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Ryan Sadowski

San Francisco Giants National League West

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #56

Born: October 4, 1982 in Miami, FL, United States
MLB debut: June 28, 2009

dbWAR: .1
IP: 28.1
ERA: 4.45
FIP: 4.72
K/9: 5.4
FIP−: 109

Ryan Sadowski was a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2009 he struck out 17 batters over 28.1 innings across 6 appearances, 6 of them starts, going 2-4. His ERA of 4.45 was 2.9% higher than the league average of 4.32 — 11th of 14 on his team, and 272nd of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.72 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 18.7% of swings (6.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.3%. 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP4.72

K/95.4

WHIP1.59

WAR.2

Pitching Regular season

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

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2009	SF	6	6	28.1	2	4	0	28	14	17	17	4.45	4.72	1.59	5.4	5.4	103	109	0.2	—

Batting Regular season

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

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2009	SF	6	12	1	0	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.000	.250	0.0%	50.0%	.090	-2.4	-64	-0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. 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	67	55	16	1	10	9	.291	.388	.400	.352	13.4%
vs RHB	61	51	12	1	7	8	.235	.333	.314	.302	13.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2009.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2009.

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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 .262.

Pitch sequencing

What Ryan Sadowski 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	55.0%	271	89.2	1,831	37.6%	15.2%	58	.207	.626
Slider	21.7%	107	86.4	802	33.6%	20.0%	24	.417	1.083
Curveball	17.6%	87	76.7	1,479	40.2%	24.3%	21	.286	.619
Sinker	3.0%	15	88.9	2,348	33.3%	33.3%	3	—	—

Ryan Sadowski'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 2009 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Ian SnellPIT

ERA: 4.84
FIP: 4.88
SO: 89
WAR: 0.8

Very close

Eric StultsLAD

ERA: 4.86
FIP: 4.36
SO: 33
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Andrew MillerFLA

ERA: 4.84
FIP: 4.45
SO: 59
WAR: 0.8

Aaron LaffeyCLE

ERA: 4.44
FIP: 4.54
SO: 59
WAR: 0.8

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.