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Chris Hatcher

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #39

Born: January 12, 1985 in Kinston, NC, United States
MLB debut: September 19, 2010

dbWAR: .2
IP: 36.1
ERA: 4.95
FIP: 5.50
K/9: 7.4
FIP−: 133

Chris Hatcher was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2018 he struck out 30 batters over 36.1 innings across 34 appearances, going 3-3. His ERA of 4.95 was 19.4% higher than the league average of 4.15 — 17th of 21 on his team, and 396th of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.50 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.5% of swings (8.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.0%. 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, 2018.

FIP5.50

K/97.4

WHIP1.65

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	OAK	34	36.1	3	3	0	43	20	30	17	4.95	5.50	1.65	7.4	4.2	119	133	-0.4
2017	LAD/OAK	49	59.2	1	2	1	58	28	63	21	4.22	4.28	1.32	9.5	3.2	97	98	0.4
2016	LAD	37	40.2	5	4	0	40	25	43	21	5.53	5.21	1.50	9.5	4.6	132	124	-0.3
2015	LAD	49	39.0	3	5	4	35	16	45	13	3.69	3.39	1.23	10.4	3.0	93	86	0.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	LAD	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.000	.333	0.0%	0.0%	.292	-0.1	85	0.0
2015	LAD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-126	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. 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	72	65	25	5	6	15	.385	.444	.646	.462	20.8%
vs RHB	95	84	18	2	11	15	.214	.305	.321	.285	15.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Chris Hatcher 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.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	29.2%	189	93.8	2,403	47.1%	22.4%	49	.327	1.084
Cutter	26.7%	173	90.6	2,477	35.8%	8.8%	36	.361	1.061
Sinker	20.1%	130	93.1	2,283	51.5%	24.6%	28	.214	.464
Splitter	13.6%	88	87.2	1,673	25.0%	29.0%	17	.353	.774
Slider	10.5%	68	85.4	2,316	33.8%	20.0%	19	.105	.255

Chris Hatcher'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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Similar players

Nearest 2018 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jackson StephensCIN

ERA: 4.93
FIP: 5.22
SO: 33
WAR: -0.2

Very close

Tyler WebbSTL

ERA: 4.43
FIP: 5.08
SO: 15
WAR: -0.1

Elieser HernándezMIA

ERA: 5.21
FIP: 5.29
SO: 45
WAR: -0.5

Tim CollinsWSH

ERA: 4.37
FIP: 5.76
SO: 21
WAR: -0.3

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.