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Shawn Kelley

Age: 35
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 237 lb
Number: #23

Born: April 26, 1984 in Louisville, KY, United States
MLB debut: April 10, 2009

dbWAR: 1.6
IP: 47.1
ERA: 4.94
FIP: 5.52
K/9: 8.2
FIP−: 122

Shawn Kelley was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2019 he struck out 43 batters over 47.1 innings across 51 appearances, going 5-2. His ERA of 4.94 was 9.7% higher than the league average of 4.51 — 9th of 19 on his team, and 348th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.52 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.7% of swings (12.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.0%. 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, 2019.

FIP5.52

K/98.2

WHIP1.39

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	TEX	51	47.1	5	2	11	55	26	43	11	4.94	5.52	1.39	8.2	2.1	110	122	-0.2
2018	WSH/OAK	54	49.0	2	0	0	33	16	50	11	2.94	3.71	0.90	9.2	2.0	71	89	0.6
2017	WSH	33	26.0	3	2	4	29	21	25	11	7.27	8.62	1.54	8.7	3.8	167	198	-1.1
2016	WSH	67	58.0	3	2	7	41	17	80	11	2.64	2.97	0.90	12.4	1.7	63	71	1.1
2015	SD	53	51.1	2	2	0	41	14	63	15	2.45	2.57	1.09	11.0	2.6	62	65	1.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2018	WSH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-116	-0.0
2016	WSH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-119	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. 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	101	91	34	6	7	13	.374	.424	.692	.456	12.9%
vs RHB	104	98	21	6	4	30	.214	.250	.418	.279	28.8%

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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	60.2%	462	82.4	2,431	53.0%	29.4%	119	.244	.748
Four-Seam Fastball	39.7%	305	91.9	2,395	42.6%	13.4%	69	.362	1.094

Shawn Kelley'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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Similar players

Nearest 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jake McGeeCOL

ERA: 4.35
FIP: 6.00
SO: 35
WAR: -0.3

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Cy SneedHOU

ERA: 5.48
FIP: 4.81
SO: 23
WAR: 0.1

Very close

Wade LeBlancSEA

ERA: 5.71
FIP: 5.49
SO: 92
WAR: -0.4

Josh OsichCWS

ERA: 4.66
FIP: 4.96
SO: 61
WAR: 0.1

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.