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Radhames Liz

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 200 lb

Born: October 6, 1983 in El Seybo, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: August 25, 2007

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 23.1
ERA: 4.24
FIP: 4.98
K/9: 10.4
FIP−: 126

Radhames Liz was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2015 he struck out 27 batters over 23.1 innings across 14 appearances, going 1-4. His ERA of 4.24 was 7.1% higher than the league average of 3.96 — 12th of 14 on his team, and 323rd of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.98 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 28.4% of swings (12.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.5%. His -0.2 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, 2015.

FIP4.98

K/910.4

WHIP1.63

WAR-.2

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2015	PIT	14	0	23.1	1	4	0	26	11	27	12	4.24	4.98	1.63	10.4	4.6	107	126	-0.2	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2015	PIT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-125	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	45	39	11	2	5	8	.282	.378	.462	.373	17.8%
vs RHB	61	52	15	2	7	19	.288	.393	.442	.363	31.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2015.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2015.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Radhames Liz 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	59.3%	230	94.8	1,977	47.0%	27.0%	51	.294	.841
Slider	20.4%	79	81.2	1,302	50.6%	44.8%	23	.261	.755
Sinker	12.4%	48	92.1	1,965	29.2%	20.8%	11	—	—
Changeup	5.9%	23	86.1	1,149	34.8%	16.7%	6	—	—

Radhames Liz'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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Similar players

Nearest 2015 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Zac RosscupCHC

ERA: 4.39
FIP: 4.86
SO: 29
WAR: -0.1

Very close

Steve DelabarTOR

ERA: 5.22
FIP: 4.84
SO: 30
WAR: -0.2

Fernando RodneySEA

ERA: 4.74
FIP: 4.92
SO: 58
WAR: -0.4

Chasen ShreveNYY

ERA: 3.09
FIP: 4.92
SO: 64
WAR: -0.3

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.