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Matt Albers

Milwaukee Brewers National League Central

Age: 36
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #32

Born: January 20, 1983 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: July 25, 2006

dbWAR: .5
IP: 59.2
ERA: 5.13
FIP: 4.66
K/9: 8.6
FIP−: 103

Matt Albers was a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2019 he struck out 57 batters over 59.2 innings across 67 appearances, going 8-6. His ERA of 5.13 was 13.8% higher than the league average of 4.51 — 12th of 17 on his team, and 366th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.66 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.0% of swings (10.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.1%. His 0.3 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, 2019.

FIP4.66

K/98.6

WHIP1.37

WAR.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	MIL	67	0	59.2	8	6	4	53	34	57	29	5.13	4.66	1.37	8.6	4.4	114	103	0.3
2018	MIL	34	0	34.1	3	3	1	45	28	32	12	7.34	6.31	1.66	8.4	3.1	177	152	-0.7
2017	WSH	63	0	61.0	7	2	2	35	11	63	17	1.62	3.40	0.85	9.3	2.5	37	78	1.0
2016	CWS	58	1	51.1	2	6	0	67	36	30	19	6.31	5.80	1.68	5.3	3.3	151	138	-0.7
2015	CWS	30	0	37.1	2	0	0	31	5	28	9	1.21	3.48	1.07	6.8	2.2	30	88	0.4

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	CWS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	1.000	1.000	0.0%	0.0%	1.265	+0.8	753	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. 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	80	63	18	4	13	7	.286	.425	.540	.399	8.8%
vs RHB	178	159	35	4	16	50	.220	.290	.340	.276	28.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Matt Albers 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	46.4%	466	92.7	2,035	44.2%	20.5%	128	.227	.692
Slider	33.1%	333	83.4	2,405	41.1%	30.3%	55	.255	.675
Changeup	10.3%	104	83.7	1,530	45.2%	34.8%	14	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	10.1%	102	93.2	2,138	49.0%	16.1%	25	.280	.856

Matt Albers'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 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Paul FryBAL

ERA: 5.34
FIP: 4.71
SO: 55
WAR: 0.3

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Tim MayzaTOR

ERA: 4.91
FIP: 4.73
SO: 55
WAR: 0.2

Very close

Miguel CastroBAL

ERA: 4.66
FIP: 4.73
SO: 71
WAR: 0.3

Very close

Lou Trivino IIIOAK

ERA: 5.25
FIP: 4.53
SO: 57
WAR: 0.3

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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.