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Michael O'Connor

Age: 31
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #48

Born: August 17, 1980 in Dallas, TX, United States
MLB debut: April 27, 2006

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 6.2
ERA: 2.70
FIP: 2.43
K/9: 10.8
FIP−: 62

Michael O'Connor was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2011 he struck out 8 batters over 6.2 innings across 9 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 2.70 was 31.5% lower than the league average of 3.94. Stripping out defence, his 2.43 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.1% of swings (10.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.6%. 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, 2011 regular season.

FIP2.43

K/910.8

WHIP1.20

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2011	NYM	9	0	6.2	0	1	5	2	8	3	2.70	2.43	1.20	10.8	4.0	68	62	0.2
2008	WSH	5	1	9.0	1	1	11	13	4	11	13.00	10.24	2.44	4.0	11.0	301	237	-0.5
2006	WSH	21	20	105.0	3	8	96	56	59	45	4.80	5.37	1.34	5.1	3.9	106	119	0.2

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2008	WSH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-126	-0.0
2006	WSH	19	33	2	0	1	0	1	18	.065	.094	.065	.000	.154	3.0%	54.5%	.079	-7.1	-74	-0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. 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	13	4	0	2	4	.308	.400	.385	.359	26.7%
vs RHB	14	12	1	0	1	4	.083	.214	.083	.167	28.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Michael O'Connor 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	33.3%	37	88.5	2,189	43.2%	22.2%	9	—	—
Sinker	33.3%	37	88.8	2,465	43.2%	12.5%	7	—	—
Slider	25.2%	28	81.8	634	42.9%	55.6%	6	—	—

Michael O'Connor'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.