P · 2018
Shawn Kelley
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 237 lb
- Number
- #23
- Born
- April 26, 1984 in Louisville, KY, USA
- MLB debut
- April 10, 2009
Age shown as of the 2019 season.
- dbWAR
- 1.3 7 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -116 100 = avg
Shawn Kelley is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2018 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .248. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He made contact on 50.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -116 wRC+ puts his offence 216% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 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, 2018.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2018. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -116 | -0.0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -119 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 51 | 0 | 47.1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 55 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 4.94 | 5.52 | 1.39 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 110 | 122 | -0.3 | |
| 2018 | 54 | 0 | 49.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 50 | 11 | 2.94 | 3.71 | 0.90 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 71 | 89 | 0.5 | |
| 2017 | 33 | 0 | 26.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 7.27 | 8.62 | 1.54 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 167 | 198 | -1.1 | |
| 2016 | 67 | 0 | 58.0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 17 | 80 | 11 | 2.64 | 2.97 | 0.90 | 12.4 | 1.7 | 63 | 71 | 1.1 | |
| 2015 | 53 | 0 | 51.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 63 | 15 | 2.45 | 2.57 | 1.09 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 62 | 65 | 1.1 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 67 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .220 | .313 | .322 | .271 | 32.8% |
| vs RHB | 123 | 117 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 28 | .171 | .195 | .410 | .255 | 22.8% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2018.
Situational hitting
How Shawn Kelley 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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .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, 2018.
Pitch sequencing
What Shawn Kelley 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 2018.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 378 | 91.1 | 2,290 | 51.9% | 21.2% | |
| Slider | 346 | 81.0 | 2,365 | 46.8% | 29.5% |
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.