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Billy Buckner
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #33
- Born
- August 27, 1983 in Decatur, GA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 25, 2007
- dbWAR
- -.4 Regular season, 10 season(s)
- IP
- 5.2
- ERA
- 4.76
- FIP
- 6.13
- K/9
- 6.4
- FIP−
- 164 100 = avg
Billy Buckner was a starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2014 he struck out 4 batters over 5.2 innings across 1 appearance, 1 of them starts, going 0-1. His ERA of 4.76 was 27.4% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 6.13 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (8.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.8%. 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, 2014 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | SD | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.76 | 6.13 | 1.76 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 127 | 164 | -0.1 | |
| 2013 | LAA | 7 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4.67 | 7.37 | 1.38 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 121 | 191 | -0.6 | |
| 2010 | AZ | 3 | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 11.08 | 7.00 | 2.38 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 272 | 172 | -0.3 | |
| 2009 | AZ | 16 | 13 | 77.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 94 | 55 | 64 | 29 | 6.40 | 4.70 | 1.59 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 148 | 109 | 0.6 | |
| 2008 | AZ | 10 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3.21 | 5.42 | 1.43 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 74 | 125 | -0.1 | |
| 2007 | KC | 7 | 5 | 34.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 5.29 | 5.56 | 1.56 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 118 | 124 | -0.1 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .778 | .540 | 0.0% |
| vs RHB | 15 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .207 | 26.7% |
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.
Pitch sequencing
What Billy Buckner 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 Fastball | 35 | 87.5 | 2,063 | 37.1% | 21.4% | 9 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 23 | 78.7 | 1,623 | 47.8% | 30.0% | 4 | — | — | |
| Sinker | 15 | 88.1 | 1,913 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 4 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 10 | 82.3 | 1,503 | 30.0% | 20.0% | 5 | — | — |
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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.