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Ambiorix Burgos

Age: 23
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 245 lb
Number: #40

Born: April 19, 1984 in Nagua, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: April 23, 2005

dbWAR: .2
IP: 23.2
ERA: 3.42
FIP: 4.68
K/9: 7.2
FIP−: 105

Ambiorix Burgos was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2007 he struck out 19 batters over 23.2 innings across 17 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.42 was 23.5% lower than the league average of 4.47 — 5th of 16 on his team, and 110th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.68 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.3% of swings (11.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.4%. 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, 2007 regular season.

FIP4.68

K/97.2

WHIP1.10

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2007	NYM	17	0	23.2	1	0	0	17	9	19	9	3.42	4.68	1.10	7.2	3.4	77	105	0.1
2006	KC	68	1	73.1	4	5	18	83	45	72	37	5.52	5.78	1.64	8.8	4.5	122	128	-0.5
2005	KC	59	0	63.1	3	5	2	60	28	65	31	3.98	3.90	1.44	9.2	4.4	93	91	0.6

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2007. 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	49	44	12	2	3	7	.273	.333	.500	.366	14.3%
vs RHB	49	41	5	1	6	12	.122	.245	.220	.227	24.5%

Not in the 2007 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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Nearest 2007 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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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.