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Matt Lindstrom
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #22
- Born
- February 11, 1980 in Rexburg, ID, United States
- MLB debut
- April 4, 2007
- dbWAR
- 5.8 Regular season, 9 season(s)
- IP
- 34.0
- ERA
- 5.03
- FIP
- 4.37
- K/9
- 4.8
- FIP−
- 117 100 = avg
Matt Lindstrom was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2014 he struck out 18 batters over 34.0 innings across 35 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 5.03 was 34.4% higher than the league average of 3.74 — 14th of 17 on his team, and 401st of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.37 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.5% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.4%. 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, 2014 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | CWS | 35 | 0 | 34.0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 5.03 | 4.37 | 1.74 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 134 | 117 | -0.1 | |
| 2013 | CWS | 76 | 0 | 60.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 21 | 46 | 23 | 3.12 | 3.15 | 1.43 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 81 | 81 | 0.9 | |
| 2012 | BAL/AZ | 46 | 0 | 47.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 14 | 40 | 14 | 2.68 | 3.16 | 1.26 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 67 | 79 | 0.8 | |
| 2011 | COL | 63 | 0 | 54.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 36 | 14 | 3.00 | 3.30 | 1.22 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 76 | 84 | 0.8 | |
| 2010 | HOU | 58 | 0 | 53.1 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 68 | 26 | 43 | 20 | 4.39 | 3.81 | 1.65 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 108 | 93 | 0.4 | |
| 2009 | FLA | 54 | 0 | 47.1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 54 | 31 | 39 | 24 | 5.89 | 4.47 | 1.65 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 136 | 103 | 0.2 | |
| 2008 | FLA | 66 | 0 | 57.1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 20 | 43 | 26 | 3.14 | 3.27 | 1.45 | 6.8 | 4.1 | 73 | 76 | 1.0 | |
| 2007 | FLA | 71 | 0 | 67.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 23 | 62 | 21 | 3.09 | 2.85 | 1.30 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 69 | 64 | 1.6 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | FLA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -125 | -0.0 | — |
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 | 85 | 76 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .303 | .357 | .500 | .378 | 10.6% |
| vs RHB | 73 | 63 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .381 | .429 | .508 | .415 | 12.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Matt Lindstrom 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.
| Sinker | 234 | 93.0 | 2,130 | 40.6% | 7.5% | 61 | .393 | 1.056 | |
| Slider | 195 | 86.6 | 687 | 41.0% | 32.9% | 38 | .289 | .684 | |
| Curveball | 63 | 81.7 | 1,438 | 44.4% | 11.8% | 20 | .400 | 1.029 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 56 | 93.2 | 2,148 | 39.3% | 17.2% | 18 | .222 | .737 |
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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.