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Burke Badenhop

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #31

Born: February 8, 1983 in Atlanta, GA, United States
MLB debut: April 9, 2008

dbWAR: .6
IP: 66.1
ERA: 3.93
FIP: 3.74
K/9: 4.9
FIP−: 94

Burke Badenhop was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2015 he struck out 36 batters over 66.1 innings across 68 appearances, going 2-4. His ERA of 3.93 was 0.7% lower than the league average of 3.96 — 8th of 20 on his team, and 265th of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.74 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 16.4% of swings (7.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.6%. His 0.6 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, 2015.

FIP3.74

K/94.9

WHIP1.37

WAR.6

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2015	CIN	68	0	66.1	2	4	0	71	29	36	20	3.93	3.74	1.37	4.9	2.7	99	94	0.6	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2015	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-119	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	132	117	31	2	12	12	.265	.331	.419	.324	9.1%
vs RHB	153	143	40	2	8	24	.280	.314	.357	.291	15.7%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2015.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2015.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Burke Badenhop 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	58.6%	614	88.6	1,959	42.7%	9.4%	153	.327	.817
Splitter	24.8%	260	83.3	1,547	40.4%	24.4%	74	.230	.631
Slider	15.2%	159	81.5	663	36.5%	25.7%	34	.118	.280
Intentional Ball	1.2%	13	77.8	1,661	0.0%	—	0	—	—

Burke Badenhop'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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Similar players

Nearest 2015 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Ryan MattheusCIN

ERA: 4.02
FIP: 3.58
SO: 37
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Jake PetrickaCWS

ERA: 3.63
FIP: 3.46
SO: 33
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Anthony BassTEX

ERA: 4.50
FIP: 3.73
SO: 45
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Aaron ThompsonMIN

ERA: 5.01
FIP: 3.91
SO: 17
WAR: 0.2

Very close

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.