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Dirk Hayhurst

Age: 28
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #58

Born: March 24, 1981 in Canton, OH, United States
MLB debut: August 23, 2008

dbWAR: .1
IP: 22.2
ERA: 2.78
FIP: 4.55
K/9: 5.2
FIP−: 105

Dirk Hayhurst was a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2009 he struck out 13 batters over 22.2 innings across 15 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 2.78 was 35.7% lower than the league average of 4.32 — the third best on his team, and 50th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.55 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 16.4% of swings (6.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.4%. 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP4.55

K/95.2

WHIP1.41

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2009	TOR	15	0	22.2	0	0	0	23	7	13	9	2.78	4.55	1.41	5.2	3.6	64	105	0.1
2008	SD	10	3	16.2	0	2	0	27	18	14	10	9.72	4.81	2.22	7.6	5.4	225	111	0.0

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2008	SD	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.000	—	25.0%	75.0%	.183	-0.5	-3	0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. 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	49	43	14	1	5	9	.326	.408	.512	.396	18.4%
vs RHB	48	41	9	1	4	4	.220	.292	.317	.277	8.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Dirk Hayhurst 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


Sinker	28.2%	107	89.1	2,361	37.4%	5.6%	24	.333	.970
Four-Seam Fastball	21.3%	81	89.2	2,258	42.0%	5.9%	19	.263	.654
Slider	17.6%	67	81.4	686	43.3%	14.3%	13	—	—
Curveball	15.8%	60	74.4	1,611	40.0%	25.9%	18	.278	.722
Changeup	14.7%	56	78.0	1,555	51.8%	37.0%	10	—	—

Dirk Hayhurst'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 2009 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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SO: 16
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FIP: 4.46
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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.