P · 2016
Chris Tillman
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #30
- Born
- April 15, 1988 in Anaheim, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- July 29, 2009
Age shown as of the 2018 season.
- dbWAR
- -.0 6 season(s)
- PA
- 3
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -119 100 = avg
Chris Tillman is a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2016 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 3 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .739. He averaged 36.6 mph off the bat and made contact on 50.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -119 wRC+ puts his offence 219% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -0.8 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2016.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2016. These four terms sum to -0.7 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 66.7% | .000 | -0.8 | -119 | -0.1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -117 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | 26.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 31 | 13 | 17 | 10.46 | 7.25 | 2.21 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 252 | 175 | -0.7 | |
| 2017 | 24 | 19 | 93.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 81 | 63 | 51 | 7.84 | 6.93 | 1.89 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 180 | 159 | -1.8 | |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | 172.0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 155 | 72 | 140 | 66 | 3.77 | 4.23 | 1.28 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 90 | 101 | 1.7 | |
| 2015 | 31 | 31 | 173.0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 176 | 96 | 120 | 64 | 4.99 | 4.45 | 1.39 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 126 | 112 | 0.8 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 66.7% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 329 | 293 | 70 | 8 | 34 | 74 | .239 | .319 | .406 | .318 | 22.5% |
| vs RHB | 387 | 344 | 85 | 11 | 32 | 66 | .247 | .319 | .416 | .322 | 17.1% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2016.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2016. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 36.6 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 36.6 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -47.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2016.
Situational hitting
How Chris Tillman hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Runners on · thin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2016.
Pitch sequencing
What Chris Tillman 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, and how often it misses in 2016.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 1,548 | 91.7 | 2,213 | 48.3% | 18.6% | |
| Slider | 456 | 85.6 | 801 | 49.6% | 28.1% | |
| Changeup | 453 | 83.7 | 1,768 | 41.9% | 24.0% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 365 | 75.3 | 1,771 | 28.2% | 24.1% | |
| Cutter | 108 | 91.2 | 2,219 | 47.2% | 25.0% |
Head to head
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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.