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Aaron Thompson
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #64
- Born
- February 28, 1987 in Santa Fe, NM, United States
- MLB debut
- August 24, 2011
- dbWAR
- .1 Regular season, 4 season(s)
- IP
- 32.1
- ERA
- 5.01
- FIP
- 3.91
- K/9
- 4.7
- FIP−
- 99 100 = avg
Aaron Thompson was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2015 he struck out 17 batters over 32.1 innings across 41 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 5.01 was 26.5% higher than the league average of 3.96 — 15th of 18 on his team, and 412th of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.91 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.4% of swings (11.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.4%. 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, 2015 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | 100.0% | 0.0% | .709 | +0.3 | 371 | 0.0 | — |
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 | 62 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .189 | .262 | .264 | .240 | 17.7% |
| vs RHB | 75 | 68 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .324 | .365 | .441 | .343 | 8.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Aaron Thompson 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.
| Slider | 239 | 81.1 | 403 | 45.6% | 34.4% | 66 | .197 | .568 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 218 | 89.7 | 2,292 | 42.7% | 11.4% | 45 | .333 | .802 | |
| Changeup | 33 | 82.6 | 1,955 | 21.2% | 8.3% | 8 | — | — |
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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.