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Philip Humber
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Born
- December 21, 1982 in Nacogdoches, TX, United States
- MLB debut
- September 24, 2006
- dbWAR
- 1.0 Regular season, 11 season(s)
- IP
- 54.2
- ERA
- 7.90
- FIP
- 5.02
- K/9
- 5.9
- FIP−
- 130 100 = avg
Philip Humber was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2013 he struck out 36 batters over 54.2 innings across 17 appearances, going 0-8. His ERA of 7.90 was 104.4% higher than the league average of 3.87 — the worst on his team, and 489th of 496 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.02 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (10.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.9%. 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, 2013 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | HOU | 17 | 7 | 54.2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 75 | 48 | 36 | 20 | 7.90 | 5.02 | 1.74 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 204 | 130 | -0.3 | |
| 2012 | CWS | 26 | 16 | 102.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 73 | 85 | 44 | 6.44 | 5.77 | 1.54 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 160 | 144 | -1.0 | |
| 2011 | CWS | 28 | 26 | 163.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 151 | 68 | 116 | 41 | 3.75 | 3.58 | 1.18 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 95 | 91 | 2.5 | |
| 2010 | KC | 8 | 1 | 21.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 4.15 | 3.31 | 1.34 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 102 | 81 | 0.3 | |
| 2009 | MIN | 8 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.00 | 5.54 | 2.89 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 185 | 128 | -0.1 | |
| 2008 | MIN | 5 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4.63 | 8.10 | 1.37 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 107 | 187 | -0.4 | |
| 2007 | NYM | 3 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7.71 | 5.38 | 1.57 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 172 | 120 | -0.0 | |
| 2006 | NYM | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.65 | 0.50 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 58 | 0.1 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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 | 143 | 127 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 12 | .433 | .483 | .764 | .529 | 8.4% |
| vs RHB | 116 | 106 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 24 | .189 | .239 | .349 | .263 | 20.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Philip Humber 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 411 | 90.2 | 1,875 | 43.1% | 14.9% | 102 | .343 | 1.051 | |
| Slider | 156 | 83.1 | 821 | 41.0% | 42.9% | 46 | .304 | .906 | |
| Curveball | 150 | 78.8 | 2,107 | 38.7% | 26.4% | 35 | .257 | .790 | |
| Sinker | 101 | 90.0 | 2,250 | 47.5% | 5.9% | 24 | .375 | .907 | |
| Changeup | 81 | 84.6 | 1,575 | 42.0% | 21.7% | 25 | .320 | .880 | |
| Cutter | 10 | 87.7 | 1,320 | 40.0% | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
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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.