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Blake Wood

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 233 lb
Number: #38

Born: August 8, 1985 in Atlanta, GA, United States
MLB debut: May 12, 2010

dbWAR: 1.5
IP: 11.2
ERA: 2.31
FIP: 4.62
K/9: 7.7
FIP−: 111

Blake Wood was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2018 he struck out 10 batters over 11.2 innings across 13 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 2.31 was 44.2% lower than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 4.62 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.7% of swings (10.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.3%. His 0.0 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.

FIP4.62

K/97.7

WHIP1.29

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	LAA	13	11.2	1	0	0	8	3	10	7	2.31	4.62	1.29	7.7	5.4	56	111	0.0
2017	CIN/LAA	72	74.1	3	4	0	84	45	84	33	5.45	3.67	1.57	10.2	4.0	125	84	1.0
2016	CIN	70	76.2	6	5	1	72	34	81	38	3.99	4.12	1.43	9.5	4.5	95	98	0.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2017	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-121	-0.0
2016	CIN	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.5	-118	-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	17	12	3	0	4	6	.250	.412	.333	.296	35.3%
vs RHB	30	26	5	1	3	4	.192	.300	.346	.293	13.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Blake Wood 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


Slider	47.7%	92	88.7	2,392	47.8%	41.9%	17	.294	.938
Four-Seam Fastball	30.6%	59	95.2	2,311	40.7%	3.8%	14	—	—
Sinker	16.6%	32	95.3	2,187	31.3%	0.0%	7	—	—
Splitter	5.2%	10	84.7	1,595	40.0%	50.0%	1	—	—

Blake Wood'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.