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Michael Bowden
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #64
- Born
- September 9, 1986 in Winfield, IL, United States
- MLB debut
- August 30, 2008
- dbWAR
- .2 Regular season, 7 season(s)
- IP
- 37.2
- ERA
- 4.30
- FIP
- 4.30
- K/9
- 5.5
- FIP−
- 111 100 = avg
Michael Bowden was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2013 he struck out 23 batters over 37.2 innings across 34 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 4.30 was 11.3% higher than the league average of 3.87 — 8th of 15 on his team, and 331st of 496 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.30 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 23.9% of swings (11.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.6%. 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, 2013 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | CHC | 34 | 0 | 37.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 4.30 | 4.30 | 1.25 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 111 | 111 | 0.1 | |
| 2012 | CHC/BOS | 32 | 0 | 39.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 32 | 17 | 2.95 | 4.48 | 1.24 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 73 | 112 | 0.0 | |
| 2011 | BOS | 14 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 4.05 | 4.93 | 1.50 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 103 | 125 | -0.1 | |
| 2010 | BOS | 14 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4.70 | 3.86 | 1.57 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 115 | 95 | 0.1 | |
| 2009 | BOS | 8 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 9.56 | 5.16 | 1.81 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 221 | 119 | -0.0 | |
| 2008 | BOS | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.60 | 2.53 | 1.60 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 83 | 59 | 0.2 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | CHC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -118 | -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 | 75 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .233 | .356 | .300 | .304 | 13.3% |
| vs RHB | 83 | 74 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 13 | .243 | .296 | .459 | .326 | 15.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Michael Bowden 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 331 | 90.7 | 2,109 | 50.5% | 22.8% | 75 | .200 | .684 | |
| Slider | 135 | 83.4 | 748 | 37.8% | 30.4% | 32 | .375 | .957 | |
| Splitter | 75 | 82.9 | 1,433 | 38.7% | 23.1% | 17 | .235 | .471 | |
| Sinker | 28 | 90.1 | 2,388 | 39.3% | 0.0% | 6 | — | — | |
| Cutter | 27 | 90.8 | 1,784 | 44.4% | 40.0% | 3 | — | — |
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Nearest 2013 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.