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Matt Maloney

Age: 28
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #56

Born: January 16, 1984 in Sandusky, OH, United States
MLB debut: June 6, 2009

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 11.0
ERA: 8.18
FIP: 5.09
K/9: 4.1
FIP−: 127

Matt Maloney was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2012 he struck out 5 batters over 11.0 innings across 9 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 8.18 was 103.8% higher than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 5.09 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.3% of swings (10.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 1.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.6%. 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP5.09

K/94.1

WHIP1.64

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2012	MIN	9	0	11.0	1	0	17	10	5	1	8.18	5.09	1.64	4.1	0.8	204	127	-0.1
2011	CIN	8	2	18.2	0	3	36	19	13	4	9.16	7.31	2.14	6.3	1.9	232	185	-0.6
2010	CIN	7	2	20.2	2	2	20	7	13	5	3.05	3.95	1.21	5.7	2.2	75	97	0.2
2009	CIN	7	7	40.2	2	4	43	22	28	8	4.87	5.41	1.25	6.2	1.8	113	125	-0.0

Batting Regular season

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


2011	CIN	3	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-1.0	-118	-0.1
2010	CIN	3	5	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.000	.500	0.0%	20.0%	.299	-0.1	82	0.1
2009	CIN	7	15	3	1	5	.250	.308	.250	.000	.429	6.7%	33.3%	.263	-0.8	53	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	20	18	7	0	1	1	.389	.450	.722	.498	5.0%
vs RHB	32	31	10	2	0	4	.323	.313	.645	.404	12.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Matt Maloney 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


Sinker	42.2%	62	87.4	2,500	32.3%	8.8%	22	.455	1.364
Slider	25.9%	38	82.2	1,035	42.1%	27.3%	13	—	—
Changeup	18.4%	27	80.5	2,136	63.0%	42.9%	6	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	13.6%	20	87.9	2,452	20.0%	7.7%	8	—	—

Matt Maloney'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.