Players · B · Pitcher · 2018
Austin Bibens-Dirkx
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Born
- April 29, 1985 in Salem, OR, United States
- MLB debut
- May 17, 2017
- dbWAR
- -.7 3 season(s)
- IP
- 45.0
- ERA
- 6.20
- FIP
- 5.56
- K/9
- 6.6
- FIP−
- 134 100 = avg
Austin Bibens-Dirkx was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2018 he struck out 33 batters over 45.0 innings across 13 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 6.20 was 49.4% higher than the league average of 4.15 — 17th of 20 on his team, and 483rd of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.56 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.2% of swings (10.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.3%. 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, 2018.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | TEX | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.8 | -115 | -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 | 90 | 83 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | .301 | .348 | .602 | .405 | 14.4% |
| vs RHB | 113 | 99 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | .313 | .393 | .475 | .382 | 17.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Austin Bibens-Dirkx throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
Select a count to see exactly what Austin Bibens-Dirkx throws in it.
Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 264 | 89.4 | 2,115 | 40.9% | 10.2% | 59 | .373 | 1.103 | |
| Slider | 166 | 85.2 | 2,240 | 45.2% | 37.2% | 35 | .229 | .600 | |
| Changeup | 139 | 82.9 | 1,715 | 42.4% | 27.6% | 42 | .238 | .773 | |
| Sinker | 105 | 89.1 | 1,991 | 46.7% | 15.7% | 24 | .417 | 1.190 | |
| Curveball | 104 | 80.2 | 2,591 | 41.3% | 23.4% | 22 | .273 | .742 |
Head to head
Put Austin Bibens-Dirkx beside up to three others.
Similar players
Nearest 2018 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.