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Jeff Fulchino

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 270 lb
Number: #47

Born: November 26, 1979 in Titusville, FL, United States
MLB debut: June 22, 2006

dbWAR: .8
IP: 34.2
ERA: 5.71
FIP: 4.90
K/9: 8.6
FIP−: 124

Jeff Fulchino was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2011 he struck out 33 batters over 34.2 innings across 39 appearances, going 1-4. His ERA of 5.71 was 44.9% higher than the league average of 3.94 — the second worst on his team, and 413th of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.90 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.7% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.4%. 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, 2011 regular season.

FIP4.90

K/98.6

WHIP1.70

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2011	HOU/SD	39	34.2	1	4	37	22	33	22	5.71	4.90	1.70	8.6	5.7	145	124	-0.2
2010	HOU	50	47.1	2	1	53	29	46	22	5.51	4.64	1.58	8.7	4.2	135	114	-0.1
2009	HOU	61	82.0	6	4	70	31	71	27	3.40	3.57	1.18	7.8	3.0	79	83	1.1
2008	KC	12	14.0	0	1	21	14	12	8	9.00	5.20	2.07	7.7	5.1	208	120	-0.1
2006	FLA	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	12.15	3.00	0.0	27.0	0	268	-0.0

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2010	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-130	-0.0
2009	HOU	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	.333	.333	0.0%	0.0%	.428	+0.2	168	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. 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	75	58	12	3	14	16	.207	.356	.414	.340	21.3%
vs RHB	87	78	25	2	8	17	.321	.379	.487	.375	19.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Jeff Fulchino 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


Four-Seam Fastball	45.2%	290	93.3	1,981	41.0%	15.7%	63	.349	.988
Slider	19.0%	122	83.4	1,012	48.4%	39.3%	26	.154	.454
Sinker	17.0%	109	93.1	2,262	46.8%	12.2%	22	.273	.794
Changeup	16.1%	103	85.3	1,136	39.8%	46.0%	23	.174	.609
Intentional Ball	1.6%	10	64.2	1,437	0.0%	—	0	—	—

Jeff Fulchino'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 2011 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

J.P. HowellTB

ERA: 6.16
FIP: 5.41
SO: 26
WAR: -0.4

Very close

Kevin GreggBAL

ERA: 4.37
FIP: 4.89
SO: 53
WAR: -0.3

Michael WuertzOAK

ERA: 6.68
FIP: 5.46
SO: 32
WAR: -0.4

Jeremy AccardoBAL

ERA: 5.73
FIP: 5.04
SO: 23
WAR: -0.3

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.