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Sam LeCure

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #63

Born: May 4, 1984 in Jefferson City, MO, United States
MLB debut: May 28, 2010

dbWAR: .1
IP: 20.0
ERA: 3.15
FIP: 3.98
K/9: 6.8
FIP−: 101

Sam LeCure was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2015 he struck out 15 batters over 20.0 innings across 19 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 3.15 was 20.5% lower than the league average of 3.96 — the third best on his team, and 132nd of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.98 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.9% of swings (5.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.1%. His 0.1 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, 2015.

FIP3.98

K/96.8

WHIP1.15

WAR.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2015	CIN	19	0	20.0	0	2	0	16	7	15	7	3.15	3.98	1.15	6.8	3.1	80	101	0.1	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2015	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-119	-0.0	—

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	31	29	4	0	1	8	.138	.167	.207	.167	25.8%
vs RHB	52	45	12	2	6	7	.267	.346	.511	.369	13.5%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2015.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2015.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Sam LeCure 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.


Sinker	42.9%	130	87.3	2,020	41.5%	9.5%	32	.281	.820
Changeup	20.8%	63	80.9	1,569	44.4%	3.6%	14	—	—
Knuckle Curve	19.5%	59	74.1	758	40.7%	37.5%	19	.158	.421
Four-Seam Fastball	13.2%	40	87.2	1,864	57.5%	25.0%	4	—	—
Slider	3.6%	11	79.8	651	9.1%	14.3%	6	—	—

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

Edwin JacksonATL

ERA: 3.07
FIP: 3.82
SO: 40
WAR: 0.4

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Carlos VillanuevaSTL

ERA: 2.95
FIP: 3.74
SO: 55
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Bryan ShawCLE

ERA: 2.95
FIP: 4.01
SO: 54
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Jose AlvarezLAA

ERA: 3.49
FIP: 3.60
SO: 59
WAR: 0.6

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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.