Players · P · Pitcher · 2021
Blake Parker
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #50
- Born
- June 19, 1985 in Fayetteville, AR, United States
- MLB debut
- May 17, 2012
- dbWAR
- 2.6 7 season(s)
- IP
- 43.2
- ERA
- 3.09
- FIP
- 4.06
- K/9
- 7.6
- FIP−
- 95 100 = avg
Blake Parker was a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2021 he struck out 37 batters over 43.2 innings across 47 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 3.09 was 27.5% lower than the league average of 4.27 — 4th of 18 on his team, and 114th of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.06 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.0%. 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, 2021.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CLE | 47 | 0 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 37 | 14 | 3.09 | 4.06 | 1.31 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 72 | 95 | 0.4 | |
| 2020 | PHI | 14 | 1 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 9 | 2.81 | 3.38 | 1.31 | 14.1 | 5.1 | 63 | 76 | 0.3 | |
| 2019 | MIN/PHI | 60 | 2 | 61.1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 53 | 31 | 65 | 22 | 4.55 | 5.07 | 1.22 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 101 | 113 | -0.0 | |
| 2018 | LAA | 67 | 0 | 66.1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 63 | 24 | 70 | 19 | 3.26 | 4.40 | 1.24 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 78 | 106 | 0.2 | |
| 2017 | LAA | 71 | 0 | 67.1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 19 | 86 | 16 | 2.54 | 2.71 | 0.83 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 58 | 62 | 1.6 | |
| 2016 | NYY/SEA | 17 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4.67 | 4.07 | 1.50 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 112 | 97 | 0.1 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | PHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -117 | -0.0 | — |
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 | 97 | 93 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 24 | .215 | .247 | .344 | .256 | 24.7% |
| vs RHB | 88 | 74 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 13 | .311 | .398 | .459 | .375 | 14.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Blake Parker 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 | 330 | 90.7 | 2,001 | 49.4% | 14.7% | 77 | .312 | .861 | |
| Splitter | 248 | 79.3 | 803 | 44.0% | 36.3% | 69 | .232 | .621 | |
| Cutter | 79 | 88.9 | 2,075 | 35.4% | 11.8% | 14 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 56 | 75.8 | 2,091 | 44.6% | 42.9% | 8 | — | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2021 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.