Pitcher · 2015

Manny Parra

Age: 33
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #26

Born: October 30, 1982 in Carmichael, CA, USA
MLB debut: July 20, 2007

dbWAR: .5
IP: 32.1
ERA: 3.90
FIP: 3.07
K/9: 6.4
FIP−: 78

Manny Parra is a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2015 he struck out 23 batters over 32.1 innings across 40 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 3.90 was 1.6% lower than the league average of 3.96 — 7th of 20 on his team, and 259th of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.07 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.8% of swings (11.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.7%. His 0.5 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, 2015.

FIP3.07

K/96.4

WHIP1.18

WAR.5

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																			Trend
2015	40	0	32.1	1	2	0	32	14	23	6	3.90	3.07	1.18	6.4	1.7	98	78	0.5	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	63	59	16	1	3	13	.271	.302	.441	.320	20.6%
vs RHB	67	62	16	1	3	10	.258	.288	.323	.263	14.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Manny Parra 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, and how often it misses in 2015.


Four-Seam Fastball	49.1%	244	92.4	2,225	42.6%	16.8%
Slider	33.8%	168	82.7	326	48.8%	37.3%
Sinker	11.1%	55	93.0	2,168	38.2%	0.0%
Splitter	5.2%	26	83.3	1,439	42.3%	35.7%

Manny Parra'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.

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Similar players

Nearest 2015 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Randy ChoateSTL

ERA: 3.95
FIP: 3.68
SO: 22
WAR: 0.2

Very close

Jason MotteCHC

ERA: 3.91
FIP: 3.61
SO: 34
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Franklin MoralesKC

ERA: 3.18
FIP: 3.52
SO: 41
WAR: 0.7

Very close

Jeanmar GómezPHI

ERA: 3.01
FIP: 3.25
SO: 50
WAR: 1.0

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.