P · 2018
Brandon Kintzler
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Born
- August 1, 1984 in Las Vegas, NV, USA
- MLB debut
- September 10, 2010
Age shown as of the 2021 season.
- dbWAR
- 2.1 9 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -118 100 = avg
Brandon Kintzler is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2018 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .248. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He made contact on 50.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -118 wRC+ puts his offence 218% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2018.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2018. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -118 | -0.0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -119 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | 1 | 29.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 6.37 | 5.66 | 1.79 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 149 | 133 | -0.3 | |
| 2020 | 24 | 0 | 24.1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2.22 | 5.00 | 1.32 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 50 | 112 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | 62 | 0 | 57.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 48 | 13 | 2.68 | 3.56 | 1.02 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 60 | 79 | 0.8 | |
| 2018 | 70 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 31 | 43 | 22 | 4.60 | 4.10 | 1.47 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 111 | 99 | 0.3 | |
| 2017 | 72 | 0 | 71.1 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 66 | 24 | 39 | 16 | 3.03 | 3.77 | 1.15 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 69 | 87 | 0.8 | |
| 2016 | 54 | 0 | 54.1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 59 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3.15 | 3.61 | 1.23 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 75 | 86 | 0.6 | |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6.43 | 5.13 | 2.43 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 162 | 130 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 105 | 87 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 19 | .264 | .390 | .471 | .369 | 18.1% |
| vs RHB | 158 | 147 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 24 | .299 | .331 | .408 | .321 | 15.2% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2018.
Situational hitting
How Brandon Kintzler hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2018.
Pitch sequencing
What Brandon Kintzler 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, and how often it misses in 2018.
| Sinker | 780 | 92.6 | 1,980 | 45.0% | 13.6% | |
| Changeup | 84 | 87.9 | 2,211 | 42.9% | 24.4% | |
| Slider | 82 | 86.8 | 2,208 | 35.4% | 41.2% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 31 | 92.7 | 1,975 | 51.6% | 27.3% |
Head to head
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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.