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Steven Wright

Age: 35
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #35

Born: August 30, 1984 in Torrance, CA, United States
MLB debut: April 23, 2013

dbWAR: 1.9
IP: 6.1
ERA: 8.53
FIP: 10.16
K/9: 7.1
FIP−: 226

Steven Wright was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2019 he struck out 5 batters over 6.1 innings across 6 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 8.53 was 89.2% higher than the league average of 4.51. Stripping out defence, his 10.16 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.1% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.2%. His -0.4 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, 2019.

FIP10.16

K/97.1

WHIP2.37

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	BOS	6	0	6.1	0	1	0	11	6	5	4	8.53	10.16	2.37	7.1	5.7	189	226	-0.4
2018	BOS	20	4	53.2	3	1	1	41	16	42	26	2.68	4.37	1.25	7.0	4.4	65	105	0.3
2017	BOS	5	5	24.0	1	3	0	40	22	13	5	8.25	7.82	1.88	4.9	1.9	189	180	-0.6
2016	BOS	24	24	156.2	13	6	0	138	58	127	57	3.33	3.77	1.24	7.3	3.3	80	90	2.8
2015	BOS	16	9	72.2	5	4	0	67	33	52	27	4.09	5.01	1.29	6.4	3.3	103	126	-0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	BOS	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	75.0%	.000	-1.0	-111	-0.1
2015	BOS	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-117	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. 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	15	12	3	2	2	1	.250	.333	.750	.413	6.7%
vs RHB	18	15	8	1	2	4	.533	.611	.800	.586	22.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Steven Wright 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


Knuckle Ball	86.4%	114	74.8	—	39.5%	21.3%	23	.478	1.432

Steven Wright'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.