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Luis Avilán

Age
32
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 2"
Weight
235 lb
Number
#43
Born
July 19, 1989 in Caracas, Venezuela
MLB debut
July 14, 2012
dbWAR
2.6
10 season(s)
IP
5.0
ERA
12.60
FIP
6.57
K/9
7.2
FIP−
154
100 = avg

Luis Avilán was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2021 he struck out 4 batters over 5.0 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 12.60 was 195.4% higher than the league average of 4.27. Stripping out defence, his 6.57 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.0% of swings (8.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.8%. His -0.1 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, 2021.

FIP6.57
K/97.2
WHIP2.00
WAR-.1

WAR by season

1.00.4-0.115161718192021

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021WSH405.0010774312.606.572.007.25.4295154-0.1
2020NYY1008.100094954.325.951.689.75.497134-0.1
2019NYM45032.0400331830145.064.961.478.43.91121100.0
2018CWS/PHI70045.1212441951183.773.091.3710.13.691750.8
2017LAD61046.0230421552222.932.961.3910.24.367681.0
2016LAD27019.230012728103.202.131.1212.84.676510.6
2015ATL/LAD73053.1250482449154.053.661.188.32.5102920.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2018CWS11000001.000.000.000.000—0.0%100.0%.000-0.3-122-0.0
2017LAD22000001.000.000.000.000.0000.0%50.0%.000-0.5-123-0.0
2015LAD11000000.000.000.000.000.0000.0%0.0%.000-0.3-126-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB762001.333.286.333.25014.3%
vs RHB20155133.333.450.533.42115.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Luis Avilán 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.

Changeup50.9%5583.52,11229.1%33.3%14——
Sinker42.6%4689.32,04634.8%6.7%7——
Luis Avilán'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.