Pitcher · 2015

Ryan Mattheus

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #52

Born: November 10, 1983 in Sacramento, CA, USA
MLB debut: June 14, 2011

dbWAR: .5
IP: 56.0
ERA: 4.02
FIP: 3.58
K/9: 5.9
FIP−: 90

Ryan Mattheus is a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2015 he struck out 37 batters over 56.0 innings across 58 appearances, going 2-4. His ERA of 4.02 was 1.4% higher than the league average of 3.96 — 9th of 20 on his team, and 285th of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.58 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.2% of swings (9.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.6%. His 0.5 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.

FIP3.58

K/95.9

WHIP1.52

WAR.5

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																			Trend
2015	58	0	56.0	2	4	0	67	25	37	18	4.02	3.58	1.52	5.9	2.9	101	90	0.5	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	112	103	35	3	4	15	.340	.355	.515	.365	13.4%
vs RHB	141	123	32	0	14	22	.260	.345	.301	.299	15.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Ryan Mattheus 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 2015.


Sinker	48.8%	459	92.9	1,971	47.1%	17.0%
Four-Seam Fastball	27.8%	261	92.9	1,921	39.1%	18.9%
Slider	11.0%	103	83.8	650	43.7%	27.1%
Splitter	6.2%	58	83.2	733	31.0%	16.7%
Cutter	5.6%	53	87.6	766	32.1%	31.8%

Ryan Mattheus'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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Similar players

Nearest 2015 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Austin AdamsCLE

ERA: 3.78
FIP: 3.70
SO: 23
WAR: 0.3

Very close

Jake PetrickaCWS

ERA: 3.63
FIP: 3.46
SO: 33
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Scott CarrollCWS

ERA: 3.44
FIP: 3.68
SO: 27
WAR: 0.3

Very close

Burke BadenhopCIN

ERA: 3.93
FIP: 3.74
SO: 36
WAR: 0.5

Very close

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.