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Tommy Hottovy

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 31
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #46

Born: July 9, 1981 in Kansas City, MO, United States
MLB debut: June 3, 2011

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 9.1
ERA: 2.89
FIP: 6.52
K/9: 5.8
FIP−: 162

Tommy Hottovy was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2012 he struck out 6 batters over 9.1 innings across 9 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 2.89 was 27.9% lower than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 6.52 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.4% of swings (6.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.3%. His -0.2 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.

FIP6.52

K/95.8

WHIP1.71

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2012	KC	9	0	9.1	0	0	0	11	3	6	5	2.89	6.52	1.71	5.8	4.8	72	162	-0.2
2011	BOS	8	0	4.0	0	0	0	4	3	2	3	6.75	5.03	1.75	4.5	6.8	171	127	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	24	20	5	0	3	4	.250	.375	.300	.318	16.7%
vs RHB	18	16	6	2	2	2	.375	.444	.938	.576	11.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Tommy Hottovy 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.

Season


Sinker	57.4%	93	88.0	2,085	40.9%	10.8%	21	.381	1.233
Slider	37.0%	60	76.8	1,058	43.3%	26.1%	12	—	—

Tommy Hottovy'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. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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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.