P · 2017
Michael Blazek
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- March 16, 1989 in Las Vegas, NV, USA
- MLB debut
- June 22, 2013
Age shown as of the 2019 season.
- dbWAR
- -.5 7 season(s)
- PA
- 2
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -120 100 = avg
Michael Blazek was a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2017 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 2 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .750. He averaged 82.7 mph off the bat and made contact on 50.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -120 wRC+ puts his offence 220% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.5 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2017.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2017. These four terms sum to -0.5 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -120 | -0.0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .500 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .319 | +0.0 | 98 | 0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7.20 | 8.81 | 2.20 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 160 | 196 | -0.2 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8.31 | 10.89 | 1.50 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 191 | 250 | -0.6 | |
| 2016 | 41 | 0 | 41.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 26 | 36 | 27 | 5.66 | 5.71 | 1.91 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 135 | 136 | -0.5 | |
| 2015 | 45 | 0 | 55.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 47 | 18 | 2.43 | 3.17 | 1.04 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 61 | 80 | 0.8 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% |
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .438 | .438 | 1.250 | .687 | 11.8% |
| vs RHB | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .263 | .300 | .579 | .366 | 25.0% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2017.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2017. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 82.7 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 82.7 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -16.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2017.
Situational hitting
How Michael Blazek hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2017.
Pitch sequencing
What Michael Blazek 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 2017.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 68 | 92.9 | 2,354 | 47.1% | 6.7% | |
| Slider | 39 | 84.9 | 2,329 | 51.3% | 38.1% | |
| Sinker | 18 | 92.1 | 2,290 | 38.9% | 0.0% | |
| Changeup | 14 | 85.4 | 1,892 | 64.3% | 66.7% |
Head to head
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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.