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Rick Porcello
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #21
- Born
- December 27, 1988 in Morristown, NJ, United States
- MLB debut
- April 9, 2009
- dbWAR
- 14.8 11 season(s)
- IP
- 59.0
- ERA
- 5.64
- FIP
- 3.33
- K/9
- 8.2
- FIP−
- 75 100 = avg
Rick Porcello was a starting pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2020 he struck out 54 batters over 59.0 innings across 12 appearances, 12 of them starts, going 1-7. His ERA of 5.64 was 26.7% higher than the league average of 4.45 — 8th of 10 on his team, and 267th of 323 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.33 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.5% of swings (7.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.7%. His 1.5 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, 2020.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | NYM | 12 | 12 | 59.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 37 | 54 | 15 | 5.64 | 3.33 | 1.51 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 127 | 75 | 1.5 | |
| 2019 | BOS | 32 | 32 | 174.1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 198 | 107 | 143 | 45 | 5.52 | 4.76 | 1.39 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 123 | 106 | 1.7 | |
| 2018 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 191.1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 177 | 91 | 190 | 48 | 4.28 | 4.01 | 1.18 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 103 | 97 | 2.7 | |
| 2017 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 203.1 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 236 | 105 | 181 | 48 | 4.65 | 4.60 | 1.40 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 107 | 106 | 1.9 | |
| 2016 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 223.0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 193 | 78 | 189 | 32 | 3.15 | 3.40 | 1.01 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 75 | 81 | 5.0 | |
| 2015 | BOS | 28 | 28 | 172.0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 196 | 94 | 149 | 38 | 4.92 | 4.13 | 1.36 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 124 | 104 | 1.9 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 115 | 108 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 23 | .278 | .322 | .361 | .303 | 20.0% |
| vs RHB | 146 | 136 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 31 | .324 | .370 | .493 | .373 | 21.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Rick Porcello 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 | 419 | 90.1 | 2,146 | 50.8% | 8.8% | 105 | .324 | .868 | |
| Slider | 287 | 86.2 | 2,359 | 44.6% | 21.7% | 72 | .292 | .714 | |
| Changeup | 124 | 81.8 | 1,681 | 40.3% | 20.3% | 36 | .278 | .822 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 103 | 91.6 | 2,298 | 47.6% | 19.2% | 19 | .211 | .461 | |
| Curveball | 50 | 74.9 | 2,588 | 38.0% | 4.8% | 12 | — | — |
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Nearest 2020 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.