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Franquelis Osoria

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #52

Born: September 12, 1981 in Santiago, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: June 7, 2005

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 60.2
ERA: 6.08
FIP: 5.04
K/9: 4.6
FIP−: 117

Franquelis Osoria was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2008 he struck out 31 batters over 60.2 innings across 43 appearances, going 4-3. His ERA of 6.08 was 40.7% higher than the league average of 4.32 — 14th of 17 on his team, and 428th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.04 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.4% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.2%. His -0.2 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP5.04

K/94.6

WHIP1.63

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2008	PIT	43	60.2	4	3	87	41	31	12	6.08	5.04	1.63	4.6	1.8	141	117	-0.2
2007	PIT	25	28.1	0	2	33	15	13	8	4.76	4.97	1.45	4.1	2.5	107	111	-0.0
2006	LAD	12	17.2	0	2	27	14	13	9	7.13	6.32	2.04	6.6	4.6	158	140	-0.2
2005	LAD	24	29.2	0	2	28	13	15	8	3.94	4.44	1.21	4.6	2.4	92	103	0.1

Batting Regular season

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


2008	PIT	6	7	2	1	3	.333	.333	.333	.000	.667	0.0%	42.9%	.299	-0.2	79	0.1
2007	PIT	4	5	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	40.0%	.000	-1.4	-129	-0.1
2006	LAD	2	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.6	-124	-0.0
2005	LAD	3	3	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	66.7%	.000	-0.8	-129	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. 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	107	103	38	3	3	6	.369	.387	.612	.434	5.6%
vs RHB	170	157	49	7	9	25	.312	.365	.510	.386	14.7%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2008.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2008.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .263.

Pitch sequencing

What Franquelis Osoria 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


Sinker	59.2%	564	89.1	1,880	39.9%	9.8%	146	.349	.960
Slider	15.8%	151	77.8	1,061	49.7%	35.7%	40	.200	.695
Changeup	15.1%	144	83.2	1,591	34.7%	16.7%	50	.420	1.002
Unknown	6.8%	65	—	—	44.6%	9.7%	19	.316	1.000
Four-Seam Fastball	2.9%	28	88.6	1,100	50.0%	25.0%	5	—	—

Franquelis Osoria'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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Similar players

Nearest 2008 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Bryan CoreySD

ERA: 6.80
FIP: 5.27
SO: 22
WAR: -0.3

Jack CasselHOU

ERA: 5.64
FIP: 5.24
SO: 14
WAR: -0.1

Todd CoffeyCIN

ERA: 4.39
FIP: 4.97
SO: 15
WAR: -0.0

Chris LambertDET

ERA: 5.66
FIP: 4.87
SO: 15
WAR: 0.0

Comparable

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.