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Billy Sadler

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 195 lb
Number: #40

Born: September 21, 1981 in Pensacola, FL, United States
MLB debut: September 15, 2006

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 1.1
ERA: 13.50
FIP: 2.35
K/9: 13.5
FIP−: 54

Billy Sadler was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2009 he struck out 2 batters over 1.1 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 13.50 was 212.4% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 2.35 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.3% of swings (12.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 28.6%. 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP2.35

K/913.5

WHIP2.25

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2009	HOU	1	1.1	0	2	2	2	1	13.50	2.35	2.25	13.5	6.8	312	54	0.0
2008	SF	33	44.1	1	34	20	42	27	4.06	5.37	1.38	8.5	5.5	94	124	-0.2
2006	SF	5	4.0	0	5	3	6	2	6.75	8.90	1.75	13.5	4.5	149	197	-0.2

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2009	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-129	-0.0
2008	SF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-126	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. 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	5	4	2	0	1	1	.500	.600	.500	.504	20.0%
vs RHB	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	50.0%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2009.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2009.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .262.

Pitch sequencing

What Billy Sadler 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	52.0%	13	89.7	2,475	53.8%	16.7%	2	—	—

Billy Sadler'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.