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Pitcher · 2016

Zach Phillips

Age
30
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 1"
Weight
200 lb
Number
#58
Born
September 21, 1986 in Sacramento, CA, USA
MLB debut
August 31, 2011
dbWAR
.1
1 season(s)
IP
6.2
ERA
2.70
FIP
3.75
K/9
8.1
FIP−
89
100 = avg

Zach Phillips is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2016 he struck out 6 batters over 6.2 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 2.70 was 35.6% lower than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 3.75 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.5% of swings (10.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.4%. His 0.1 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.

FIP3.75
K/98.1
WHIP1.35
WAR.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2016806.200082612.703.751.358.11.364890.1

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB884002.500.500.875.57925.0%
vs RHB20194114.211.250.368.27020.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Zach Phillips 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, and how often it misses in 2016.

Four-Seam Fastball36.3%4189.72,03446.3%17.6%
Slider29.2%3377.886651.5%37.5%
Changeup22.1%2582.51,72536.0%25.0%
Sinker12.4%1490.02,17742.9%0.0%
Zach Phillips'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.

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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.