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Ricky Romero

Age: 29
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #24

Born: November 6, 1984 in Los Angeles, CA, United States
MLB debut: April 9, 2009

dbWAR: 6.9
IP: 7.1
ERA: 11.05
FIP: 8.91
K/9: 6.1
FIP−: 231

Ricky Romero was a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2013 he struck out 5 batters over 7.1 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 11.05 was 185.7% higher than the league average of 3.87. Stripping out defence, his 8.91 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.9% of swings (6.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 20.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.5%. His -0.4 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.

FIP8.91

K/96.1

WHIP2.59

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2013	TOR	4	2	7.1	0	2	11	9	5	8	11.05	8.91	2.59	6.1	9.8	286	231	-0.4
2012	TOR	32	32	181.0	9	14	198	116	124	105	5.77	5.14	1.67	6.2	5.2	144	128	-0.3
2011	TOR	32	32	225.0	15	11	176	73	178	80	2.92	4.20	1.14	7.1	3.2	74	107	2.1
2010	TOR	32	32	210.0	14	9	189	87	174	82	3.73	3.64	1.29	7.5	3.5	91	89	3.6
2009	TOR	29	29	178.0	13	9	192	85	141	79	4.30	4.33	1.52	7.1	4.0	99	100	2.0

Batting Regular season

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


2012	TOR	2	5	1	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.000	.333	0.0%	40.0%	.177	-0.6	3	0.0
2011	TOR	2	6	1	2	2	.167	.167	.167	.000	.250	0.0%	33.3%	.149	-0.8	-17	-0.0
2010	TOR	2	4	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	75.0%	.000	-1.0	-123	-0.1
2009	TOR	2	6	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	66.7%	.000	-1.6	-128	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2013. 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	14	12	8	2	2	0	.667	.714	1.167	.787	0.0%
vs RHB	26	19	3	0	6	5	.158	.385	.158	.293	19.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Ricky Romero 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


Four-Seam Fastball	46.9%	76	90.4	1,391	43.4%	9.7%	13	—	—
Changeup	26.5%	43	82.3	1,540	34.9%	41.2%	11	—	—
Sinker	22.2%	36	89.2	2,018	36.1%	0.0%	5	—	—

Ricky Romero'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.