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Eric Surkamp
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #47
- Born
- July 16, 1987 in Cincinnati, OH, United States
- MLB debut
- August 27, 2011
- dbWAR
- -1.0 3 season(s)
- IP
- 38.2
- ERA
- 6.98
- FIP
- 6.72
- K/9
- 5.1
- FIP−
- 160 100 = avg
Eric Surkamp was a starting pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2016 he struck out 22 batters over 38.2 innings across 9 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 0-5. His ERA of 6.98 was 66.7% higher than the league average of 4.19 — 21st of 23 on his team, and 490th of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.72 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 16.6% of swings (7.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.2%. His -0.7 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, 2016.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | LAD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | 0.0 | — |
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 | 49 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .310 | .408 | .476 | .390 | 6.1% |
| vs RHB | 148 | 126 | 42 | 6 | 16 | 19 | .333 | .412 | .571 | .415 | 12.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Eric Surkamp 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.
| Sinker | 278 | 88.7 | 2,006 | 42.8% | 15.2% | 73 | .260 | .729 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 259 | 87.9 | 1,539 | 49.4% | 17.1% | 56 | .357 | 1.170 | |
| Curveball | 139 | 77.3 | 1,149 | 26.6% | 15.9% | 27 | .407 | 1.096 | |
| Changeup | 57 | 80.9 | 1,733 | 15.8% | 25.0% | 13 | — | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2016 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.