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Luke Putkonen
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #36
- Born
- May 10, 1986 in Wheaton, IL, United States
- MLB debut
- April 29, 2012
- dbWAR
- .1 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 2.2
- ERA
- 27.00
- FIP
- 15.51
- K/9
- 3.4
- FIP−
- 415 100 = avg
Luke Putkonen was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2014 he struck out 1 batter over 2.2 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 27.00 was 621.7% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 15.51 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.2% of swings (6.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 5.6%. His -0.4 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, 2014 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 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .365 | 16.7% |
| vs RHB | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .444 | .583 | 1.333 | .755 | 0.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Luke Putkonen 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 35 | 91.4 | 2,405 | 34.3% | 11.1% | 12 | — | — | |
| Knuckle Curve | 14 | 77.1 | 1,415 | 21.4% | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
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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.