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Pitcher · 2016

Ross Ohlendorf

Age
34
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
240 lb
Number
#49
Born
August 8, 1982 in Austin, TX, USA
MLB debut
September 11, 2007
dbWAR
-.8
2 season(s)
IP
65.2
ERA
4.66
FIP
5.58
K/9
9.3
FIP−
133
100 = avg

Ross Ohlendorf is a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2016 he struck out 68 batters over 65.2 innings across 64 appearances, going 5-7. His ERA of 4.66 was 11.2% higher than the league average of 4.19 — 11th of 19 on his team, and 327th of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.58 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.0% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.4%. His -0.7 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, 2016.

FIP5.58
K/99.3
WHIP1.39
WAR-.7

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
201664065.2572593468324.665.581.399.34.4111133-0.7
201521019.13112181973.724.941.458.83.394125-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1271112241326.198.299.351.29320.5%
vs RHB16313837101942.268.369.536.38925.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Ross Ohlendorf 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, and how often it misses in 2016.

Four-Seam Fastball56.9%64793.92,17444.4%15.7%
Slider20.7%23681.959342.8%50.0%
Changeup16.5%18886.01,93946.8%33.3%
Sinker5.4%6187.71,84944.3%16.7%
Ross Ohlendorf'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.

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Nearest 2016 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.