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Luis Mendoza
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Number
- #39
- Born
- October 31, 1983 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
- MLB debut
- September 8, 2007
- dbWAR
- 1.0 Regular season, 10 season(s)
- IP
- 94.0
- ERA
- 5.36
- FIP
- 4.75
- K/9
- 5.2
- FIP−
- 123 100 = avg
Luis Mendoza was a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2013 he struck out 54 batters over 94.0 innings across 22 appearances, 15 of them starts, going 2-6. His ERA of 5.36 was 38.7% higher than the league average of 3.87 — the worst on his team, and 423rd of 496 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.75 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.0% of swings (7.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.9%. His -0.0 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, 2013 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | KC | 22 | 15 | 94.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 56 | 54 | 43 | 5.36 | 4.75 | 1.59 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 139 | 123 | -0.0 | |
| 2012 | KC | 30 | 25 | 166.0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 176 | 78 | 104 | 59 | 4.23 | 4.28 | 1.42 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 105 | 107 | 1.3 | |
| 2011 | KC | 2 | 2 | 14.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1.23 | 3.50 | 1.09 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 31 | 89 | 0.2 | |
| 2010 | KC | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 22.50 | 17.83 | 3.25 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 552 | 437 | -0.6 | |
| 2009 | TEX | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 22.10 | 3.00 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 833 | 511 | -0.2 | |
| 2008 | TEX | 25 | 11 | 63.1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 97 | 61 | 35 | 25 | 8.67 | 4.93 | 1.93 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 200 | 114 | 0.2 | |
| 2007 | TEX | 6 | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2.25 | 4.30 | 1.06 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 50 | 96 | 0.2 |
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 | 233 | 202 | 61 | 7 | 27 | 23 | .302 | .381 | .495 | .387 | 9.9% |
| vs RHB | 186 | 165 | 45 | 3 | 16 | 31 | .273 | .344 | .406 | .336 | 16.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2013.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2013.
Pitch sequencing
What Luis Mendoza 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 | 708 | 91.4 | 2,131 | 40.4% | 9.5% | 143 | .322 | .925 | |
| Slider | 400 | 83.1 | 657 | 42.0% | 30.8% | 122 | .205 | .600 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 355 | 91.7 | 1,942 | 37.7% | 9.6% | 80 | .338 | .886 | |
| Changeup | 83 | 83.3 | 1,657 | 31.3% | 23.1% | 19 | .421 | 1.239 | |
| Curveball | 28 | 78.3 | 761 | 57.1% | 40.0% | 3 | — | — |
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Nearest 2013 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.