P · 2018
Brian Duensing
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #52
- Born
- February 22, 1983 in Marysville, KS, USA
- MLB debut
- April 10, 2009
- dbWAR
- -.2 7 season(s)
- PA
- 2
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .500
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- 121 100 = avg
Brian Duensing is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2018 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 2 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .248. He reached base at a .500 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .500, 31.3% lower than the league mark of .728. He made contact on 40.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 121 wRC+ puts his offence 21% above average. That comes to 0.0 dbWAR — +0.1 runs with the bat, -0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2018.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2018. These four terms sum to +0.1 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .000 | — | 50.0% | 50.0% | .353 | +0.1 | 121 | 0.0 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 75.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -117 | -0.1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -123 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 48 | 0 | 37.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 32 | 24 | 29 | 7.65 | 6.35 | 1.88 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 184 | 153 | -0.7 | |
| 2017 | 68 | 0 | 62.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 19 | 61 | 18 | 2.74 | 3.41 | 1.22 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 63 | 78 | 0.9 | |
| 2016 | 14 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4.05 | 4.27 | 1.20 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 97 | 102 | 0.1 | |
| 2015 | 55 | 0 | 48.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 4.25 | 5.02 | 1.38 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 107 | 127 | -0.4 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .353 | 50.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 81 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 13 | .217 | .313 | .377 | .307 | 16.0% |
| vs RHB | 100 | 78 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 11 | .346 | .470 | .538 | .432 | 11.0% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2018.
Situational hitting
How Brian Duensing hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .500 | .000 | .353 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .706 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .706 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2018.
Pitch sequencing
What Brian Duensing 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, and how often it misses in 2018.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 232 | 91.3 | 2,062 | 51.3% | 13.0% | |
| Sinker | 158 | 90.5 | 1,977 | 32.9% | 15.7% | |
| Slider | 131 | 80.8 | 2,511 | 34.4% | 30.4% | |
| Changeup | 107 | 85.1 | 1,859 | 43.9% | 30.0% | |
| Curveball | 90 | 71.7 | 2,514 | 38.9% | 29.2% |
Head to head
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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.