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Kevin Whelan

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #53

Born: January 8, 1984 in Kerrville, TX, United States
MLB debut: June 10, 2011

dbWAR: -.5
IP: 1.1
ERA: 13.50
FIP: 25.63
K/9: 6.8
FIP−: 685

Kevin Whelan was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2014 he struck out 1 batter over 1.1 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 13.50 was 260.9% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 25.63 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 10.5% of swings (5.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 22.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.1%. 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP25.63

K/96.8

WHIP3.75

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2014	DET	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	13.50	25.63	3.75	6.8	13.5	361	685	-0.4
2011	NYY	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5.40	10.83	3.00	5.4	27.0	137	275	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	4	4	1	1	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	.543	25.0%
vs RHB	5	3	2	1	2	0	.667	.800	1.667	.896	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Kevin Whelan 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	57.9%	22	92.4	2,249	45.5%	9.1%	5	—	—
Slider	26.3%	10	83.5	418	50.0%	0.0%	1	—	—

Kevin Whelan'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.