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Chris Perez
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- July 1, 1985 in Bradenton, FL, United States
- MLB debut
- May 16, 2008
- dbWAR
- 1.0 Regular season, 9 season(s)
- IP
- 46.1
- ERA
- 4.27
- FIP
- 5.07
- K/9
- 7.6
- FIP−
- 136 100 = avg
Chris Perez was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2014 he struck out 39 batters over 46.1 innings across 49 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 4.27 was 14.2% higher than the league average of 3.74 — 11th of 15 on his team, and 319th of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.07 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.7% of swings (9.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.5%. His -0.5 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, 2014 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | LAD | 49 | 0 | 46.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 39 | 25 | 4.27 | 5.07 | 1.36 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 114 | 136 | -0.5 | |
| 2013 | CLE | 54 | 0 | 54.0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 56 | 26 | 54 | 21 | 4.33 | 5.09 | 1.43 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 112 | 132 | -0.5 | |
| 2012 | CLE | 61 | 0 | 57.2 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 49 | 23 | 59 | 16 | 3.59 | 3.34 | 1.13 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 89 | 83 | 0.8 | |
| 2011 | CLE | 64 | 0 | 59.2 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 46 | 22 | 39 | 26 | 3.32 | 4.27 | 1.21 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 84 | 108 | 0.1 | |
| 2010 | CLE | 63 | 0 | 63.0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 61 | 28 | 1.71 | 3.54 | 1.08 | 8.7 | 4.0 | 42 | 87 | 0.7 | |
| 2009 | CLE/STL | 61 | 0 | 57.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 27 | 68 | 27 | 4.26 | 4.27 | 1.19 | 10.7 | 4.3 | 99 | 99 | 0.3 | |
| 2008 | STL | 41 | 0 | 41.2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 42 | 22 | 3.46 | 4.33 | 1.34 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 80 | 100 | 0.2 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 90 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 18 | .197 | .348 | .394 | .342 | 20.0% |
| vs RHB | 110 | 96 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 21 | .250 | .336 | .427 | .344 | 19.1% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2014.
Pitch sequencing
What Chris Perez 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 | 524 | 94.2 | 2,065 | 50.0% | 20.6% | 109 | .229 | .788 | |
| Slider | 206 | 83.4 | 1,107 | 36.9% | 29.6% | 41 | .244 | .792 | |
| Sinker | 69 | 94.2 | 1,913 | 36.2% | 7.4% | 14 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 30 | 88.8 | 1,764 | 30.0% | 33.3% | 3 | — | — |
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Nearest 2014 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.