P · 2017
Nick Tepesch
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Number
- #23
- Born
- October 12, 1988 in Kansas City, MO, USA
- MLB debut
- April 9, 2013
- dbWAR
- -.7 4 season(s)
- PA
- 2
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -124 100 = avg
Nick Tepesch is a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2017 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 2 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .750. He made contact on 33.3% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -124 wRC+ puts his offence 224% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.5 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, 2017.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2017. These four terms sum to -0.5 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -124 | -0.0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -124 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 15.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5.17 | 9.29 | 1.98 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 119 | 213 | -0.7 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11.25 | 4.90 | 1.75 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 269 | 117 | 0.0 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 39 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .306 | .359 | .556 | .389 | 10.3% |
| vs RHB | 41 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | .355 | .500 | .806 | .529 | 12.2% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2017.
Situational hitting
How Nick Tepesch 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 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .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, 2017.
Pitch sequencing
What Nick Tepesch 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 2017.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 88 | 89.1 | 2,152 | 47.7% | 20.5% | |
| Sinker | 85 | 89.0 | 2,030 | 44.7% | 9.5% | |
| Slider | 62 | 84.1 | 2,147 | 40.3% | 17.2% | |
| Curveball | 56 | 78.5 | 2,355 | 26.8% | 10.0% |
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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.