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Brian Matusz

Age: 29
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #17

Born: February 11, 1987 in Grand Junction, CO, United States
MLB debut: August 4, 2009

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 9.0
ERA: 14.00
FIP: 14.48
K/9: 3.0
FIP−: 346

Brian Matusz was a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2016 he struck out 3 batters over 9.0 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 14.00 was 234.2% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 14.48 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.3% of swings (8.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 5.7%. His -1.0 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, 2016.

FIP14.48

K/93.0

WHIP2.89

WAR-1.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	BAL/CHC	8	1	9.0	0	0	0	17	14	3	9	14.00	14.48	2.89	3.0	9.0	334	346	-1.0
2015	BAL	58	0	49.0	1	4	0	38	16	56	20	2.94	3.58	1.18	10.3	3.7	74	90	0.6

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	22	15	7	2	5	1	.467	.619	.933	.625	4.5%
vs RHB	31	26	10	4	4	2	.385	.452	.846	.527	6.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Brian Matusz 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	48.8%	100	89.5	2,491	41.0%	12.2%	17	.353	1.404
Slider	24.4%	50	84.0	832	38.0%	36.4%	9	—	—
Changeup	16.1%	33	81.9	2,218	33.3%	15.8%	11	—	—
Curveball	8.8%	18	78.0	934	33.3%	20.0%	3	—	—

Brian Matusz'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.