Players · B · Pitcher · 2005 regular season
Travis Bowyer
- Age
- 24
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Born
- August 3, 1981 in Lynchburg, VA, United States
- MLB debut
- September 10, 2005
- dbWAR
- -.1 Regular season, 1 season(s)
- IP
- 9.2
- ERA
- 5.59
- FIP
- 5.81
- K/9
- 11.2
- FIP−
- 135 100 = avg
Travis Bowyer was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2005 he struck out 12 batters over 9.2 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 5.59 was 30.2% higher than the league average of 4.29. Stripping out defence, his 5.81 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 19.8% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 28.6%. 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, 2005 regular season.
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | MIN | 8 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5.59 | 5.81 | 1.34 | 11.2 | 2.8 | 130 | 135 | -0.1 | — |
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 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .286 | .318 | .429 | .330 | 31.8% |
| vs RHB | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .350 | .625 | .404 | 25.0% |
Not in the 2005 data: pitch types, recorded in every park from 2008. The play-by-play goes back to 2005, but the measurements on each pitch and batted ball arrived later, so the panels built from them are left off this season.
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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.