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Esmerling Vasquez
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #32
- Born
- November 7, 1983 in Tenares, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- April 26, 2009
- dbWAR
- .3 Regular season, 5 season(s)
- IP
- 31.2
- ERA
- 5.68
- FIP
- 4.93
- K/9
- 4.0
- FIP−
- 123 100 = avg
Esmerling Vasquez was a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2012 he struck out 14 batters over 31.2 innings across 6 appearances, 6 of them starts, going 0-2. His ERA of 5.68 was 41.6% higher than the league average of 4.01 — 15th of 20 on his team, and 426th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.93 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.5% of swings (9.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.9%. His 0.0 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.
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -123 | -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 | 72 | 61 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 8 | .361 | .431 | .508 | .409 | 11.1% |
| vs RHB | 69 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .179 | .309 | .232 | .261 | 8.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Esmerling Vasquez 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.
| Sinker | 210 | 90.6 | 1,941 | 35.2% | 16.3% | 39 | .282 | .859 | |
| Changeup | 155 | 81.8 | 1,781 | 45.8% | 28.9% | 41 | .244 | .587 | |
| Curveball | 128 | 76.8 | 817 | 42.2% | 26.0% | 25 | .280 | .773 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 53 | 91.4 | 1,881 | 39.6% | 4.2% | 12 | — | — |
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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.