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Edinson Volquez

Age
37
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 0"
Weight
220 lb
Number
#36
Born
July 3, 1983 in Barahona, Dominican Republic
MLB debut
August 30, 2005

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dbWAR
11.9
Regular season, 25 season(s)
IP
5.2
ERA
6.35
FIP
3.72
K/9
4.8
FIP−
84
100 = avg

Edinson Volquez was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2020 he struck out 3 batters over 5.2 innings across 7 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 6.35 was 42.7% higher than the league average of 4.45. Stripping out defence, his 3.72 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.9% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.5%. 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, 2020 regular season.

FIP3.72
K/94.8
WHIP1.41
WAR.1

WAR by season

4.01.7-0.5050607080910111213141516171920

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.

Trend
2020TEX705.221064326.353.721.414.83.2143840.1
2019TEX11416.0010201210126.756.652.005.66.8150148-0.2
2017MIA171792.1480784381534.194.351.427.95.2961001.0
2016KC3434189.110110217113139765.374.571.556.63.61281091.6
2015KC3433200.1139019079155723.553.821.317.03.290962.7
2014PIT3231192.2137016665140713.044.151.236.53.3811111.2
2013SD/LAD3332170.19120193108142775.714.241.597.54.11481101.0
2012SD3232182.211110160841741054.144.061.458.65.21031011.8
2011CIN2120108.257010669104655.715.291.578.65.4145134-0.5
2010CIN121262.2430593067354.314.001.509.65.0106980.8
2009CIN9949.2420342447324.355.011.338.55.81011160.2
2008CIN3332196.0176016770206933.213.601.339.54.374834.0
2007TEX6634.0210341729154.504.561.447.74.01011020.4
2006TEX8833.1160522715177.296.602.074.04.6161146-0.3
2005TEX6312.20402520111014.217.202.767.87.1331168-0.3

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.

Trend
2017MIA15305010111.192.214.192.000.3133.3%36.7%.182-3.620.1
2016KC25000003.000.000.000.000.0000.0%60.0%.000-1.3-112-0.1
2015KC36000004.000.000.000.000.0000.0%66.7%.000-1.5-122-0.1
2014PIT29642020327.038.089.038.000.0774.7%42.2%.070-11.8-73-0.3
2013SD/LAD28525140123.119.140.214.095.2221.9%44.2%.158-6.3-120.0
2012SD30624010129.071.088.089.018.1481.6%46.8%.081-11.5-66-0.3
2011CIN17343000113.115.148.115.000.2312.9%38.2%.126-5.1-33-0.1
2010CIN1021200017.118.167.118.000.2004.8%33.3%.140-3.1-28-0.0
2009CIN819100008.063.063.063.000.1250.0%42.1%.056-4.3-88-0.2
2008CIN30696010031.098.098.098.000.2000.0%44.9%.088-13.9-66-0.4

Separate from the regular season

Postseason Postseason

Wild Card through World Series. These games are counted on their own: none of them are in the regular-season tables, career totals, league context, leaderboards or dbWAR on this page.

Postseason pitching

Postseason Edinson Volquez's postseason pitching, by October and round. Not part of any regular-season figure on this page.
SeasonTeamRoundGGSIPWLSVHERHRBBSOERAWHIPK/9
2015 PostKCPostseason total5528.21201812318233.771.267.2
ALDS115.2010530484.761.5912.7
ALCS2211.0110551874.091.185.7
World Series2212.0000842683.001.176.0
2014 PostPITWild Card115.0010551339.001.605.4
2010 PostCINNLDS111.20104402021.603.600.0
CareerPostseason total · 3 Octobers7735.11402721423265.351.426.6

Postseason batting

Postseason Edinson Volquez's postseason batting, by October and round. Not part of any regular-season figure on this page.
SeasonTeamRoundGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
2015 PostKCWorld Series122010000010.500.500.5001.000
2014 PostPITWild Card111000000000.000.000.000.000
CareerPostseason total · 2 Octobers233010000010.333.333.333.667

Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are measured against a full league season, and a postseason is a few teams playing each other for a month, so they are not computed for October.

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2020. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB12113011.273.333.364.3118.3%
vs RHB14123012.250.357.250.29514.3%

Pitch sequencing

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

ShowBatter
SinkerChangeupKnuckle curveFour-seam

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Pitch arsenal

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

Sinker41.7%4594.32,31555.6%26.7%4——
Changeup30.6%3383.91,18233.3%26.3%13——
Knuckle Curve18.5%2081.62,73340.0%60.0%4——
Four-Seam Fastball9.3%1094.32,38930.0%0.0%2——
Edinson Volquez'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.