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Steve Edlefsen

San Francisco Giants National League West

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 195 lb
Number: #65

Born: June 27, 1985 in Minneapolis, MN, United States
MLB debut: August 21, 2011

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 15.1
ERA: 4.70
FIP: 3.94
K/9: 5.3
FIP−: 98

Steve Edlefsen was a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2012 he struck out 9 batters over 15.1 innings across 14 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 4.70 was 17.0% higher than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 3.94 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.8% of swings (8.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.0%. His 0.1 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP3.94

K/95.3

WHIP1.70

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2012	SF	14	0	15.1	0	1	0	20	8	9	6	4.70	3.94	1.70	5.3	3.5	117	98	0.1
2011	SF	13	0	11.1	0	0	0	17	12	6	10	9.53	7.17	2.38	4.8	7.9	242	182	-0.4

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																					Trend
2012	SF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.2	-129	-0.0
2011	SF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.2	-130	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	21	19	6	0	2	3	.316	.381	.368	.339	14.3%
vs RHB	48	44	14	1	4	6	.318	.375	.455	.367	12.5%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2012.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2012.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Steve Edlefsen 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	68.8%	174	90.8	1,938	37.9%	10.8%	46	.348	.866
Slider	20.9%	53	81.8	674	35.8%	47.4%	8	—	—
Changeup	9.9%	25	83.4	1,661	44.0%	33.3%	9	—	—

Steve Edlefsen'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.