Players · C · Pitcher · 2021
Trevor Cahill
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 223 lb
- Born
- March 1, 1988 in Oceanside, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- April 7, 2009
- dbWAR
- 2.5 12 season(s)
- IP
- 37.0
- ERA
- 6.57
- FIP
- 4.06
- K/9
- 7.8
- FIP−
- 95 100 = avg
Trevor Cahill was a starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2021 he struck out 32 batters over 37.0 innings across 9 appearances, 8 of them starts, going 1-5. His ERA of 6.57 was 54.0% higher than the league average of 4.27 — 22nd of 24 on his team, and 522nd of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.06 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.9% of swings (10.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.3%. His 0.5 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, 2021.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PIT | 9 | 8 | 37.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6.57 | 4.06 | 1.51 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 154 | 95 | 0.5 | |
| 2020 | SF | 11 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 14 | 3.24 | 4.19 | 1.20 | 11.2 | 5.0 | 73 | 94 | 0.3 | |
| 2019 | LAA | 37 | 11 | 102.1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 111 | 68 | 81 | 39 | 5.98 | 6.13 | 1.47 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 133 | 136 | -1.0 | |
| 2018 | OAK | 21 | 20 | 110.0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 90 | 46 | 100 | 41 | 3.76 | 3.54 | 1.19 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 91 | 85 | 1.9 | |
| 2017 | SD/KC | 21 | 14 | 84.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 46 | 87 | 45 | 4.93 | 5.28 | 1.62 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 113 | 121 | -0.1 | |
| 2016 | CHC | 50 | 1 | 65.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 20 | 66 | 35 | 2.74 | 4.35 | 1.28 | 9.0 | 4.8 | 65 | 104 | 0.2 | |
| 2015 | ATL/CHC | 26 | 3 | 43.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 26 | 36 | 16 | 5.40 | 3.92 | 1.38 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 136 | 99 | 0.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PIT | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .000 | .200 | 0.0% | 44.4% | .097 | -1.7 | -52 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | LAA | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | .500 | 0.0% | 33.3% | .291 | -0.1 | 78 | 0.0 | |
| 2017 | SD/KC | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .071 | .400 | 5.6% | 22.2% | .307 | -0.3 | 93 | 0.3 | |
| 2016 | CHC | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .000 | .250 | 9.1% | 36.4% | .175 | -1.3 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 2015 | CHC/ATL | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .000 | .200 | 12.5% | 25.0% | .199 | -0.7 | 18 | 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 | 71 | 63 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 12 | .349 | .423 | .587 | .432 | 16.9% |
| vs RHB | 95 | 84 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .238 | .287 | .298 | .261 | 21.1% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Trevor Cahill 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.
| Sinker | 197 | 89.7 | 2,175 | 44.2% | 14.9% | 38 | .316 | .817 | |
| Changeup | 159 | 82.3 | 1,525 | 44.0% | 19.2% | 32 | .344 | .915 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 144 | 78.6 | 3,022 | 38.2% | 23.7% | 37 | .270 | .660 | |
| Cutter | 123 | 85.2 | 2,210 | 47.2% | 35.5% | 26 | .231 | .786 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 40 | 90.4 | 2,229 | 50.0% | 22.2% | 14 | — | — |
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Nearest 2021 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.