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Frank Herrmann

Philadelphia Phillies National League East

Age: 32
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #56

Born: May 30, 1984 in Rutherford, NJ, United States
MLB debut: June 4, 2010

dbWAR: -.7
IP: 15.0
ERA: 8.40
FIP: 8.55
K/9: 8.4
FIP−: 204

Frank Herrmann was a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2016 he struck out 14 batters over 15.0 innings across 14 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 8.40 was 100.5% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 8.55 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 21.5% of swings (12.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.3%. His -0.7 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, 2016.

FIP8.55

K/98.4

WHIP1.67

WAR-.7

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	PHI	14	0	15.0	1	2	0	20	14	14	5	8.40	8.55	1.67	8.4	3.0	200	204	-0.7	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

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2016	PHI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-123	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	31	26	7	4	5	7	.269	.387	.731	.465	22.6%
vs RHB	38	36	13	3	0	7	.361	.378	.722	.467	18.4%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2016.

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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 .255.

Pitch sequencing

What Frank Herrmann 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	63.6%	178	93.4	2,460	59.0%	23.4%	38	.368	1.363
Curveball	17.9%	50	80.7	936	32.0%	14.3%	11	—	—
Slider	16.1%	45	86.4	574	40.0%	15.4%	11	—	—

Frank Herrmann'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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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.