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Mike Parisi

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #65

Born: April 18, 1983 in Huntington, NY, United States
MLB debut: May 5, 2008

dbWAR: .0
IP: 23.0
ERA: 8.22
FIP: 5.09
K/9: 5.1
FIP−: 118

Mike Parisi was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2008 he struck out 13 batters over 23.0 innings across 12 appearances, going 0-4. His ERA of 8.22 was 90.1% higher than the league average of 4.32 — the worst on his team, and 470th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.09 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.0% of swings (6.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.7%. His -0.1 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP5.09

K/95.1

WHIP2.26

WAR-.1

Pitching Regular season

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

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2008	STL	12	2	23.0	0	4	0	37	21	13	15	8.22	5.09	2.26	5.1	5.9	190	118	-0.1	—

Batting Regular season

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

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2008	STL	3	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.250	.333	0.0%	25.0%	.322	-0.0	94	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. 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	55	46	17	1	8	8	.370	.463	.565	.451	14.5%
vs RHB	66	56	20	1	7	5	.357	.422	.518	.410	7.6%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2008.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2008.

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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 .263.

Pitch sequencing

What Mike Parisi 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	45.7%	209	92.2	2,156	33.0%	8.7%	56	.446	1.219
Curveball	26.9%	123	78.3	1,378	38.2%	12.1%	22	.227	.500
Changeup	14.2%	65	86.7	1,853	47.7%	36.8%	16	.375	.944
Sinker	8.3%	38	91.8	2,532	50.0%	28.6%	5	—	—

Mike Parisi'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 2008 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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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.