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Drew Storen

Age: 30
B/T: S/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #22

Born: August 11, 1987 in Indianapolis, IN, United States
MLB debut: May 17, 2010

dbWAR: 1.4
IP: 54.2
ERA: 4.45
FIP: 4.88
K/9: 7.9
FIP−: 112

Drew Storen was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2017 he struck out 48 batters over 54.2 innings across 58 appearances, going 4-2. His ERA of 4.45 was 2.0% higher than the league average of 4.36 — 6th of 22 on his team, and 299th of 527 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.88 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.3% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.5%. His 0.0 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, 2017.

FIP4.88

K/97.9

WHIP1.46

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2017	CIN	58	54.2	4	2	1	57	27	48	23	4.45	4.88	1.46	7.9	3.8	102	112	0.0
2016	TOR/SEA	57	51.2	4	3	3	56	30	48	13	5.23	4.21	1.34	8.4	2.3	125	101	0.3
2015	WSH	58	55.0	2	2	29	45	21	67	16	3.44	2.79	1.11	11.0	2.6	87	70	1.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2017	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-121	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2017. 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	96	80	23	2	11	19	.287	.396	.463	.363	19.8%
vs RHB	150	130	34	5	12	29	.262	.347	.400	.327	19.3%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2017.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2017.

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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 Drew Storen 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	37.5%	341	80.1	2,581	49.3%	26.9%	87	.253	.847
Sinker	27.7%	252	89.9	2,100	45.6%	9.6%	59	.305	.757
Changeup	17.7%	161	83.9	1,895	42.9%	22.2%	35	.229	.564
Four-Seam Fastball	15.7%	143	90.5	2,377	53.8%	14.9%	26	.346	.923
Curveball	1.3%	12	79.9	2,419	33.3%	20.0%	3	—	—

Drew Storen'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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Nearest 2017 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Carlos TorresMIL

ERA: 4.21
FIP: 4.89
SO: 56
WAR: 0.0

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ERA: 3.82
FIP: 4.49
SO: 33
WAR: 0.2

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Jorge De La RosaAZ

ERA: 4.21
FIP: 4.58
SO: 45
WAR: 0.3

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Santiago CasillaOAK

ERA: 4.27
FIP: 4.41
SO: 57
WAR: 0.4

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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.