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Mike Leake
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Weight
- 165 lb
- Number
- #44
- Born
- November 12, 1987 in San Diego, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- April 11, 2010
- dbWAR
- 10.5 10 season(s)
- IP
- 197.0
- ERA
- 4.29
- FIP
- 5.19
- K/9
- 5.8
- FIP−
- 115 100 = avg
Mike Leake was a starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2019 he struck out 127 batters over 197.0 innings across 32 appearances, 32 of them starts, going 12-11. His ERA of 4.29 was 4.7% lower than the league average of 4.51 — 8th of 18 on his team, and 239th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.19 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 18.0% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.2%. His 0.8 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, 2019.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | AZ/SEA | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .000 | .100 | 4.2% | 45.8% | .072 | -5.1 | -71 | -0.1 | |
| 2018 | SEA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -1.0 | -126 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | STL | 26 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .170 | .220 | .191 | .021 | .250 | 5.5% | 27.3% | .190 | -6.1 | 9 | 0.1 | |
| 2016 | STL | 28 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .143 | .192 | .163 | .020 | .233 | 5.5% | 34.5% | .166 | -6.8 | -5 | 0.1 | |
| 2015 | CIN/SF | 31 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .116 | .116 | .246 | .130 | .194 | 0.0% | 49.3% | .154 | -9.4 | -14 | -0.0 |
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 | 456 | 426 | 126 | 19 | 20 | 73 | .296 | .340 | .507 | .355 | 16.0% |
| vs RHB | 379 | 367 | 101 | 22 | 7 | 54 | .275 | .289 | .504 | .328 | 14.2% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2019.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2019.
Pitch sequencing
What Mike Leake 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.
| Cutter | 774 | 86.7 | 2,231 | 48.2% | 16.2% | 225 | .276 | .770 | |
| Changeup | 615 | 84.0 | 1,719 | 39.7% | 17.3% | 195 | .297 | .763 | |
| Sinker | 544 | 88.3 | 2,022 | 42.1% | 7.1% | 123 | .431 | 1.266 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 427 | 88.6 | 2,085 | 43.8% | 11.7% | 107 | .234 | .742 | |
| Slider | 373 | 80.3 | 2,506 | 52.8% | 38.0% | 91 | .209 | .688 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 235 | 79.3 | 2,571 | 51.9% | 27.1% | 52 | .173 | .554 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2019 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.