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Dustin Molleken

Age: 32
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 230 lb

Born: August 21, 1984 in Regina, SK, Canada
MLB debut: July 4, 2016

dbWAR: .2
IP: 8.1
ERA: 4.32
FIP: 3.03
K/9: 8.6
FIP−: 72

Dustin Molleken was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2016 he struck out 8 batters over 8.1 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.32 was 3.1% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 3.03 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.3% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.0%. 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, 2016 regular season.

FIP3.03

K/98.6

WHIP2.04

WAR.2

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2016	DET	4	0	8.1	0	0	0	12	4	8	5	4.32	3.03	2.04	8.6	5.4	103	72	0.2	—

Platoon splits

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

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	17	15	4	0	1	4	.267	.294	.400	.293	23.5%
vs RHB	25	21	8	0	4	4	.381	.480	.429	.408	16.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Dustin Molleken 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	72.5%	121	93.6	2,152	47.1%	17.7%	29	.276	.692
Slider	26.9%	45	84.0	568	44.4%	23.8%	7	—	—

Dustin Molleken'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.