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Jae Kuk Ryu

Age
25
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
225 lb
Number
#11
Born
May 30, 1983 in Choon Chung Do, South Korea
MLB debut
May 14, 2006

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dbWAR
-.6
Regular season, 4 season(s)
IP
1.1
ERA
0.00
FIP
3.88
K/9
6.8
FIP−
90
100 = avg

Jae Kuk Ryu was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2008 he struck out 1 batter over 1.1 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 0.00 was 100.0% lower than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 3.88 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.1% of swings (11.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 20.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.0%. 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP3.88
K/96.8
WHIP0.75
WAR.0

WAR by season

0.0-0.3-0.6060708

Pitching Regular season

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

Trend
2008TB101.100000110.003.880.756.86.80900.0
2007TB17023.1120311914117.335.081.805.44.2164114-0.0
2006CHC10115.001023141768.408.551.9310.23.6186189-0.6

Batting Regular season

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

Trend
2006CHC11000001.000.000.000.000—0.0%100.0%.000-0.3-123-0.0—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB220000.000.000.000.0000.0%
vs RHB320011.000.333.000.24433.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Jae Kuk Ryu throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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ChangeupFour-seamSinker

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Changeup42.3%1180.71,63754.5%25.0%3——
Jae Kuk Ryu'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.