6
IP: 20.2
ERA: 6.97
FIP: 7.00
K/9: 6.1
FIP−: 177

Tim Stauffer was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2015 he struck out 14 batters over 20.2 innings across 18 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 6.97 was 75.9% higher than the league average of 3.96 — the worst on his team, and 498th of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 7.00 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 15.6% of swings (6.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.0%. 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, 2015 regular season.

FIP7.00

K/96.1

WHIP1.98

WAR-.6

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2015	MIN/NYM	18	0	20.2	1	0	32	16	14	9	6.97	7.00	1.98	6.1	3.9	176	177	-0.6
2014	SD	44	3	64.1	6	2	67	25	67	23	3.50	3.02	1.40	9.4	3.2	93	81	0.9
2013	SD	43	0	69.2	3	1	59	29	64	20	3.75	3.55	1.13	8.3	2.6	97	92	0.6
2012	SD	1	1	5.0	0	0	7	3	5	3	5.40	5.49	2.00	9.0	5.4	135	137	-0.0
2011	SD	31	31	185.2	9	12	180	77	128	53	3.73	4.03	1.25	6.2	2.6	95	102	1.7
2010	SD	32	7	82.2	6	5	65	17	61	24	1.85	3.02	1.08	6.6	2.6	45	74	1.5
2009	SD	14	14	73.0	4	7	71	29	53	34	3.58	4.67	1.44	6.5	4.2	83	108	0.4
2007	SD	2	2	7.2	0	1	15	18	6	6	21.13	12.89	2.74	7.0	7.0	472	288	-0.6
2006	SD	1	1	6.0	1	0	3	1	2	1	1.50	2.98	0.67	3.0	1.5	33	66	0.2
2005	SD	15	14	81.0	3	6	92	48	49	29	5.33	4.56	1.49	5.4	3.2	124	106	0.5

Batting Regular season

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


2014	SD	7	8	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.000	.200	0.0%	25.0%	.128	-1.1	-33	0.0
2013	SD	7	8	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-1.9	-128	-0.1
2012	SD	1	2	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-124	-0.0
2011	SD	30	63	8	6	1	19	.148	.161	.148	.000	.222	1.6%	30.2%	.141	-8.8	-25	-0.2
2010	SD	15	21	3	2	2	12	.176	.263	.294	.118	.600	9.5%	57.1%	.259	-1.1	56	0.2
2009	SD	14	27	4	0	1	13	.174	.240	.174	.000	.400	3.7%	48.1%	.203	-2.9	13	0.1
2007	SD	2	5	1	2	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.000	.500	0.0%	40.0%	.225	-0.5	27	0.0
2006	SD	1	2	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	.000	1.000	0.0%	50.0%	.449	+0.2	182	0.0
2005	SD	12	27	3	1	0	10	.125	.125	.167	.042	.214	0.0%	37.0%	.128	-4.5	-41	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	36	29	13	2	7	4	.448	.556	.724	.536	11.1%
vs RHB	64	60	19	4	2	10	.317	.344	.667	.425	15.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Tim Stauffer throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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SinkerChangeupSliderFour-seamCurveballIN

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	51.6%	199	88.6	1,733	43.2%	11.0%	50	.380	1.216
Changeup	15.3%	59	79.1	1,060	44.1%	21.2%	14	—	—
Slider	15.0%	58	83.8	750	36.2%	9.5%	13	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	10.1%	39	89.8	1,441	43.6%	26.7%	7	—	—
Curveball	6.7%	26	72.8	1,750	42.3%	33.3%	5	—	—

Tim Stauffer'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.