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Clay Zavada
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Number
- #35
- Born
- June 28, 1984 in Streator, IL, United States
- MLB debut
- May 21, 2009
- dbWAR
- .6 Regular season, 2 season(s)
- IP
- 51.0
- ERA
- 3.35
- FIP
- 3.92
- K/9
- 9.2
- FIP−
- 91 100 = avg
Clay Zavada was a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2009 he struck out 52 batters over 51.0 innings across 49 appearances, going 3-3. His ERA of 3.35 was 22.4% lower than the league average of 4.32 — the second best on his team, and 108th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.92 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.5% of swings (12.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.5%. His 0.6 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, 2009 regular season.
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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| 2009 | AZ | 49 | 0 | 51.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 19 | 52 | 24 | 3.35 | 3.92 | 1.35 | 9.2 | 4.2 | 78 | 91 | 0.6 | — |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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| 2009 | AZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | 0.0 | — |
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 | 91 | 74 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .284 | .411 | .351 | .360 | 20.9% |
| vs RHB | 131 | 117 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 33 | .205 | .277 | .359 | .279 | 25.2% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2009.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2009.
Pitch sequencing
What Clay Zavada 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 | 307 | 88.4 | 2,209 | 49.2% | 23.0% | 64 | .250 | .791 | |
| Changeup | 275 | 80.5 | 2,271 | 51.3% | 34.2% | 71 | .239 | .698 | |
| Sinker | 153 | 88.5 | 2,526 | 37.9% | 18.9% | 28 | .321 | .733 | |
| Curveball | 67 | 73.1 | 1,255 | 28.4% | 23.1% | 15 | .133 | .267 | |
| Slider | 44 | 81.2 | 739 | 34.1% | 26.7% | 10 | — | — | |
| Unknown | 19 | — | — | 78.9% | 15.4% | 3 | — | — |
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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.