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Craig Hansen

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #56

Born: November 15, 1983 in Glen Cove, NY, United States
MLB debut: September 19, 2005

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 6.1
ERA: 5.68
FIP: 5.94
K/9: 7.1
FIP−: 137

Craig Hansen was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2009 he struck out 5 batters over 6.1 innings across 5 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.68 was 31.5% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 5.94 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.7% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.7%. 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP5.94

K/97.1

WHIP1.58

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2009	PIT	5	6.1	0	0	0	6	4	5	4	5.68	5.94	1.58	7.1	5.7	132	137	-0.1
2008	BOS/PIT	48	46.1	2	7	3	40	32	32	43	6.22	5.51	1.79	6.2	8.4	144	127	-0.3
2006	BOS	38	38.0	2	2	0	46	28	30	15	6.63	4.78	1.61	7.1	3.6	146	106	0.1
2005	BOS	4	3.0	0	0	0	6	2	3	1	6.00	6.35	2.33	9.0	3.0	140	148	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. 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	12	8	0	0	3	4	.000	.333	.000	.242	33.3%
vs RHB	18	17	6	1	1	1	.353	.389	.647	.447	5.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Craig Hansen 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


Slider	42.6%	46	81.8	752	43.5%	38.5%	14	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	39.8%	43	90.4	1,463	37.2%	11.8%	10	—	—
Cutter	10.2%	11	90.0	1,143	45.5%	—	0	—	—

Craig Hansen'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.