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Andy Sonnanstine
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #21
- Born
- March 18, 1983 in Barberton, OH, United States
- MLB debut
- June 5, 2007
- dbWAR
- 3.5 Regular season, 10 season(s)
- IP
- 35.2
- ERA
- 5.55
- FIP
- 7.09
- K/9
- 3.0
- FIP−
- 180 100 = avg
Andy Sonnanstine was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2011 he struck out 12 batters over 35.2 innings across 15 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 5.55 was 40.8% higher than the league average of 3.94 — the second worst on his team, and 408th of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 7.09 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 10.5% of swings (4.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 7.9%. His -1.1 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, 2011 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.
Separate from the regular season
Postseason Postseason
Wild Card through World Series. These games are counted on their own: none of them are in the regular-season tables, career totals, league context, leaderboards or dbWAR on this page.
Postseason pitching
| Season | Team | Round | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP | K/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Post | TB | Postseason total | 3 | 3 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4.24 | 1.18 | 4.2 |
| ALDS | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.18 | 0.71 | 6.4 | ||
| ALCS | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.68 | 0.95 | 2.5 | ||
| World Series | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6.75 | 2.25 | 4.5 |
Postseason batting
| Season | Team | Round | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Post | TB | World Series | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are measured against a full league season, and a postseason is a few teams playing each other for a month, so they are not computed for October.
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 | 77 | 67 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | .299 | .390 | .612 | .433 | 7.8% |
| vs RHB | 75 | 70 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 6 | .286 | .311 | .500 | .354 | 8.0% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2011.
Pitch sequencing
What Andy Sonnanstine 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.
| Cutter | 253 | 84.7 | 1,115 | 43.5% | 10.1% | 60 | .283 | 1.018 | |
| Slider | 125 | 82.6 | 884 | 36.0% | 14.1% | 36 | .306 | .958 | |
| Curveball | 119 | 75.9 | 1,597 | 41.2% | 10.0% | 34 | .324 | .667 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 33 | 84.9 | 1,407 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 8 | — | — |
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Nearest 2011 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.