P · 2015
Alex Torres
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- December 8, 1987 in Valencia, Venezuela
- MLB debut
- July 18, 2011
- dbWAR
- -.6 2 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -128 100 = avg
Alex Torres is a pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2015 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .254. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .721. He averaged 94.9 mph off the bat and made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -128 wRC+ puts his offence 228% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2015.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2015. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -128 | -0.0 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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| 2015 | 39 | 0 | 34.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 35 | 26 | 3.15 | 5.73 | 1.51 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 79 | 145 | -0.5 | — |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 69 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 14 | .268 | .406 | .393 | .367 | 20.3% |
| vs RHB | 85 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 21 | .157 | .298 | .357 | .296 | 24.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2015.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2015. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 94.9 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 94.9 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -16.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2015.
Situational hitting
How Alex Torres hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2015.
Pitch sequencing
What Alex Torres 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 2015.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 305 | 91.9 | 2,012 | 44.9% | 21.1% | |
| Changeup | 186 | 83.7 | 1,376 | 47.8% | 35.0% | |
| Sinker | 77 | 91.1 | 1,966 | 32.5% | 12.5% | |
| Cutter | 49 | 82.7 | 440 | 40.8% | 17.6% | |
| Curveball | 22 | 78.9 | 1,358 | 18.2% | 0.0% |
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.