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Alex Hinshaw

Age: 30
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 175 lb
Number: #43

Born: October 31, 1982 in Pomona, CA, United States
MLB debut: May 15, 2008

dbWAR: -1.1
IP: 28.1
ERA: 6.04
FIP: 6.66
K/9: 11.4
FIP−: 166

Alex Hinshaw was a relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2012 he struck out 36 batters over 28.1 innings across 33 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 6.04 was 50.3% higher than the league average of 4.01 — 20th of 22 on his team, and 441st of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.66 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 29.6% of swings (12.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.7%. His -0.8 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP6.66

K/911.4

WHIP1.69

WAR-.8

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2012	SD/CHC	33	28.1	1	1	27	19	36	21	6.04	6.66	1.69	11.4	6.7	150	166	-0.8
2009	SF	9	6.0	0	0	10	8	2	7	12.00	10.26	2.83	3.0	10.5	278	237	-0.4
2008	SF	48	39.2	2	1	31	15	47	29	3.40	4.82	1.51	10.7	6.6	79	112	0.0

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2012	SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.2	-124	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	58	47	9	1	10	15	.191	.345	.319	.305	25.9%
vs RHB	77	64	18	7	11	21	.281	.395	.625	.435	27.3%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2012.

Pitch sequencing

What Alex Hinshaw 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


Four-Seam Fastball	52.4%	286	91.6	2,198	39.9%	24.7%	50	.240	.961
Slider	36.8%	201	83.8	438	53.7%	36.0%	47	.213	.607
Curveball	9.5%	52	75.6	1,206	36.5%	17.4%	14	—	—

Alex Hinshaw'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 2012 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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ERA: 6.14
FIP: 7.69
SO: 16
WAR: -0.8

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FIP: 5.27
SO: 27
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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.