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T.J. Beam

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #38

Born: August 28, 1980 in Scottsdale, AZ, United States
MLB debut: June 17, 2006

dbWAR: -.6
IP: 45.2
ERA: 4.14
FIP: 5.23
K/9: 4.7
FIP−: 121

T.J. Beam was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2008 he struck out 24 batters over 45.2 innings across 32 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 4.14 was 4.3% lower than the league average of 4.32 — 6th of 17 on his team, and 225th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.23 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 18.7% of swings (9.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.1%. 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.

FIP5.23

K/94.7

WHIP1.38

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2008	PIT	32	0	45.2	2	2	1	43	21	24	20	4.14	5.23	1.38	4.7	3.9	96	121	-0.2
2006	NYY	20	0	18.0	2	0	0	26	17	12	6	8.50	6.76	1.78	6.0	3.0	188	149	-0.3

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2008	PIT	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	40.0%	.000	-1.4	-131	-0.0
2006	NYY	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-129	-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	87	71	22	3	13	11	.310	.412	.577	.416	12.6%
vs RHB	112	100	21	3	7	13	.210	.273	.360	.285	11.6%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2008.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2008.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .263.

Pitch sequencing

What T.J. Beam 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	35.0%	249	91.3	2,010	36.9%	8.1%	63	.302	.964
Slider	32.0%	228	83.2	831	52.6%	32.4%	61	.197	.554
Sinker	17.3%	123	91.8	2,169	40.7%	10.4%	24	.292	.893
Unknown	7.2%	51	—	—	43.1%	19.0%	8	—	—
Changeup	4.9%	35	86.4	1,585	25.7%	0.0%	10	—	—
Intentional Ball	1.8%	13	72.8	1,641	0.0%	—	0	—	—

T.J. Beam'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 2008 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Doug SlatenAZ

ERA: 4.73
FIP: 5.17
SO: 20
WAR: -0.1

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Jason HammelTB

ERA: 4.60
FIP: 5.25
SO: 44
WAR: -0.3

Very close

Manny AcostaATL

ERA: 3.57
FIP: 5.21
SO: 31
WAR: -0.2

Very close

Scott SchoeneweisNYM

ERA: 3.34
FIP: 4.97
SO: 34
WAR: -0.1

Very close

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.