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Tim Dillard

Milwaukee Brewers National League Central

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 215 lb

Born: July 19, 1983 in Sarasota, FL, United States
MLB debut: May 23, 2008

dbWAR: .5
IP: 37.0
ERA: 4.38
FIP: 3.80
K/9: 7.1
FIP−: 95

Tim Dillard was a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2012 he struck out 29 batters over 37.0 innings across 34 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 4.38 was 9.1% higher than the league average of 4.01 — 11th of 17 on his team, and 311th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.80 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (9.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.5%. 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP3.80

K/97.1

WHIP1.59

WAR.4

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2012	MIL	34	37.0	0	2	45	18	29	14	4.38	3.80	1.59	7.1	3.4	109	95	0.4
2011	MIL	24	28.2	1	1	26	13	27	4	4.08	3.13	1.05	8.5	1.3	104	79	0.5
2009	MIL	2	4.1	0	1	7	6	1	5	12.46	9.10	2.77	2.1	10.4	288	210	-0.2
2008	MIL	13	14.1	0	0	17	7	5	6	4.40	5.50	1.60	3.1	3.8	102	127	-0.1

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2009	MIL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-130	-0.0
2008	MIL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	.000	1.000	0.0%	0.0%	.897	+0.5	493	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	60	53	18	2	5	8	.340	.397	.547	.402	13.3%
vs RHB	106	96	27	1	9	21	.281	.349	.396	.333	19.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Tim Dillard 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


Sinker	59.0%	356	86.7	2,090	42.4%	9.3%	87	.414	1.026
Slider	36.3%	219	72.2	644	44.7%	42.7%	57	.088	.323
Changeup	3.3%	20	79.4	1,931	35.0%	9.1%	5	—	—

Tim Dillard'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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Nearest 2012 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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FIP: 3.87
SO: 29
WAR: 0.3

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FIP: 3.46
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FIP: 3.72
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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.