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Randy Wells

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #36

Born: August 28, 1982 in Belleville, IL, United States
MLB debut: April 5, 2008

dbWAR: 5.4
IP: 28.2
ERA: 5.34
FIP: 5.29
K/9: 4.4
FIP−: 132

Randy Wells was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2012 he struck out 14 batters over 28.2 innings across 12 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 5.34 was 32.9% higher than the league average of 4.01 — 11th of 19 on his team, and 402nd of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.29 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 21.9% of swings (9.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.8%. His -0.2 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.

FIP5.29

K/94.4

WHIP2.06

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2012	CHC	12	4	28.2	1	2	35	17	14	24	5.34	5.29	2.06	4.4	7.5	133	132	-0.2
2011	CHC	23	23	135.1	7	6	141	75	82	47	4.99	5.11	1.39	5.5	3.1	127	130	-0.4
2010	CHC	32	32	194.1	8	14	209	92	144	63	4.26	3.93	1.40	6.7	2.9	104	96	2.8
2009	CHC	27	27	165.1	12	10	165	56	104	46	3.05	3.88	1.28	5.7	2.5	71	90	2.9
2008	CHC/TOR	4	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.00	4.44	0.56	1.7	5.1	0	103	0.0

Batting Regular season

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


2012	CHC	4	4	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.000	.500	0.0%	50.0%	.222	-0.3	33	0.0
2011	CHC	22	50	6	1	1	13	.140	.159	.140	.000	.200	2.0%	26.0%	.138	-7.0	-26	-0.1
2010	CHC	28	63	9	3	2	15	.173	.204	.212	.038	.243	3.2%	23.8%	.191	-6.7	7	0.1
2009	CHC	26	61	9	2	2	7	.191	.224	.255	.064	.225	3.3%	11.5%	.218	-5.7	21	0.3

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	68	51	18	1	16	8	.353	.515	.588	.477	11.8%
vs RHB	75	61	17	0	8	6	.279	.366	.361	.328	8.0%

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.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Randy Wells 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


Sinker	27.4%	150	89.0	1,933	36.0%	11.8%	27	.370	.952
Four-Seam Fastball	25.8%	141	89.2	1,835	41.8%	5.9%	24	.375	1.087
Slider	25.6%	140	83.7	785	36.4%	28.4%	38	.211	.660
Changeup	19.7%	108	81.8	1,550	34.3%	39.6%	23	.348	1.010

Randy Wells'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.

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FIP: 4.45
SO: 22
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FIP: 5.15
SO: 36
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ERA: 6.50
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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.