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Pitcher · 2019

Pat Neshek

Age
39
B/T
S/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
220 lb
Number
#17
Born
September 4, 1980 in Madison, WI, USA
MLB debut
July 7, 2006
dbWAR
2.8
5 season(s)
IP
18.0
ERA
5.00
FIP
6.16
K/9
4.5
FIP−
137
100 = avg

Pat Neshek is a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2019 he struck out 9 batters over 18.0 innings across 20 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 5.00 was 11.0% higher than the league average of 4.51. Stripping out defence, his 6.16 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.9% of swings (10.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 2.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.4%. 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, 2019.

FIP6.16
K/94.5
WHIP1.39
WAR-.2

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
201920018.00132310925.006.161.394.51.0111137-0.2
201830024.13252371552.593.611.155.51.862870.3
201771062.153148116961.591.860.8710.00.936432.0
201660047.0220331643113.063.680.948.22.173880.5
201566054.2361492251123.623.941.128.42.091990.3

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB27268215.308.333.615.39018.5%
vs RHB515015304.300.294.500.3277.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Pat Neshek 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, and how often it misses in 2019.

Slider62.0%17381.62,23444.5%23.1%
Sinker36.9%10388.52,09849.5%17.8%
Pat Neshek'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.

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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.