P · 2018
Brandon Morrow
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 207 lb
- Number
- #23
- Born
- July 26, 1984 in Santa Rosa, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- April 3, 2007
- dbWAR
- 2.5 6 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -118 100 = avg
Brandon Morrow is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2018 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .248. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -118 wRC+ puts his offence 218% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2018.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2018. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -118 | -0.0 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 10.0% | 80.0% | .071 | -1.9 | -74 | -0.2 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 35 | 0 | 30.2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 31 | 9 | 1.47 | 2.96 | 1.08 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 35 | 71 | 0.6 | |
| 2017 | 45 | 0 | 43.2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 50 | 9 | 2.06 | 1.55 | 0.92 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 47 | 36 | 1.5 | |
| 2016 | 18 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1.69 | 4.33 | 1.38 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 40 | 103 | 0.1 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | 33.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 2.73 | 3.56 | 1.09 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 69 | 90 | 0.5 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 58 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .151 | .224 | .208 | .202 | 25.9% |
| vs RHB | 65 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .267 | .323 | .333 | .295 | 24.6% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2018.
Situational hitting
How Brandon Morrow hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2018.
Pitch sequencing
What Brandon Morrow 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, and how often it misses in 2018.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 355 | 97.5 | 2,413 | 50.1% | 23.3% | |
| Cutter | 73 | 91.9 | 2,366 | 43.8% | 37.8% | |
| Slider | 60 | 88.0 | 2,383 | 45.0% | 53.8% |
Head to head
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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.