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Jeff Ridgway

Age: 28
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #46

Born: August 17, 1980 in Port Angeles, WA, United States
MLB debut: September 17, 2007

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 9.2
ERA: 3.72
FIP: 6.13
K/9: 7.4
FIP−: 142

Jeff Ridgway was a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2008 he struck out 8 batters over 9.2 innings across 10 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.72 was 13.9% lower than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 6.13 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 14.3% of swings (7.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 2.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.1%. 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP6.13

K/97.4

WHIP0.83

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2008	ATL	10	0	9.2	1	0	0	7	4	8	1	3.72	6.13	0.83	7.4	0.9	86	142	-0.1
2007	TB	3	0	0.1	0	0	0	7	7	0	1	189.00	60.24	24.00	0.0	27.0	4,225	1,347	-0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. 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	15	15	2	0	0	4	.133	.133	.200	.146	26.7%
vs RHB	23	21	5	3	1	4	.238	.304	.667	.411	17.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Jeff Ridgway 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


Four-Seam Fastball	50.6%	79	91.4	2,215	57.0%	11.4%	14	—	—
Slider	19.9%	31	80.8	1,102	32.3%	18.8%	8	—	—
Sinker	16.0%	25	90.8	2,261	40.0%	10.0%	5	—	—
Changeup	13.5%	21	82.5	980	57.1%	18.8%	9	—	—

Jeff Ridgway'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.