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Kyle McPherson

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #60

Born: November 11, 1987 in Creola, AL, United States
MLB debut: August 20, 2012

dbWAR: .1
IP: 26.1
ERA: 2.73
FIP: 4.01
K/9: 7.2
FIP−: 100

Kyle McPherson was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2012 he struck out 21 batters over 26.1 innings across 10 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 2.73 was 31.9% lower than the league average of 4.01 — the second best on his team, and 88th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.01 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 16.9% of swings (7.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.6%. 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP4.01

K/97.2

WHIP1.18

WAR.2

Pitching Regular season

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

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2012	PIT	10	3	26.1	0	2	0	24	8	21	7	2.73	4.01	1.18	7.2	2.4	68	100	0.2	—

Batting Regular season

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

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2012	PIT	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.000	.000	16.7%	50.0%	.116	-1.0	-42	-0.0	—

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	42	40	9	2	2	7	.225	.262	.375	.282	16.7%
vs RHB	65	57	15	1	5	14	.263	.344	.368	.322	21.5%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2012.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2012.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Kyle McPherson 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	61.0%	269	93.0	2,084	49.1%	13.0%	64	.250	.674
Curveball	25.9%	114	77.0	2,124	44.7%	26.7%	23	.174	.443
Changeup	7.9%	35	83.3	1,992	25.7%	26.7%	7	—	—
Sinker	4.8%	21	92.7	2,228	38.1%	12.5%	4	—	—

Kyle McPherson'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 2012 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Santiago CasillaSF

ERA: 2.84
FIP: 4.14
SO: 55
WAR: 0.2

Very close

Jared HughesPIT

ERA: 2.85
FIP: 4.05
SO: 50
WAR: 0.3

Josh CollmenterAZ

ERA: 3.69
FIP: 3.92
SO: 80
WAR: 0.9

Hisashi IwakumaSEA

ERA: 3.16
FIP: 4.35
SO: 101
WAR: 0.3

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.