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Chris Archer
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #35
- Born
- September 26, 1988 in Raleigh, NC, United States
- MLB debut
- June 20, 2012
- dbWAR
- 16.5 12 season(s)
- IP
- 102.2
- ERA
- 4.56
- FIP
- 4.49
- K/9
- 7.4
- FIP−
- 113 100 = avg
Chris Archer was a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2022 he struck out 84 batters over 102.2 innings across 25 appearances, 25 of them starts, going 2-8. His ERA of 4.56 was 14.9% higher than the league average of 3.97 — 13th of 20 on his team, and 374th of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.49 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 24.2% of swings (10.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.2%. His 0.6 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, 2022.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MIN | 25 | 25 | 102.2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 87 | 52 | 84 | 48 | 4.56 | 4.49 | 1.31 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 115 | 113 | 0.6 | |
| 2021 | TB | 6 | 5 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 4.66 | 4.26 | 1.34 | 9.8 | 3.7 | 109 | 100 | 0.2 | |
| 2019 | PIT | 23 | 23 | 119.2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 114 | 69 | 143 | 55 | 5.19 | 5.02 | 1.41 | 10.8 | 4.1 | 115 | 111 | 0.8 | |
| 2018 | TB/PIT | 27 | 27 | 148.1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 155 | 71 | 162 | 49 | 4.31 | 3.75 | 1.38 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 104 | 90 | 2.4 | |
| 2017 | TB | 34 | 34 | 201.0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 193 | 91 | 249 | 60 | 4.07 | 3.40 | 1.26 | 11.1 | 2.7 | 93 | 78 | 4.4 | |
| 2016 | TB | 33 | 33 | 201.1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 183 | 90 | 233 | 67 | 4.02 | 3.81 | 1.24 | 10.4 | 3.0 | 96 | 91 | 3.1 | |
| 2015 | TB | 34 | 34 | 212.0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 76 | 252 | 66 | 3.23 | 2.90 | 1.14 | 10.7 | 2.8 | 81 | 73 | 5.1 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | PIT | 21 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .114 | .184 | .114 | .000 | .250 | 7.3% | 46.3% | .148 | -6.1 | -19 | 0.0 | |
| 2018 | PIT | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .059 | .182 | 0.0% | 35.3% | .127 | -2.6 | -34 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | TB | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .000 | .400 | 0.0% | 37.5% | .219 | -0.7 | 28 | 0.0 | |
| 2016 | TB | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 12.5% | 37.5% | .087 | -1.5 | -60 | -0.0 | |
| 2015 | TB | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 60.0% | .000 | -1.3 | -124 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 181 | 153 | 29 | 4 | 25 | 45 | .190 | .309 | .333 | .295 | 24.9% |
| vs RHB | 256 | 228 | 58 | 8 | 23 | 39 | .254 | .322 | .430 | .329 | 15.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Chris Archer 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.
| Slider | 792 | 88.7 | 2,464 | 44.7% | 26.5% | 208 | .202 | .635 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 638 | 93.0 | 2,174 | 40.3% | 15.1% | 103 | .311 | .912 | |
| Changeup | 263 | 87.0 | 1,704 | 46.8% | 35.5% | 60 | .183 | .620 | |
| Curveball | 94 | 81.7 | 2,459 | 51.1% | 6.9% | 10 | — | — |
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Nearest 2022 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.