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Vic Black

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #38

Born: May 23, 1988 in Amarillo, TX, United States
MLB debut: July 25, 2013

dbWAR: .3
IP: 34.2
ERA: 2.60
FIP: 3.77
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 101

Vic Black was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2014 he struck out 32 batters over 34.2 innings across 41 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 2.60 was 30.6% lower than the league average of 3.74 — 4th of 17 on his team, and 87th of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.77 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.6% of swings (12.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.6%. His 0.2 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP3.77

K/98.3

WHIP1.30

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2014	NYM	41	0	34.2	2	3	0	26	10	32	19	2.60	3.77	1.30	8.3	4.9	69	101	0.2
2013	NYM/PIT	18	0	17.0	3	0	1	17	7	15	6	3.71	3.46	1.35	7.9	3.2	96	89	0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	65	53	11	1	11	11	.208	.344	.321	.314	16.9%
vs RHB	83	73	15	1	8	21	.205	.293	.288	.272	25.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Vic Black throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Four-seamCurveballSinker

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Pitch arsenal

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

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	61.7%	346	95.7	1,907	45.7%	21.1%	79	.215	.657
Curveball	26.9%	151	81.8	1,034	41.1%	55.1%	28	.107	.388
Sinker	11.4%	64	94.7	1,974	35.9%	20.0%	19	.316	.751

Vic Black'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 2014 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Sam FreemanSTL

ERA: 2.61
FIP: 3.79
SO: 35
WAR: 0.2

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Yoervis MedinaSEA

ERA: 2.68
FIP: 3.45
SO: 60
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Blaine HardyDET

ERA: 2.54
FIP: 3.49
SO: 31
WAR: 0.3

Very close

J.P. HowellLAD

ERA: 2.39
FIP: 3.30
SO: 48
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.