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Adam Russell

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 280 lb
Number: #55

Born: April 14, 1983 in North Olmsted, OH, United States
MLB debut: June 17, 2008

dbWAR: .8
IP: 32.2
ERA: 3.03
FIP: 5.14
K/9: 3.6
FIP−: 130

Adam Russell was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2011 he struck out 13 batters over 32.2 innings across 36 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 3.03 was 23.1% lower than the league average of 3.94 — 6th of 15 on his team, and 119th of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.14 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 14.7% of swings (6.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 8.8%. 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, 2011 regular season.

FIP5.14

K/93.6

WHIP1.56

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2011	TB	36	32.2	1	2	31	11	13	20	3.03	5.14	1.56	3.6	5.5	77	130	-0.3
2010	SD	12	15.2	0	0	14	7	18	5	4.02	1.74	1.21	10.3	2.9	99	43	0.5
2009	SD	15	12.1	3	1	13	5	14	11	3.65	3.50	1.95	10.2	8.0	84	81	0.2
2008	CWS	22	26.0	4	0	30	15	22	10	5.19	3.32	1.54	7.6	3.5	120	77	0.5

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2009	SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-136	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. 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	48	37	5	0	9	6	.135	.304	.162	.234	12.5%
vs RHB	99	85	26	2	11	7	.306	.404	.459	.389	7.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Adam Russell 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


Sinker	73.7%	428	94.3	2,035	43.0%	13.1%	99	.263	.735
Slider	22.7%	132	84.8	864	38.6%	22.0%	23	.174	.661
Changeup	3.1%	18	84.8	1,633	11.1%	0.0%	1	—	—

Adam Russell'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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Similar players

Nearest 2011 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Trever MillerSTL

ERA: 3.80
FIP: 5.09
SO: 12
WAR: -0.2

Miguel BatistaSTL

ERA: 3.60
FIP: 4.38
SO: 31
WAR: 0.0

Jose MijaresMIN

ERA: 4.59
FIP: 4.88
SO: 30
WAR: -0.3

Enerio Del RosarioHOU

ERA: 4.58
FIP: 4.52
SO: 31
WAR: -0.0

Comparable

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.