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Jose Ascanio

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 195 lb
Number: #58

Born: May 2, 1985 in Maracay, Venezuela
MLB debut: July 13, 2007

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 6.1
ERA: 7.11
FIP: 6.50
K/9: 7.1
FIP−: 165

Jose Ascanio was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2011 he struck out 5 batters over 6.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 7.11 was 80.2% higher than the league average of 3.94. Stripping out defence, his 6.50 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.1% of swings (10.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.1%. 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, 2011 regular season.

FIP6.50

K/97.1

WHIP1.89

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2011	PIT	8	6.1	0	0	10	5	5	2	7.11	6.50	1.89	7.1	2.8	180	165	-0.2
2009	CHC/PIT	16	18.0	0	2	22	8	20	9	4.00	3.60	1.72	10.0	4.5	93	83	0.3
2008	CHC	6	5.2	0	0	8	5	3	4	7.94	7.01	2.12	4.8	6.4	184	162	-0.1
2007	ATL	13	16.0	1	1	17	9	13	6	5.06	5.18	1.44	7.3	3.4	113	116	-0.0

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2009	CHC	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-121	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. 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	17	17	5	1	0	2	.294	.294	.471	.336	11.8%
vs RHB	14	12	5	1	2	3	.417	.500	.750	.538	21.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Jose Ascanio 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	58.2%	64	92.4	2,063	29.7%	15.4%	20	.450	1.300
Curveball	26.4%	29	77.3	1,195	55.2%	41.7%	5	—	—
Changeup	14.5%	16	82.8	1,496	31.3%	42.9%	3	—	—

Jose Ascanio'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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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.