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Brad Bergesen

Arizona Diamondbacks National League West

Age: 27
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #35

Born: September 25, 1985 in Concord, CA, United States
MLB debut: April 21, 2009

dbWAR: 1.7
IP: 29.2
ERA: 3.64
FIP: 3.57
K/9: 5.5
FIP−: 89

Brad Bergesen was a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2012 he struck out 18 batters over 29.2 innings across 19 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 3.64 was 9.3% lower than the league average of 4.01 — 7th of 15 on his team, and 208th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.57 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 16.1% of swings (8.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.9%. His 0.4 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.

FIP3.57

K/95.5

WHIP1.21

WAR.4

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2012	AZ	19	0	29.2	2	1	29	12	18	7	3.64	3.57	1.21	5.5	2.1	91	89	0.4
2011	BAL	34	12	101.0	2	7	119	64	61	32	5.70	4.92	1.50	5.4	2.9	145	125	-0.4
2010	BAL	30	28	170.0	8	12	193	94	81	51	4.98	5.14	1.44	4.3	2.7	122	126	-0.1
2009	BAL	19	19	123.1	7	5	126	47	65	32	3.43	4.10	1.28	4.7	2.3	79	95	1.8

Batting Regular season

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


2012	AZ	2	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-113	-0.0
2010	BAL	1	3	1	.333	.333	.333	.000	.333	0.0%	0.0%	.299	-0.1	79	0.0
2009	BAL	2	7	1	.200	.200	.200	.000	.200	0.0%	0.0%	.180	-0.9	-4	0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	50	46	15	0	2	8	.326	.354	.457	.356	16.0%
vs RHB	71	63	14	2	5	10	.222	.286	.365	.289	14.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2012.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2012.

Pitch sequencing

What Brad Bergesen 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	43.0%	177	91.2	1,975	43.5%	10.3%	48	.292	.833
Slider	34.2%	141	84.7	607	46.8%	23.1%	40	.175	.425
Sinker	19.9%	82	91.1	2,265	47.6%	9.1%	18	.333	.868
Changeup	2.9%	12	83.5	1,750	41.7%	42.9%	3	—	—

Brad Bergesen'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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Nearest 2012 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Shawn CampCHC

ERA: 3.59
FIP: 3.69
SO: 54
WAR: 0.8

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Burke BadenhopTB

ERA: 3.03
FIP: 3.62
SO: 42
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Matt ThorntonCWS

ERA: 3.46
FIP: 3.19
SO: 53
WAR: 1.1

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Jared HughesPIT

ERA: 2.85
FIP: 4.05
SO: 50
WAR: 0.3

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.