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Josh Outman
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #88
- Born
- September 14, 1984 in St. Louis, MO, United States
- MLB debut
- September 2, 2008
- dbWAR
- 2.3 Regular season, 10 season(s)
- IP
- 28.1
- ERA
- 2.86
- FIP
- 4.83
- K/9
- 8.3
- FIP−
- 129 100 = avg
Josh Outman was a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2014 he struck out 26 batters over 28.1 innings across 40 appearances, going 4-0. His ERA of 2.86 was 23.6% lower than the league average of 3.74 — 9th of 17 on his team, and 127th of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.83 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 28.8% of swings (12.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.3%. His -0.2 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, 2014 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | CLE/NYY | 40 | 0 | 28.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 26 | 16 | 2.86 | 4.83 | 1.41 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 76 | 129 | -0.2 | |
| 2013 | COL | 61 | 0 | 54.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 26 | 53 | 23 | 4.33 | 3.25 | 1.46 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 112 | 84 | 0.8 | |
| 2012 | COL | 27 | 7 | 40.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 37 | 40 | 20 | 8.19 | 4.84 | 1.65 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 204 | 121 | 0.1 | |
| 2011 | OAK | 13 | 9 | 58.1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 24 | 35 | 23 | 3.70 | 3.90 | 1.46 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 94 | 99 | 0.6 | |
| 2009 | OAK | 14 | 12 | 67.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 26 | 53 | 25 | 3.48 | 4.37 | 1.16 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 80 | 101 | 0.7 | |
| 2008 | OAK | 6 | 4 | 25.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4.56 | 3.33 | 1.64 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 105 | 77 | 0.5 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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 | 68 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 16 | .169 | .269 | .339 | .281 | 23.5% |
| vs RHB | 54 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .304 | .407 | .543 | .409 | 18.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Josh Outman 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 | 193 | 90.3 | 2,213 | 42.0% | 12.7% | 41 | .195 | .717 | |
| Slider | 176 | 81.4 | 1,074 | 49.4% | 42.9% | 38 | .237 | .749 | |
| Sinker | 83 | 88.7 | 2,147 | 33.7% | 24.2% | 14 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 44 | 79.1 | 1,675 | 52.3% | 37.5% | 11 | — | — |
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Nearest 2014 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.