Players · S · Pitcher · 2009 regular season
R.J. Swindle
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #43
- Born
- July 7, 1983 in Vancouver, BC, Canada
- MLB debut
- July 7, 2008
- dbWAR
- -.5 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 6.2
- ERA
- 16.20
- FIP
- 8.80
- K/9
- 10.8
- FIP−
- 204 100 = avg
R.J. Swindle was a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2009 he struck out 8 batters over 6.2 innings across 6 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 16.20 was 274.8% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 8.80 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.4% of swings (9.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.6%. His -0.3 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, 2009 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.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PHI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -126 | -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 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .385 | .529 | .769 | .549 | 17.6% |
| vs RHB | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .368 | .400 | .737 | .474 | 25.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What R.J. Swindle 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.
| Slider | 79 | 72.3 | 1,245 | 54.4% | 22.5% | 18 | .389 | 1.339 | |
| Sinker | 46 | 81.9 | 1,830 | 45.7% | 22.2% | 10 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 13 | 53.9 | 1,027 | 46.2% | 20.0% | 2 | — | — |
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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.