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Luke French
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #25
- Born
- September 13, 1985 in Salina, KS, United States
- MLB debut
- May 15, 2009
- dbWAR
- -.5 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 87.2
- ERA
- 4.83
- FIP
- 5.29
- K/9
- 3.8
- FIP−
- 130 100 = avg
Luke French was a starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2010 he struck out 37 batters over 87.2 innings across 16 appearances, 13 of them starts, going 5-7. His ERA of 4.83 was 18.3% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 11th of 15 on his team, and 337th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.29 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 12.6% of swings (5.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.0%. 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, 2010 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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| 2010 | SEA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -132 | -0.0 | — |
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 | 96 | 82 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 10 | .256 | .354 | .476 | .369 | 10.4% |
| vs RHB | 275 | 254 | 67 | 9 | 17 | 27 | .264 | .316 | .445 | .336 | 9.8% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2010.
Pitch sequencing
What Luke French 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 | 611 | 85.8 | 2,010 | 39.0% | 5.1% | 172 | .273 | .794 | |
| Changeup | 354 | 76.2 | 1,832 | 41.8% | 24.0% | 84 | .262 | .783 | |
| Sinker | 250 | 86.0 | 2,435 | 47.2% | 9.2% | 59 | .220 | .711 | |
| Slider | 82 | 78.5 | 651 | 36.6% | 23.8% | 22 | .273 | .729 |
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Nearest 2010 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.