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Raul Valdes

Age: 37
B/T: L/L
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #46

Born: November 27, 1977 in Havana, Cuba
MLB debut: April 11, 2010

dbWAR: 1.1
IP: 3.2
ERA: 12.27
FIP: 10.50
K/9: 9.8
FIP−: 281

Raul Valdes was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2014 he struck out 4 batters over 3.2 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 12.27 was 228.1% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 10.50 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 30.3% of swings (13.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.1%. His -0.3 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.

FIP10.50

K/99.8

WHIP2.18

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2014	HOU	8	0	3.2	0	0	1	5	5	4	3	12.27	10.50	2.18	9.8	7.4	328	281	-0.3
2013	PHI	17	1	35.0	1	1	0	42	29	37	8	7.46	4.39	1.43	9.5	2.1	193	114	0.0
2012	PHI	27	1	31.0	3	2	0	18	10	35	5	2.90	2.58	0.74	10.2	1.5	72	64	0.7
2011	STL/NYY	13	0	12.0	0	1	0	14	4	15	6	3.00	3.36	1.67	11.3	4.5	76	85	0.1
2010	NYM	38	1	58.2	3	3	1	59	32	56	27	4.91	4.31	1.47	8.6	4.1	120	106	0.1

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2013	PHI	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	.333	.333	0.0%	0.0%	.433	+0.4	175	0.1
2010	NYM	10	14	4	0	1	0	0	3	.400	.400	.500	.100	.571	0.0%	21.4%	.399	+0.8	156	0.3

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	9	7	3	0	2	2	.429	.556	.714	.544	22.2%
vs RHB	10	9	2	2	1	2	.222	.300	.889	.505	20.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Raul Valdes 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


Sinker	59.7%	46	86.4	2,398	56.5%	27.3%	9	—	—
Curveball	28.6%	22	76.9	502	27.3%	42.9%	6	—	—

Raul Valdes'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.