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Brian Slocum

Cleveland Indians American League Central

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #54

Born: March 27, 1981 in New Rochelle, NY, United States
MLB debut: April 22, 2006

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 2.0
ERA: 27.00
FIP: 16.63
K/9: 4.5
FIP−: 385

Brian Slocum was a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2008 he struck out 1 batter over 2.0 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 27.00 was 524.5% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 16.63 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.2% of swings (10.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 0.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 6.7%. His -0.3 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.

FIP16.63

K/94.5

WHIP4.00

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2008	CLE	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	8	6	1	0	27.00	16.63	4.00	4.5	0.0	624	385	-0.3
2006	CLE	8	2	17.2	0	0	0	27	11	11	9	5.60	5.81	2.04	5.6	4.6	124	128	-0.1

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	8	7	4	0	0	1	.571	.500	.714	.497	12.5%
vs RHB	7	6	4	2	0	0	.667	.714	1.667	.952	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Brian Slocum 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


Fastball	62.0%	31	89.8	2,286	38.7%	5.9%	9	—	—

Brian Slocum'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.