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Hisanori Takahashi

Age: 38
B/T: L/L
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 180 lb
Number: #21

Born: April 2, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan
MLB debut: April 7, 2010

dbWAR: 1.7
IP: 3.0
ERA: 6.00
FIP: 7.38
K/9: 9.0
FIP−: 191

Hisanori Takahashi was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2013 he struck out 3 batters over 3.0 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.00 was 55.2% higher than the league average of 3.87. Stripping out defence, his 7.38 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.4% of swings (10.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.4%. His -0.1 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, 2013 regular season.

FIP7.38

K/99.0

WHIP1.67

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2013	CHC	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2	6.00	7.38	1.67	9.0	6.0	155	191	-0.1
2012	LAA/PIT	51	0	50.1	0	3	0	49	31	52	14	5.54	3.93	1.25	9.3	2.5	138	98	0.3
2011	LAA	61	0	68.0	4	3	2	58	26	52	25	3.44	3.94	1.22	6.9	3.3	87	100	0.3
2010	NYM	53	12	122.0	10	6	8	116	49	114	43	3.61	3.65	1.30	8.4	3.2	89	90	1.4

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2010	NYM	12	20	1	0	0	0	0	3	.063	.063	.063	.000	.077	0.0%	15.0%	.056	-4.3	-89	-0.2	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2013. 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	5	5	2	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.357	20.0%
vs RHB	9	6	1	1	2	2	.167	.333	.667	.393	22.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Hisanori Takahashi 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


Changeup	42.9%	24	80.1	1,956	45.8%	35.7%	4	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	26.8%	15	88.3	2,409	60.0%	0.0%	2	—	—
Slider	17.9%	10	78.3	1,051	20.0%	0.0%	3	—	—

Hisanori Takahashi'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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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.