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Miguel González

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 34
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 180 lb
Number: #50

Born: May 27, 1984 in Gudalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
MLB debut: May 29, 2012

dbWAR: 2.8
IP: 12.1
ERA: 12.41
FIP: 8.03
K/9: 3.6
FIP−: 193

Miguel González was a starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2018 he struck out 5 batters over 12.1 innings across 3 appearances, 3 of them starts, going 0-3. His ERA of 12.41 was 199.0% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 8.03 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.6% of swings (7.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 7.6%. His -0.4 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, 2018.

FIP8.03

K/93.6

WHIP2.43

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	CWS	3	3	12.1	0	3	24	17	5	6	12.41	8.03	2.43	3.6	4.4	299	193	-0.4
2017	CWS/TEX	27	27	156.0	8	13	167	80	100	55	4.62	4.88	1.42	5.8	3.2	106	112	0.9
2016	CWS	24	23	135.0	5	8	132	56	95	35	3.73	3.71	1.24	6.3	2.3	89	89	2.2
2015	BAL	26	26	144.2	9	12	151	79	109	51	4.91	5.01	1.40	6.8	3.2	124	126	0.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2017	CWS/TEX	4	8	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.000	.000	12.5%	25.0%	.101	-1.5	-52	-0.0
2016	CWS	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-120	-0.0
2015	BAL	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-117	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. 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	26	23	8	2	3	1	.348	.423	.826	.521	3.8%
vs RHB	40	37	16	2	3	4	.432	.475	.757	.522	10.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Miguel González 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	38.0%	98	89.7	2,403	44.9%	9.3%	18	.444	1.500
Splitter	20.9%	54	83.6	1,365	35.2%	34.5%	15	.267	.800
Slider	17.1%	44	85.9	2,540	50.0%	10.3%	13	—	—
Curveball	12.0%	31	76.2	2,666	32.3%	16.7%	8	—	—
Sinker	11.6%	30	90.0	2,251	36.7%	6.7%	7	—	—

Miguel González'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.