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Jay Buente

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #66

Born: September 28, 1983 in Evansville, IN, United States
MLB debut: May 27, 2010

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 5.0
ERA: 9.00
FIP: 5.83
K/9: 3.6
FIP−: 148

Jay Buente was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2011 he struck out 2 batters over 5.0 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 9.00 was 128.3% higher than the league average of 3.94. Stripping out defence, his 5.83 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.8% of swings (6.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 7.1%. 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.

FIP5.83

K/93.6

WHIP2.40

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2011	TB/FLA	2	1	5.0	0	1	0	7	5	2	5	9.00	5.83	2.40	3.6	9.0	228	148	-0.1
2010	FLA	8	0	11.0	0	0	0	16	8	9	11	6.55	4.44	2.45	7.4	9.0	160	109	0.0

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2011	FLA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.2	-122	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

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	14	12	2	0	2	0	.167	.286	.417	.318	0.0%
vs RHB	14	10	5	0	3	2	.500	.643	.700	.580	14.3%

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 Jay Buente throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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ChangeupFour-seamSinkerCurveball

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Changeup	37.1%	36	81.9	1,389	47.2%	31.3%	8	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	36.1%	35	88.4	1,885	34.3%	6.3%	9	—	—
Sinker	15.5%	15	89.1	2,317	13.3%	0.0%	5	—	—
Curveball	11.3%	11	75.6	1,881	18.2%	—	1	—	—

Jay Buente'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.