Players · H · Pitcher · 2012 regular season
Rick Van Den Hurk
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #56
- Born
- May 22, 1985 in Eindhoven, Netherlands
- MLB debut
- April 10, 2007
- dbWAR
- -.6 Regular season, 9 season(s)
- IP
- 2.2
- ERA
- 13.50
- FIP
- 3.09
- K/9
- 10.1
- FIP−
- 77 100 = avg
Rick Van Den Hurk was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2012 he struck out 3 batters over 2.2 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 13.50 was 236.3% higher than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 3.09 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (9.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.8%. His 0.0 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, 2012 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PIT | 4 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.09 | 2.25 | 10.1 | 3.4 | 336 | 77 | 0.0 | |
| 2011 | BAL | 4 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8.00 | 10.25 | 2.22 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 203 | 260 | -0.6 | |
| 2010 | BAL/FLA | 9 | 1 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 5.09 | 4.21 | 1.36 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 125 | 103 | 0.1 | |
| 2009 | FLA | 11 | 11 | 58.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 28 | 49 | 21 | 4.30 | 5.14 | 1.33 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 99 | 119 | 0.2 | |
| 2008 | FLA | 4 | 4 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 7.71 | 3.77 | 2.14 | 12.9 | 6.4 | 178 | 87 | 0.2 | |
| 2007 | FLA | 18 | 17 | 81.2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 94 | 62 | 82 | 48 | 6.83 | 5.49 | 1.74 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 153 | 123 | 0.1 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .354 | 20.0% |
| vs RHB | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .455 | .333 | .370 | 18.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Rick Van Den Hurk throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
Select a count to see exactly what Rick Van Den Hurk throws in it.
Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 126 | 92.9 | 2,281 | 38.1% | 22.6% | 28 | .286 | 1.194 | |
| Slider | 33 | 81.9 | 915 | 39.4% | 45.5% | 4 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 18 | 72.2 | 1,488 | 11.1% | 100.0% | 1 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 17 | 84.8 | 2,044 | 35.3% | 42.9% | 3 | — | — |
Compare Rick Van Den Hurk with…
Side by side with up to three others.
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.