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C.J. Fick

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #70

Born: November 20, 1985 in Thousands Oaks, CA, United States
MLB debut: May 26, 2012

dbWAR: -.5
IP: 24.2
ERA: 4.38
FIP: 6.26
K/9: 6.2
FIP−: 156

C.J. Fick was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2012 he struck out 17 batters over 24.2 innings across 20 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 4.38 was 9.1% higher than the league average of 4.01 — 9th of 19 on his team, and 312th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.26 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.1% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.7%. His -0.5 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP6.26

K/96.2

WHIP1.82

WAR-.5

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2012	HOU/STL	20	0	24.2	0	1	0	27	12	17	18	4.38	6.26	1.82	6.2	6.6	109	156	-0.5	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	43	31	13	1	11	0	.419	.581	.710	.535	0.0%
vs RHB	73	60	14	3	7	17	.233	.314	.400	.310	23.3%

Pitch sequencing

What C.J. Fick 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.


Sinker	50.1%	220	89.6	1,881	40.9%	10.3%	38	.342	1.095
Curveball	27.3%	120	80.5	1,294	44.2%	36.4%	33	.242	.760
Changeup	14.8%	65	85.5	1,682	33.8%	6.9%	18	.333	.813
Four-Seam Fastball	4.6%	20	89.8	1,790	50.0%	42.9%	2	—	—
Intentional Ball	2.5%	11	55.3	775	0.0%	—	0	—	—

C.J. Fick'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.