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Bruce Billings

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #65

Born: November 18, 1985 in San Diego, CA, United States
MLB debut: May 27, 2011

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 4.0
ERA: 9.00
FIP: 6.88
K/9: 15.8
FIP−: 184

Bruce Billings was a relief pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2014 he struck out 7 batters over 4.0 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 9.00 was 140.6% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 6.88 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.1% of swings (7.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 41.2%. 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP6.88

K/915.8

WHIP1.25

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2014	NYY	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	4	4	7	1	9.00	6.88	1.25	15.8	2.3	241	184	-0.1
2011	OAK/COL	4	0	7.0	0	0	0	13	8	7	6	10.29	5.45	2.71	9.0	7.7	261	138	-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	9	8	2	1	1	4	.250	.333	.750	.463	44.4%
vs RHB	8	8	2	1	0	3	.250	.250	.625	.384	37.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Bruce Billings 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	47.4%	36	87.3	1,645	47.2%	21.4%	9	—	—
Slider	19.7%	15	82.1	630	53.3%	20.0%	2	—	—
Changeup	14.5%	11	81.4	1,612	27.3%	25.0%	3	—	—

Bruce Billings'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.