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Cole Kimball

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 240 lb
Number: #65

Born: August 1, 1985 in Brooklyn, NY, United States
MLB debut: May 14, 2011

dbWAR: .1
IP: 14.0
ERA: 1.93
FIP: 4.03
K/9: 7.1
FIP−: 102

Cole Kimball was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2011 he struck out 11 batters over 14.0 innings across 12 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 1.93 was 51.1% lower than the league average of 3.94. Stripping out defence, his 4.03 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.8% of swings (8.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 18.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.6%. 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, 2011 regular season.

FIP4.03

K/97.1

WHIP1.36

WAR.1

Pitching Regular season

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

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2011	WSH	12	0	14.0	1	0	0	8	3	11	11	1.93	4.03	1.36	7.1	7.1	49	102	0.1	—

Batting Regular season

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

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2011	WSH	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.000	—	50.0%	50.0%	.354	+0.1	125	0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. 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	25	19	4	0	6	5	.211	.400	.263	.329	20.0%
vs RHB	34	27	4	0	5	6	.148	.294	.222	.256	17.6%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2011.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Cole Kimball 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	50.6%	136	93.4	2,134	47.1%	18.8%	24	.167	.635
Curveball	27.5%	74	79.7	1,319	44.6%	25.0%	9	—	—
Sinker	14.1%	38	93.1	2,149	34.2%	14.3%	9	—	—
Splitter	7.8%	21	82.4	1,053	28.6%	50.0%	5	—	—

Cole Kimball'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.