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Clayton Richard

Age: 36
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 240 lb
Number: #33

Born: September 12, 1983 in Lafayette, IN, United States
MLB debut: July 23, 2008

dbWAR: 4.2
IP: 45.1
ERA: 5.96
FIP: 6.28
K/9: 4.4
FIP−: 139

Clayton Richard was a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2019 he struck out 22 batters over 45.1 innings across 10 appearances, 10 of them starts, going 1-5. His ERA of 5.96 was 32.2% higher than the league average of 4.51 — 20th of 23 on his team, and 451st of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.28 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 14.7% of swings (6.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.9%. His -0.3 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.

FIP6.28

K/94.4

WHIP1.57

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	TOR	10	10	45.1	1	5	0	53	30	22	18	5.96	6.28	1.57	4.4	3.6	132	139	-0.3
2018	SD	27	27	158.2	7	11	0	159	94	108	60	5.33	4.68	1.38	6.1	3.4	128	113	1.0
2017	SD	32	32	197.1	8	15	0	240	105	151	59	4.79	4.23	1.52	6.9	2.7	110	97	2.4
2016	CHC/SD	36	9	67.2	3	4	1	81	25	41	31	3.33	4.17	1.66	5.5	4.1	79	99	0.5
2015	CHC	23	3	42.1	4	2	0	47	18	22	7	3.83	3.58	1.28	4.7	1.5	97	90	0.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	SD	26	51	4	1	3	2	24	.095	.156	.190	.095	.176	3.9%	47.1%	.160	-6.5	-9	0.1
2017	SD	31	68	7	1	4	1	31	.123	.167	.193	.070	.240	1.5%	45.6%	.163	-9.1	-11	0.1
2016	SD/CHC	10	21	1	0	1	1	9	.059	.111	.059	.000	.125	4.8%	42.9%	.087	-3.9	-58	-0.1
2015	CHC	7	15	2	0	3	1	6	.143	.200	.286	.143	.250	6.7%	40.0%	.217	-1.2	31	0.1

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	38	33	7	1	3	5	.212	.316	.303	.284	13.2%
vs RHB	163	145	46	8	15	17	.317	.387	.572	.401	10.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Clayton Richard 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


Sinker	56.9%	414	90.2	2,184	42.8%	8.5%	121	.306	.833
Slider	26.0%	189	79.6	2,218	41.8%	30.9%	30	.267	1.089
Four-Seam Fastball	15.4%	112	91.1	2,284	35.7%	13.3%	25	.320	1.010
Changeup	1.8%	13	82.1	1,580	23.1%	25.0%	3	—	—

Clayton Richard'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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Similar players

Nearest 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Brock BurkeTEX

ERA: 7.42
FIP: 6.55
SO: 14
WAR: -0.2

Tyson RossDET

ERA: 6.11
FIP: 5.99
SO: 25
WAR: -0.1

Glenn SparkmanKC

ERA: 6.02
FIP: 5.93
SO: 81
WAR: -0.6

Peter LambertCOL

ERA: 7.25
FIP: 5.97
SO: 57
WAR: -0.1

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.