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Chuck James

Age: 30
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #36

Born: November 9, 1981 in Atlanta, GA, United States
MLB debut: September 28, 2005

dbWAR: -1.1
IP: 10.1
ERA: 6.10
FIP: 3.90
K/9: 7.0
FIP−: 99

Chuck James was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2011 he struck out 8 batters over 10.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.10 was 54.6% higher than the league average of 3.94. Stripping out defence, his 3.90 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.8% of swings (12.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.4%. 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, 2011 regular season.

FIP3.90

K/97.0

WHIP1.55

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2011	MIN	8	0	10.1	0	0	12	7	8	4	6.10	3.90	1.55	7.0	3.5	155	99	0.1
2008	ATL	7	7	29.2	2	5	36	30	22	20	9.10	8.36	1.89	6.7	6.1	210	193	-1.0
2007	ATL	30	30	161.1	11	10	164	76	116	58	4.24	5.48	1.38	6.5	3.2	95	122	0.0
2006	ATL	25	18	119.0	11	4	101	50	91	47	3.78	5.14	1.24	6.9	3.6	84	114	0.4
2005	ATL	2	0	5.2	0	0	4	1	5	3	1.59	2.84	1.24	7.9	4.8	37	66	0.1

Batting Regular season

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


2008	ATL	6	8	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-2.2	-125	-0.1
2007	ATL	32	63	6	2	2	16	.113	.145	.132	.019	.162	3.2%	25.4%	.132	-10.8	-39	-0.3
2006	ATL	16	40	1	0	1	14	.029	.056	.029	.000	.048	2.5%	35.0%	.045	-9.8	-97	-0.4
2005	ATL	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	.000	1.000	0.0%	0.0%	.895	+0.5	473	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. 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	15	14	5	0	0	2	.357	.333	.357	.298	13.3%
vs RHB	31	27	7	1	4	6	.259	.355	.444	.361	19.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Chuck James 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	63.9%	133	88.1	2,495	51.9%	24.7%	29	.241	.648
Changeup	22.6%	47	77.9	1,846	38.3%	27.3%	9	—	—
Sinker	7.2%	15	87.2	2,629	40.0%	28.6%	2	—	—
Slider	6.3%	13	78.2	917	46.2%	0.0%	1	—	—

Chuck James'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.