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Wilfredo Boscan

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 228 lb

Born: October 26, 1989 in Maracaibo, Venezuela
MLB debut: May 19, 2016

dbWAR: -.0
IP: 15.1
ERA: 6.46
FIP: 5.17
K/9: 4.7
FIP−: 123

Wilfredo Boscan was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2016 he struck out 8 batters over 15.1 innings across 6 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 6.46 was 54.1% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 5.17 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 12.0% of swings (6.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.9%. 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.

FIP5.17

K/94.7

WHIP1.43

WAR-.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	PIT	6	1	15.1	1	1	0	15	11	8	7	6.46	5.17	1.43	4.7	4.1	154	123	-0.1	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	PIT	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.000	.500	0.0%	33.3%	.292	-0.1	80	0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

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	33	30	10	2	3	4	.333	.394	.667	.449	12.1%
vs RHB	34	29	5	0	4	4	.172	.273	.207	.229	11.8%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2016.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2016.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .255.

Pitch sequencing

What Wilfredo Boscan 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	69.2%	182	90.6	2,091	50.0%	8.9%	38	.289	.860
Curveball	17.1%	45	75.7	1,338	40.0%	25.0%	11	—	—
Changeup	13.7%	36	81.9	1,597	30.6%	10.5%	10	—	—

Wilfredo Boscan'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.