P · 2015
Sam LeCure
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #63
- Born
- May 4, 1984 in Jefferson City, MO, USA
- MLB debut
- May 28, 2010
- dbWAR
- .1 2 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -119 100 = avg
Sam LeCure is a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2015 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .254. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .721. He averaged 74.7 mph off the bat and made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -119 wRC+ puts his offence 219% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2015.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2015. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -119 | -0.0 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 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 | — |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% |
| 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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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2015. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 74.7 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 74.7 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 100.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- 9.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2015.
Situational hitting
How Sam LeCure hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2015.
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, and how often it misses in 2015.
| Sinker | 130 | 87.3 | 2,020 | 41.5% | 9.5% | |
| Changeup | 63 | 80.9 | 1,569 | 44.4% | 3.6% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 59 | 74.1 | 758 | 40.7% | 37.5% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 40 | 87.2 | 1,864 | 57.5% | 25.0% | |
| Slider | 11 | 79.8 | 651 | 9.1% | 14.3% |
Head to head
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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.