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Rafael Martín

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #52

Born: May 16, 1984 in San Fernando, CA, United States
MLB debut: April 15, 2015

dbWAR: .1
IP: 3.2
ERA: 2.45
FIP: 1.24
K/9: 12.3
FIP−: 30

Rafael Martín was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2016 he struck out 5 batters over 3.2 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 2.45 was 41.4% lower than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 1.24 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 33.3% of swings (15.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 41.7%. 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, 2016 regular season.

FIP1.24

K/912.3

WHIP0.27

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2016	WSH	8	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	2.45	1.24	0.27	12.3	2.5	59	30	0.1
2015	WSH	13	0	12.1	2	0	0	12	7	25	5	5.11	4.76	1.38	18.2	3.6	129	120	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	50.0%
vs RHB	10	9	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.070	40.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Rafael Martín 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.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	75.0%	45	87.3	1,662	53.3%	31.8%	10	—	—
Slider	25.0%	15	78.2	1,293	46.7%	40.0%	1	—	—

Rafael Martín'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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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.