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Levale Speigner

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 180 lb

Born: September 24, 1980 in Thomasville, GA, United States
MLB debut: April 2, 2007

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 8.0
ERA: 11.25
FIP: 7.51
K/9: 1.1
FIP−: 174

Levale Speigner was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2008 he struck out 1 batter over 8.0 innings across 7 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 11.25 was 160.2% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 7.51 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 8.6% of swings (3.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 2.4%. 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP7.51

K/91.1

WHIP2.38

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2008	WSH	7	0	8.0	0	1	0	13	10	1	6	11.25	7.51	2.38	1.1	6.8	260	174	-0.2
2007	WSH	19	6	40.0	2	3	0	58	39	19	23	8.78	5.31	2.02	4.3	5.2	196	119	-0.1

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2007	WSH	6	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.000	.000	12.5%	25.0%	.145	-1.3	-30	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. 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	25	20	6	0	4	0	.300	.440	.400	.378	0.0%
vs RHB	17	12	7	1	2	1	.583	.667	.833	.644	5.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Levale Speigner 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	39.9%	63	91.1	1,817	41.3%	2.8%	18	.500	1.369
Slider	32.3%	51	83.0	847	47.1%	16.7%	5	—	—
Sinker	10.8%	17	91.4	1,954	23.5%	20.0%	3	—	—
Curveball	7.6%	12	78.7	1,150	8.3%	0.0%	5	—	—

Levale Speigner'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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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.