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Sergio Escalona

Age: 27
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #52

Born: August 3, 1984 in El Tocuyo, Venezuela
MLB debut: May 17, 2009

dbWAR: .4
IP: 27.2
ERA: 2.93
FIP: 4.04
K/9: 8.1
FIP−: 102

Sergio Escalona was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2011 he struck out 25 batters over 27.2 innings across 49 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 2.93 was 25.7% lower than the league average of 3.94 — the third best on his team, and 99th of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.04 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.4% of swings (10.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.7%. 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.

FIP4.04

K/98.1

WHIP1.27

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2011	HOU	49	0	27.2	2	1	0	24	9	25	11	2.93	4.04	1.27	8.1	3.6	74	102	0.1
2009	PHI	14	0	13.2	1	0	0	12	7	10	5	4.61	3.39	1.24	6.6	3.3	107	78	0.2

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	74	64	12	2	8	16	.188	.278	.313	.274	21.6%
vs RHB	41	36	12	1	3	9	.333	.415	.444	.381	22.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Sergio Escalona 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	57.0%	241	90.0	2,525	37.8%	16.0%	58	.310	.867
Curveball	32.4%	137	78.6	840	50.4%	39.6%	33	.152	.455
Changeup	10.4%	44	80.4	2,042	50.0%	42.9%	10	—	—

Sergio Escalona'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 2011 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Michael StutesPHI

ERA: 3.63
FIP: 4.07
SO: 58
WAR: 0.3

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Franklin MoralesBOS

ERA: 3.69
FIP: 4.26
SO: 42
WAR: 0.1

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Hisanori TakahashiLAA

ERA: 3.44
FIP: 3.94
SO: 52
WAR: 0.3

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Brandon GomesTB

ERA: 2.92
FIP: 3.73
SO: 32
WAR: 0.3

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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.