Players · S · Pitcher · 2022
Aníbal Sánchez
- Age
- 38
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 207 lb
- Born
- February 27, 1984 in Maracay, Venezuela
- MLB debut
- June 25, 2006
- dbWAR
- 3.7 12 season(s)
- IP
- 69.1
- ERA
- 4.28
- FIP
- 5.77
- K/9
- 6.2
- FIP−
- 145 100 = avg
Aníbal Sánchez was a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2022 he struck out 48 batters over 69.1 innings across 14 appearances, 14 of them starts, going 4-6. His ERA of 4.28 was 7.9% higher than the league average of 3.97 — 9th of 19 on his team, and 332nd of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.77 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.5% of swings (8.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.4%. His -0.6 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, 2022.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | WSH | 14 | 14 | 69.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 33 | 48 | 33 | 4.28 | 5.77 | 1.27 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 108 | 145 | -0.6 | |
| 2020 | WSH | 11 | 11 | 53.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 39 | 43 | 18 | 6.62 | 5.46 | 1.66 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 149 | 123 | 0.0 | |
| 2019 | WSH | 30 | 30 | 166.0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 71 | 134 | 58 | 3.85 | 4.44 | 1.27 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 85 | 99 | 2.3 | |
| 2018 | ATL | 25 | 24 | 136.2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 43 | 135 | 42 | 2.83 | 3.62 | 1.08 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 68 | 87 | 2.6 | |
| 2017 | DET | 28 | 17 | 105.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 139 | 75 | 104 | 29 | 6.41 | 5.33 | 1.59 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 147 | 122 | -0.0 | |
| 2016 | DET | 35 | 26 | 153.1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 171 | 100 | 135 | 53 | 5.87 | 5.06 | 1.46 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 140 | 121 | 0.0 | |
| 2015 | DET | 25 | 25 | 157.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 152 | 87 | 138 | 49 | 4.99 | 4.73 | 1.28 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 126 | 119 | 0.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | WSH | 27 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .000 | .214 | 0.0% | 42.9% | .101 | -10.6 | -49 | -0.2 | |
| 2018 | ATL | 22 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .024 | .048 | .024 | .000 | .063 | 2.3% | 56.8% | .038 | -10.0 | -91 | -0.4 | |
| 2017 | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -116 | -0.0 | |
| 2016 | DET | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -1.5 | -117 | -0.1 | |
| 2015 | DET | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -1.0 | -127 | -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 | 123 | 111 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 22 | .198 | .268 | .387 | .284 | 17.9% |
| vs RHB | 169 | 142 | 33 | 9 | 22 | 26 | .232 | .351 | .437 | .349 | 15.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Aníbal Sánchez 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.
| Cutter | 336 | 87.2 | 2,095 | 43.5% | 19.9% | 65 | .200 | .513 | |
| Changeup | 315 | 79.9 | 1,470 | 42.2% | 26.9% | 90 | .200 | .730 | |
| Sinker | 227 | 89.1 | 1,921 | 45.4% | 7.7% | 48 | .271 | .875 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 215 | 89.8 | 2,063 | 40.9% | 13.3% | 33 | .212 | .722 | |
| Slider | 70 | 83.0 | 2,179 | 42.9% | 40.0% | 10 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 69 | 75.4 | 1,952 | 42.0% | 5.6% | 7 | — | — |
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Nearest 2022 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.