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Randy Messenger

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 260 lb
Number: #23

Born: August 13, 1981 in Reno, NV, United States
MLB debut: June 22, 2005

dbWAR: .5
IP: 10.1
ERA: 4.35
FIP: 5.90
K/9: 4.4
FIP−: 137

Randy Messenger was a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2009 he struck out 5 batters over 10.1 innings across 12 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 4.35 was 0.8% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 5.90 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 16.4% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 0.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.6%. 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP5.90

K/94.4

WHIP1.26

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2009	SEA	12	10.1	0	1	0	13	5	5	0	4.35	5.90	1.26	4.4	0.0	101	137	-0.1
2008	SEA	13	12.2	0	0	1	16	5	7	5	3.55	4.47	1.66	5.0	3.6	82	103	0.0
2007	SF/FLA	60	64.1	2	4	1	85	30	34	21	4.20	4.02	1.65	4.8	2.9	94	90	0.7
2006	FLA	59	60.1	2	7	0	72	38	45	24	5.67	4.62	1.59	6.7	3.6	125	102	0.2
2005	FLA	29	37.0	0	0	0	39	22	29	30	5.35	5.64	1.86	7.1	7.3	125	131	-0.4

Batting Regular season

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


2007	FLA	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.6	-125	-0.0
2006	FLA	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.6	-129	-0.0
2005	FLA	3	4	1	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.000	.500	25.0%	25.0%	.401	+0.2	153	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. 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	25	25	8	3	0	3	.320	.320	.720	.443	12.0%
vs RHB	18	18	5	0	0	2	.278	.278	.333	.272	11.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Randy Messenger 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.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	59.4%	92	92.3	2,230	48.9%	15.9%	22	.318	1.091
Slider	19.4%	30	86.4	1,004	20.0%	7.1%	11	—	—
Curveball	12.3%	19	77.6	779	36.8%	25.0%	6	—	—
Changeup	8.4%	13	85.9	1,863	53.8%	28.6%	4	—	—

Randy Messenger'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.