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A.J. Murray

Age: 26
B/T: S/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #47

Born: March 17, 1982 in Vernal, UT, United States
MLB debut: May 16, 2007

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 7.2
ERA: 3.52
FIP: 3.00
K/9: 5.9
FIP−: 69

A.J. Murray was a starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2008 he struck out 5 batters over 7.2 innings across 2 appearances, 2 of them starts, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.52 was 18.5% lower than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 3.00 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 11.5% of swings (4.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.2%. 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP3.00

K/95.9

WHIP1.96

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2008	TEX	2	2	7.2	1	0	0	12	3	5	3	3.52	3.00	1.96	5.9	3.5	81	69	0.2
2007	TEX	14	2	28.0	1	2	0	25	14	18	15	4.50	6.35	1.43	5.8	4.8	101	142	-0.4

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. 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	5	5	3	0	0	1	.600	.600	.600	.538	20.0%
vs RHB	33	30	9	0	3	4	.300	.364	.367	.335	12.1%

Pitch sequencing

What A.J. Murray 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	47.3%	69	86.9	2,526	46.4%	4.0%	10	—	—
Sinker	16.4%	24	85.8	2,851	37.5%	33.3%	6	—	—
Changeup	13.7%	20	78.5	2,458	30.0%	10.0%	7	—	—
Cutter	13.0%	19	84.3	1,490	21.1%	18.2%	8	—	—
Curveball	9.6%	14	71.7	945	35.7%	0.0%	4	—	—

A.J. Murray'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.