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David Phelps

Age: 36
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #41

Born: October 9, 1986 in St. Louis, MO, United States
MLB debut: April 8, 2012

dbWAR: 5.0
IP: 63.2
ERA: 2.83
FIP: 3.16
K/9: 9.0
FIP−: 80

David Phelps was a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2022 he struck out 64 batters over 63.2 innings across 65 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 2.83 was 28.8% lower than the league average of 3.97 — 5th of 16 on his team, and 105th of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.16 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.5% of swings (7.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.5%. His 1.0 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, 2022.

FIP3.16

K/99.0

WHIP1.30

WAR1.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2022	TOR	65	1	63.2	0	2	1	52	20	64	31	2.83	3.16	1.30	9.0	4.4	71	80	1.0
2021	TOR	12	1	10.1	0	0	0	8	1	15	4	0.87	1.72	1.16	13.1	3.5	20	40	0.4
2020	MIL/PHI	22	0	20.2	2	4	0	19	15	31	5	6.53	5.47	1.16	13.5	2.2	147	123	-0.1
2019	CHC/TOR	41	1	34.1	2	1	1	31	13	36	17	3.41	4.58	1.40	9.4	4.5	76	102	0.2
2017	MIA/SEA	54	0	55.2	4	5	0	51	21	62	26	3.40	3.55	1.38	10.0	4.2	78	82	0.8
2016	MIA	64	5	86.2	7	6	4	61	22	114	38	2.28	2.80	1.14	11.8	3.9	55	67	1.8
2015	MIA	23	19	112.0	4	8	0	119	56	77	33	4.50	4.03	1.36	6.2	2.7	114	102	1.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2017	MIA	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-127	-0.0
2016	MIA	7	13	2	1	3	.182	.182	.182	.000	.250	0.0%	23.1%	.160	-1.7	-10	0.0
2015	MIA	20	40	4	0	16	.118	.143	.118	.000	.222	0.0%	40.0%	.122	-6.2	-38	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. 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	114	102	23	0	8	19	.225	.301	.304	.276	16.7%
vs RHB	158	134	29	2	23	45	.216	.335	.299	.296	28.5%

Pitch sequencing

What David Phelps 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


Four-Seam Fastball	29.7%	342	93.2	2,365	47.4%	21.1%	62	.194	.681
Knuckle Curve	26.4%	304	81.7	2,532	41.8%	22.5%	58	.207	.528
Cutter	24.7%	284	89.8	2,420	46.5%	18.3%	66	.288	.756
Sinker	11.7%	135	93.2	2,210	45.2%	12.0%	30	.167	.409
Changeup	7.5%	86	86.5	2,171	41.9%	19.0%	21	.190	.513

David Phelps'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.