Players · W · Pitcher · 2020
Marcus Walden
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Weight
- 198 lb
- Born
- September 13, 1988 in Fresno, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- April 1, 2018
- dbWAR
- 1.1 4 season(s)
- IP
- 13.1
- ERA
- 9.45
- FIP
- 8.59
- K/9
- 6.8
- FIP−
- 193 100 = avg
Marcus Walden was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2020 he struck out 10 batters over 13.1 innings across 15 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 9.45 was 112.2% higher than the league average of 4.45. Stripping out defence, his 8.59 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.4% of swings (8.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.1%. His -0.5 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.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | BOS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -117 | -0.0 | — |
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 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .393 | .414 | .786 | .497 | 20.7% |
| vs RHB | 42 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | .353 | .476 | .735 | .501 | 9.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Marcus Walden 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.
| Cutter | 113 | 89.9 | 2,219 | 48.7% | 15.4% | 31 | .355 | 1.052 | |
| Sinker | 73 | 92.7 | 2,013 | 30.1% | 19.2% | 12 | — | — | |
| Slider | 62 | 84.7 | 2,199 | 37.1% | 33.3% | 9 | — | — | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 37 | 92.4 | 2,056 | 37.8% | 5.6% | 11 | — | — |
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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.