Players · S · Pitcher · 2019

Tony Sipp

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 36
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #49

Born: July 12, 1983 in Pascagoula, MS, United States
MLB debut: April 22, 2009

dbWAR: 1.3
IP: 21.0
ERA: 4.71
FIP: 3.55
K/9: 7.7
FIP−: 79

Tony Sipp was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2019 he struck out 18 batters over 21.0 innings across 36 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 4.71 was 4.6% higher than the league average of 4.51 — 11th of 17 on his team, and 310th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.55 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.3% of swings (12.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.6%. 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, 2019.

FIP3.55

K/97.7

WHIP1.33

WAR.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	WSH	36	21.0	1	2	0	19	11	18	9	4.71	3.55	1.33	7.7	3.9	105	79	0.4
2018	HOU	54	38.2	3	1	0	27	8	42	13	1.86	2.41	1.03	9.8	3.0	45	58	1.0
2017	HOU	46	37.1	0	1	0	36	24	39	16	5.79	5.22	1.39	9.4	3.9	133	120	-0.2
2016	HOU	60	43.2	1	2	1	52	24	40	18	4.95	6.19	1.60	8.2	3.7	118	148	-0.8
2015	HOU	60	54.1	3	4	0	41	12	62	15	1.99	2.93	1.03	10.3	2.5	50	74	1.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2017	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-128	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. 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	53	47	12	1	2	8	.255	.283	.383	.278	15.1%
vs RHB	39	32	7	0	7	10	.219	.359	.250	.293	25.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Tony Sipp throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

ShowBatter

Four-seamSliderSplitter

Select a count to see exactly what Tony Sipp throws in it.

Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	47.9%	174	90.4	2,065	46.0%	16.0%	32	.250	.631
Slider	32.0%	116	83.2	2,006	37.1%	24.1%	32	.188	.604
Splitter	20.1%	73	78.0	969	50.7%	50.0%	15	.333	.745

Tony Sipp'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.

Head to head

Put Tony Sipp beside up to three others.

Compare — add up to 3 more players

Tony Sipp

Similar players

Nearest 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Matt BowmanCIN

ERA: 3.66
FIP: 3.68
SO: 25
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Travis LakinsBOS

ERA: 3.86
FIP: 3.64
SO: 18
WAR: 0.4

Very close

Cory GearrinSEA

ERA: 4.07
FIP: 4.26
SO: 47
WAR: 0.5

Marcus WaldenBOS

ERA: 3.81
FIP: 3.69
SO: 76
WAR: 1.2

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.