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Pitcher · 2016

Cory Luebke

Age
31
B/T
R/L
Height
6' 4"
Weight
210 lb
Number
#52
Born
March 4, 1985 in Coldwater, OH, USA
MLB debut
September 3, 2010
dbWAR
-.3
1 season(s)
IP
8.2
ERA
9.35
FIP
8.22
K/9
9.3
FIP−
196
100 = avg

Cory Luebke is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2016 he struck out 9 batters over 8.2 innings across 9 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 9.35 was 123.1% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 8.22 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.2% of swings (6.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 20.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.0%. 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, 2016.

FIP8.22
K/99.3
WHIP3.00
WAR-.3

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2016908.20101599119.358.223.009.311.4223196-0.3

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB14114123.364.462.727.49921.4%
vs RHB392811196.393.538.607.47615.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Cory Luebke 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 2016.

Four-Seam Fastball53.8%11991.62,00040.3%6.9%
Slider20.4%4583.131951.1%27.8%
Curveball12.7%2880.256764.3%33.3%
Sinker6.8%1591.32,16033.3%33.3%
Cory Luebke'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.

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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.