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Kyle Waldrop
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #57
- Born
- October 27, 1985 in Knoxville, TN, United States
- MLB debut
- September 5, 2011
- dbWAR
- -.2 Regular season, 2 season(s)
- IP
- 21.1
- ERA
- 2.53
- FIP
- 4.92
- K/9
- 3.0
- FIP−
- 123 100 = avg
Kyle Waldrop was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2012 he struck out 7 batters over 21.1 innings across 17 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 2.53 was 37.0% lower than the league average of 4.01 — the third best on his team, and 60th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.92 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.7% of swings (6.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 7.4%. His -0.1 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, 2012 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 | 43 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .237 | .326 | .237 | .257 | 7.0% |
| vs RHB | 51 | 47 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .383 | .431 | .553 | .432 | 7.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Kyle Waldrop 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 | 163 | 88.7 | 1,339 | 45.4% | 12.5% | 50 | .320 | .806 | |
| Sinker | 113 | 89.2 | 1,731 | 38.9% | 17.4% | 24 | .292 | .679 | |
| Slider | 50 | 79.0 | 888 | 32.0% | 25.0% | 8 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 16 | 83.6 | 1,480 | 25.0% | 14.3% | 3 | — | — |
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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.