Pitcher · 2015
Toru Murata
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 175 lb
- Born
- May 20, 1985 in Osaka, Japan
- MLB debut
- June 28, 2015
- dbWAR
- -.2 1 season(s)
- IP
- 3.1
- ERA
- 8.10
- FIP
- 10.63
- K/9
- 5.4
- FIP−
- 268 100 = avg
Toru Murata is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2015 he struck out 2 batters over 3.1 innings across 1 appearance, 1 of them starts, going 0-1. His ERA of 8.10 was 104.5% higher than the league average of 3.96. Stripping out defence, his 10.63 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.6% of swings (7.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.5%. His -0.2 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, 2015.
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8.10 | 10.63 | 1.50 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 204 | 268 | -0.2 | — |
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 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .750 | .421 | 8.3% |
| vs RHB | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .667 | .497 | 25.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Toru Murata 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 2015.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 34 | 86.7 | 1,670 | 35.3% | 6.3% | |
| Changeup | 11 | 78.2 | 659 | 27.3% | 20.0% | |
| Slider | 10 | 75.0 | 1,744 | 70.0% | 40.0% |
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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.