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Steve Cishek

Age
36
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 6"
Weight
220 lb
Number
#33
Born
June 18, 1986 in Falmouth, MA, United States
MLB debut
September 26, 2010
dbWAR
3.7
10 season(s)
IP
66.1
ERA
4.21
FIP
4.85
K/9
10.0
FIP−
122
100 = avg

Steve Cishek was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2022 he struck out 74 batters over 66.1 innings across 69 appearances, going 1-4. His ERA of 4.21 was 6.0% higher than the league average of 3.97 — 8th of 19 on his team, and 322nd of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.85 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.1% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.8%. His -0.3 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, 2022.

FIP4.85
K/910.0
WHIP1.22
WAR-.3

WAR by season

1.00.4-0.31516171819202122

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2022WSH69066.1141543174274.214.851.2210.03.7106122-0.3
2021LAA74068.1020612664413.423.741.498.45.480880.9
2020CWS22020.000021122195.405.641.509.44.0121127-0.1
2019CHC70064.0467482157292.954.541.208.04.1661010.3
2018CHC80070.1434451778282.183.441.0410.03.652831.0
2017TB/SEA49044.2321261041142.013.340.908.32.846770.8
2016SEA62064.04625442076212.813.571.0210.73.067850.8
2015MIA/STL59055.1264552248273.583.861.487.84.490970.4

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2019CHC22000000.000.000.000.000.0000.0%0.0%.000-0.6-121-0.0
2018CHC66100002.167.167.167.000.2500.0%33.3%.146-0.8-190.0

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB103822361426.280.398.537.39825.2%
vs RHB1841603151348.194.290.300.27326.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Steve Cishek 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.

Slider37.1%43676.52,27443.6%33.9%92.250.777
Sinker34.1%40189.82,28847.6%14.7%83.265.808
Four-Seam Fastball28.3%33389.32,37752.3%29.0%69.130.473
Steve Cishek'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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Nearest 2022 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.