Players · B · Pitcher · 2020
Homer Bailey
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 223 lb
- Born
- May 3, 1986 in La Grange, TX, United States
- MLB debut
- June 8, 2007
- dbWAR
- 3.6 11 season(s)
- IP
- 8.0
- ERA
- 3.38
- FIP
- 4.57
- K/9
- 7.9
- FIP−
- 103 100 = avg
Homer Bailey was a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2020 he struck out 7 batters over 8.0 innings across 2 appearances, 2 of them starts, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.38 was 24.2% lower than the league average of 4.45. Stripping out defence, his 4.57 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.4% of swings (11.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.2%. 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, 2020.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | MIN | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3.38 | 4.57 | 1.13 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 76 | 103 | 0.1 | |
| 2019 | KC/OAK | 31 | 31 | 163.1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 162 | 83 | 149 | 53 | 4.57 | 4.11 | 1.32 | 8.2 | 2.9 | 102 | 91 | 2.8 | |
| 2018 | CIN | 20 | 20 | 106.1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 141 | 72 | 75 | 33 | 6.09 | 5.55 | 1.64 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 147 | 134 | -0.4 | |
| 2017 | CIN | 18 | 18 | 91.0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 112 | 65 | 67 | 42 | 6.43 | 4.90 | 1.69 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 148 | 113 | 0.5 | |
| 2016 | CIN | 6 | 6 | 23.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 6.65 | 3.10 | 1.83 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 159 | 74 | 0.6 | |
| 2015 | CIN | 2 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5.56 | 7.10 | 1.76 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 140 | 179 | -0.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | OAK/KC | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .000 | .500 | 0.0% | 20.0% | .349 | +0.1 | 122 | 0.1 | |
| 2018 | CIN | 19 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .000 | .231 | 2.9% | 38.2% | .124 | -5.3 | -33 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | CIN | 17 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .250 | .250 | .321 | .071 | .412 | 0.0% | 31.4% | .247 | -2.3 | 47 | 0.3 | |
| 2016 | CIN | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .000 | .111 | 9.1% | 9.1% | .143 | -1.6 | -21 | -0.0 | |
| 2015 | CIN | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 25.0% | .000 | -1.0 | -119 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .308 | .471 | .385 | .400 | 17.6% |
| vs RHB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .313 | .178 | 25.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Homer Bailey 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 | 58 | 91.3 | 2,134 | 50.0% | 15.4% | 11 | — | — | |
| Splitter | 30 | 82.9 | 965 | 50.0% | 23.5% | 7 | — | — | |
| Slider | 30 | 84.1 | 1,921 | 46.7% | 41.2% | 9 | — | — | |
| Knuckle Curve | 14 | 74.9 | 1,855 | 14.3% | 0.0% | 2 | — | — |
Head to head
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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.