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George Kontos

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #70

Born: June 12, 1985 in Lincolnwood, IL, United States
MLB debut: September 10, 2011

dbWAR: 1.3
IP: 26.2
ERA: 4.39
FIP: 5.60
K/9: 5.1
FIP−: 135

George Kontos was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2018 he struck out 15 batters over 26.2 innings across 28 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 4.39 was 5.7% higher than the league average of 4.15 — 10th of 16 on his team, and 322nd of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.60 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.7% of swings (11.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.9%. His -0.3 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.

FIP5.60

K/95.1

WHIP1.27

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	PIT/CLE/NYY	28	26.2	2	3	1	27	13	15	7	4.39	5.60	1.27	5.1	2.4	106	135	-0.3
2017	SF/PIT	65	66.1	1	6	1	61	25	70	20	3.39	3.72	1.22	9.5	2.7	78	85	0.8
2016	SF	57	53.1	3	2	0	42	15	35	20	2.53	3.80	1.16	5.9	3.4	60	91	0.6
2015	SF	73	73.1	4	4	0	57	19	44	12	2.33	4.02	0.94	5.4	1.5	59	101	0.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2017	SF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-127	-0.0
2015	SF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	66.7%	.000	-0.8	-129	-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	57	49	14	2	5	2	.286	.351	.469	.353	3.5%
vs RHB	59	54	13	3	2	13	.241	.293	.481	.334	22.0%

Pitch sequencing

What George Kontos 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


Cutter	52.4%	236	86.5	2,367	50.0%	25.2%	50	.280	.857
Slider	22.9%	103	83.5	2,498	42.7%	28.1%	32	.281	.638
Sinker	20.9%	94	89.6	2,123	31.9%	10.8%	21	.190	.899

George Kontos'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.

Chasen BradfordSEA

ERA: 3.69
FIP: 4.99
SO: 38
WAR: -0.3

Addison ReedMIN

ERA: 4.50
FIP: 5.11
SO: 44
WAR: -0.3

Tyler BashlorNYM

ERA: 4.22
FIP: 5.44
SO: 25
WAR: -0.3

Warwick SaupoldDET

ERA: 4.46
FIP: 5.81
SO: 16
WAR: -0.5

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.