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Matt Chico

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 27
B/T: L/L
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #47

Born: June 10, 1983 in Fullerton, CA, United States
MLB debut: April 4, 2007

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 5.0
ERA: 3.60
FIP: 2.48
K/9: 5.4
FIP−: 61

Matt Chico was a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2010 he struck out 3 batters over 5.0 innings across 1 appearance, 1 of them starts, going 0-0. His ERA of 3.60 was 11.8% lower than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 2.48 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 11.1% of swings (5.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 0.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.6%. His 0.2 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, 2010 regular season.

FIP2.48

K/95.4

WHIP1.20

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2010	WSH	1	1	5.0	0	0	6	2	3	0	3.60	2.48	1.20	5.4	0.0	88	61	0.2
2008	WSH	11	8	48.0	0	6	63	33	31	17	6.19	5.67	1.67	5.8	3.2	143	131	-0.2
2007	WSH	31	31	167.0	7	9	183	86	94	74	4.63	5.56	1.54	5.1	4.0	104	124	-0.2

Batting Regular season

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


2010	WSH	1	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-126	-0.0
2008	WSH	8	15	2	0	4	.154	.154	.154	.000	.222	0.0%	26.7%	.138	-2.4	-33	-0.0
2007	WSH	30	57	8	3	11	.167	.167	.167	.000	.216	0.0%	19.3%	.150	-8.9	-27	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2010. 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	2	2	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	.449	0.0%
vs RHB	20	19	5	0	0	3	.263	.300	.368	.302	15.0%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2010.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2010.

Pitch sequencing

What Matt Chico throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Four-seamChangeupSliderSinker

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	50.6%	40	86.7	1,786	50.0%	5.9%	9	—	—
Changeup	24.1%	19	82.6	1,955	31.6%	12.5%	4	—	—
Slider	15.2%	12	80.4	333	41.7%	28.6%	5	—	—

Matt Chico'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.