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Joe Ortiz

Age: 23
B/T: L/L
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 175 lb
Number: #58

Born: August 13, 1990 in Caracas, Venezuela
MLB debut: March 31, 2013

dbWAR: .2
IP: 44.2
ERA: 4.23
FIP: 3.97
K/9: 5.4
FIP−: 103

Joe Ortiz was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2013 he struck out 27 batters over 44.2 innings across 32 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 4.23 was 9.5% higher than the league average of 3.87 — 13th of 17 on his team, and 327th of 496 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.97 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 23.5% of swings (11.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.4%. 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, 2013 regular season.

FIP3.97

K/95.4

WHIP1.25

WAR.2

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2013	TEX	32	0	44.2	2	2	0	46	21	27	10	4.23	3.97	1.25	5.4	2.0	109	103	0.2	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2013. 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	74	70	18	2	3	10	.257	.284	.400	.300	13.5%
vs RHB	113	101	28	3	7	17	.277	.315	.475	.336	15.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Joe Ortiz 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.


Slider	31.1%	214	82.9	725	43.5%	27.7%	53	.283	.843
Sinker	26.9%	185	90.8	2,469	45.9%	10.7%	49	.388	.956
Changeup	20.3%	140	83.1	2,046	47.1%	42.9%	34	.147	.461
Four-Seam Fastball	20.3%	140	90.5	2,037	35.0%	6.8%	35	.200	.550

Joe Ortiz'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.