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Chris Ray
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #37
- Born
- January 12, 1982 in Tampa, FL, United States
- MLB debut
- June 14, 2005
- dbWAR
- 1.1 Regular season, 6 season(s)
- IP
- 32.2
- ERA
- 4.68
- FIP
- 3.58
- K/9
- 6.1
- FIP−
- 91 100 = avg
Chris Ray was a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2011 he struck out 22 batters over 32.2 innings across 29 appearances, going 3-2. His ERA of 4.68 was 18.8% higher than the league average of 3.94 — 13th of 15 on his team, and 352nd of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.58 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.1% of swings (11.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.8%. His 0.3 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, 2011 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | SEA | 29 | 0 | 32.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 4.68 | 3.58 | 1.38 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 119 | 91 | 0.3 | |
| 2010 | TEX/SF | 63 | 0 | 55.2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 31 | 25 | 3.72 | 4.48 | 1.31 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 91 | 110 | 0.1 | |
| 2009 | BAL | 46 | 0 | 43.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 35 | 39 | 23 | 7.27 | 5.36 | 2.01 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 168 | 124 | -0.2 | |
| 2007 | BAL | 43 | 0 | 42.2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 21 | 44 | 18 | 4.43 | 4.11 | 1.24 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 99 | 92 | 0.5 | |
| 2006 | BAL | 61 | 0 | 66.0 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 45 | 20 | 51 | 27 | 2.73 | 4.84 | 1.09 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 60 | 107 | 0.2 | |
| 2005 | BAL | 41 | 0 | 40.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 43 | 18 | 2.66 | 3.91 | 1.28 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 62 | 91 | 0.4 |
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 | 59 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .308 | .356 | .365 | .309 | 11.9% |
| vs RHB | 80 | 70 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .243 | .308 | .400 | .316 | 18.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Chris Ray 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 | 184 | 93.6 | 2,198 | 42.9% | 15.1% | 48 | .333 | .870 | |
| Slider | 146 | 85.6 | 594 | 45.9% | 29.6% | 45 | .200 | .502 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 135 | 93.3 | 1,909 | 43.7% | 24.2% | 24 | .292 | .789 | |
| Changeup | 26 | 85.8 | 1,350 | 38.5% | 16.7% | 6 | — | — |
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Nearest 2011 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.