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Craig Stammen

Age
38
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
228 lb
Number
#34
Born
March 9, 1984 in North Star, OH, United States
MLB debut
May 21, 2009
dbWAR
4.9
10 season(s)
IP
40.2
ERA
4.43
FIP
5.15
K/9
7.7
FIP−
130
100 = avg

Craig Stammen was a relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2022 he struck out 35 batters over 40.2 innings across 33 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 4.43 was 11.5% higher than the league average of 3.97 — 12th of 15 on his team, and 355th of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.15 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.3% of swings (11.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.8%. His -0.4 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, 2022.

FIP5.15
K/97.7
WHIP1.35
WAR-.4

WAR by season

2.31.0-0.415171819202122

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2022SD33140.2120452035104.435.151.357.72.2112130-0.4
2021SD67488.1631793083133.063.751.048.51.372881.1
2020SD24024.042027152045.633.361.297.51.5126750.4
2019SD76082.0874803073153.294.121.168.01.673910.8
2018SD73079.0830652488172.732.191.0410.01.966532.3
2017SD60080.1230682874283.144.381.208.33.1721000.4
2015WSH504.000020330.003.881.256.86.80980.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021SD77100003.200.200.200.000.5000.0%42.9%.175-0.820.0
2019SD11000001.000.000.000.000—0.0%100.0%.000-0.3-124-0.0
2017SD88300022.500.625.667.167.75025.0%25.0%.555+1.52710.3

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB6962183411.290.348.452.35015.9%
vs RHB10899276624.273.308.485.34022.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Craig Stammen throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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SinkerCutterSliderKnuckle curveFour-seamChangeup

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Sinker50.9%35791.42,21345.9%15.5%82.268.726
Cutter22.1%15587.82,31536.1%30.1%42.310.891
Slider12.3%8681.52,38148.8%45.7%23.174.643
Knuckle Curve8.4%5979.62,32047.5%40.9%7——
Four-Seam Fastball3.6%2591.82,17364.0%35.3%5——
Changeup2.7%1986.91,70315.8%0.0%3——
Craig Stammen'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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Nearest 2022 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.