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Matt DeSalvo

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 180 lb
Number: #14

Born: September 11, 1980 in New Castle, PA, United States
MLB debut: May 7, 2007

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 2.0
ERA: 31.50
FIP: 4.13
K/9: 9.0
FIP−: 96

Matt DeSalvo was a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2008 he struck out 2 batters over 2.0 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 31.50 was 628.5% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 4.13 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.5% of swings (9.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.1%. His 0.0 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP4.13

K/99.0

WHIP6.50

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2008	ATL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	11	7	2	2	31.50	4.13	6.50	9.0	9.0	729	96	0.0
2007	NYY	7	6	27.2	1	3	0	34	19	10	18	6.18	5.73	1.88	3.3	5.9	138	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	11	10	7	0	1	2	.700	.727	.700	.637	18.2%
vs RHB	7	6	4	0	1	0	.667	.714	.667	.617	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Matt DeSalvo 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	34.7%	26	91.0	1,893	53.8%	9.1%	3	—	—
Sinker	24.0%	18	91.6	2,145	50.0%	0.0%	4	—	—
Changeup	20.0%	15	78.1	1,855	40.0%	44.4%	4	—	—

Matt DeSalvo'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.