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Pitcher · 2021

Brandon Dickson

Age
37
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 5"
Weight
190 lb
Number
#65
Born
November 3, 1984 in Montgomery, AL, USA
MLB debut
July 2, 2011
dbWAR
-.1
1 season(s)
IP
2.0
ERA
13.50
FIP
8.67
K/9
4.5
FIP−
203
100 = avg

Brandon Dickson is a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2021 he struck out 1 batter over 2.0 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 13.50 was 216.5% higher than the league average of 4.27. Stripping out defence, his 8.67 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.0% of swings (8.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 0.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.0%. 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, 2021.

FIP8.67
K/94.5
WHIP2.50
WAR-.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021202.0000531013.508.672.504.50.0316203-0.1

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB330000.000.000.000.0000.0%
vs RHB775101.714.7141.429.89214.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Brandon Dickson 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, and how often it misses in 2021.

Slider40.0%1485.32,25735.7%42.9%
Sinker31.4%1191.52,22427.3%0.0%
Brandon Dickson'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.

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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.