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Chad Orvella
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- October 1, 1980 in Renton, WA, United States
- MLB debut
- May 31, 2005
- dbWAR
- -.7 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 8.0
- ERA
- 14.63
- FIP
- 10.74
- K/9
- 6.8
- FIP−
- 240 100 = avg
Chad Orvella was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 2007 he struck out 6 batters over 8.0 innings across 10 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 14.63 was 227.0% higher than the league average of 4.47. Stripping out defence, his 10.74 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.7% of swings (9.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.7%. His -0.5 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, 2007 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching 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 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .500 | .579 | .688 | .555 | 10.5% |
| vs RHB | 37 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | .345 | .486 | .793 | .528 | 10.8% |
Not in the 2007 data: pitch types, recorded in every park from 2008. The play-by-play goes back to 2005, but the measurements on each pitch and batted ball arrived later, so the panels built from them are left off this season.
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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.